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IDAHOT 2015 country report: Burundi

IDAHO — Thu, 16 Apr 2015 10:11:34 +0000

Humure, one of the few LGBT organisations in central African country of Burundi, where homosexuality is harshly punished by law (some few years ago a bill was introduced to punish it with life sentence), plans on organising discussions with the 5 major Human Rights defense organisations in the country.

The organisation will also organise a meeting of the transgender community from rural areas, who are particularly vulnerable to social stigma, discrimination and violence, and who experience extreme isolation.

For press inquiries and further questions please email: contact@dayagainsthomophobia.org

IDAHOT Report 2014: Burundi

IDAHO — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 17:52:15 +0000

Burundi

A group of sexual, gender and human rights activists presented their Annual Report on the State of Homophobia in Burundi, together with a film screening at the country’s only LGBT centre. Meanwhile, a different organisation, in one of Burundi’s rural towns, also organised a community meeting and event around the IDAHOT 2014.

Further details are limited for potential security reasons. In Burundi same sex relationships between men, and between women, are outlawed and punishable with up to two years imprisonment.

IDAHOT 2014 Activities Announced in Burundi

IDAHO — Tue, 29 Apr 2014 00:16:48 +0000

In Burundi, LGBT groups will be presenting their annual report on the state of Homophobia in the country’s only LGBT center in the capital city of Bujumbura. Community meetings will be held in rural towns, where public events are unthinkable of, in the context of exploding homophobia in the region.

For security reasons, details of activities and organisers cannot be disclosed.

Burundi IDAHO report 2013

IDAHO — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:34:47 +0000

On May 17, to mark the International Day Against Homophobia & Transphobia, a coalition of organisations defending sexual minorities in Burundi launched a powerful new short documentary. The 25 minute film is structured around telling the stories of different LGBT people in Burundi. Activists also conducted specific awareness raising activities in the rural cities of Gitega, Muramvya, Mwaro, Rutana and Ruyigi. In Burundi, anti-homosexuality legislation was only just recently toughened, with sentences ranging potentially as far as life imprisonment.
The video was produced by a coalition of organisations defending sexual minorities in Burundi (Humure,
Moli, RCL and TWW).

You can view it in full here:

(In French only for now)

Furthermore, the organisation MUCO w’urwaruka organised a conference bringing together key stakeholders to discuss national strategies to promote the Human Rights of sexual minorities under the theme ‘Homophobia + Criminalisation = Vulnerability’, underlining the dramatic impact criminalisation of same-sex relationships has on HIV infection amongst Men who have Sex with Men.

Burundi IDAHO Report 2012

IDAHO — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 14:34:47 +0000

With financial support from the IDAHO Committee, the Organisation MUCO renewed its IDAHO mobilization activities in the rural areas of Burundi. It organized social activities bringing together members of sexual minorities, their friends and families, over discussions on how to mobilize allies in the fight against homophobia and transphobia. The Day also provided the opportunity for the organization to conduct a field research on the lived experiences of Human Rights abuses on ground of sexual orientation and gender identity or expression in rural Burundi.