Hundreds of convicts may have died in a prison fire in Burundi last month, according to an international pressure organization, which is pushing for a “transparent investigation.”
According to the officials, no more than 46 persons died.
According to survivors, the fire overtook numerous prison blocks in the capital’s jail, Gitega.
The fire department didn’t come for another two hours after the fire started.
The dead were allegedly buried in mass graves with no attempt to identify them, according to eyewitnesses.
According to Human Rights Watch, the institution has more than tripled its maximum capacity of inmates, many of whom are political detainees.