Radio journalist arrested and held without charge in Burundi

Ndihokubwayo, a reporter for the privately owned station Radio Isanganiro, was arrested by soldiers while covering unrest outside the capital, Bujumbura, according to news reports. The journalist was handed to the National Intelligence Service in the capital, according to news reports and a post on the Facebook page of SOS Médias Burundi, a collective of Burundian journalists reporting from exile. Ndihokubwayo has not been charged or told the reason for his arrest, his outletreported.

Radio Isanganiro was among several privately owned radio stations that came under attack for reporting on events in Bujumbura during an attempted coup in May, according to CPJ research.