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Iteka collection

Collection — manuscript box: 20 - folder 1

Identifier: 8426

Scope and content

Includes Bulletin d'Information, various issues, 1993-1996; declaration about ethnic cleansing in Burundi, 1994; letter to Professor Wayles Browne and Wies Van Leuken, 1995; and e-mail with background information about the Ligue Iteka and the Association Burundaise pour la Defense des Droits des Prisonniers (ABDP).

Dates

1993-2001.

Creator

Ligue Burundaise des Droits de L'Homme "Iteka" (Organization)

Language of Material

In French and English.

Biographical / Historical

Iteka was formed in 1990 and was the first independent organization for the protection of human rights to have been officially recognized and to have been allowed to operate openly in Burundi.