Three face 30 years in prison for stone-throwing at president’s convoy.
Three people have been sentenced to
30 years in prison in Burundi after being accused of throwing stones at the
president’s convoy
Three
people have been sentenced to 30 years in prison in Burundi after being accused
of throwing stones at the president’s convoy. The sentence has caused an
outcry, but the governor says he thinks there will be “changes in this affair”
in the coming days.
The two young men and a woman were working at a gas station in
Kayanza province on Wednesday when the convoy passed. They were arrested later
that day, sources told our reporter.
At
their trial on Sunday, the three had no lawyers and pleaded not guilty. At
first, they were accused of undermining public security and the prosecutor
asked for a prison term of seven and a half years.
But the court c...
