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Burundi Journalist Sandra Muhoza Still Behind Bars, Two Months After Appeal Ruling

BURUNDI, AUG 01 – Sandra Muhoza was sentenced to 21 months for alleged anti-state comments but remains imprisoned despite a May 30 appeal court ruling citing jurisdictional errors, rights group says.

Summary by allAfrica
Kampala -- The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Burundi authorities to immediately release La Nova Burundi reporter Sandra Muhoza, who remains in prison two months after an appeal court ruled that she was convicted by a court that did not have jurisdiction to try her, following her 2024 arrest.

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Committee to Protect Journalists broke the news in on Thursday, July 31, 2025.
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