CASE N° BDI/01 - S. Mfayokurera CASE N° BDI/02 - N. Ndihokubwayo CASE N° BDI/03 - L. Ntibayazi CASE N° BDI/05 - I. Ndikumana CASE N° BDI/06 - G. Gahungu

CASE N° BDI/07 - B. Ntamutumba CASE N° BDI/26 - N. Ndikumana CASE N° BDI/29 - P. Sirahenda CASE N° BDI/35 - G. Gisabwamana

Resolution adopted without a vote by the Inter-Parliamentary Council
at its 169th session (Ouagadougou, 14 September 2001)

The Inter-Parliamentary Council,

Referring to the resolution it adopted at its 168th session (April 2001) on the case of the above-mentioned parliamentarians of Burundi and to the related report of the Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians,

1. Regrets that no reply from the authorities has been forthcoming, in particular as to the serious allegations that Mr. Sirahenda was extrajudicially executed in Mabanda military camp;

2. Reiterates the considerations and concerns it expressed in its previous resolution on this case;

3. Requests the Secretary General to invite the authorities once again to provide the information sought;

4. Requests the Committee to resume examination of this case at its next session in the light of any information or observation it may have meanwhile received from the authorities.

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