Turning justice on its head: Journalists are jailed while war criminals are rewarded with cabinet posts and immunity from prosecution.

As the FNL steps up its killings of civilians in an apparent bid to strengthen its bargaining position at the "peace talks" in Tanzania, the Burundian government has jailed yet another of its critics on spurious grounds. Outspoken Agence Burundaise de Presse journalist Aloys Kabura was arrested earlier this week and charged with "rebellion" after criticising the government over the detention and beating of a number of his fellow journalists, and running an exposé over alleged police complicity in cross-border smuggling.

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