Burundi: Release of journalist Sandra Muhoza after an appeal decision

Burundian journalist Sandra Muhoza was released on April 13, 2026, following a decision by the Ngozi Court of Appeal. Although she was sentenced to six months in prison for 'racial aversion', the court deemed that her sentence had already been served, ending nearly two years of incarceration. She was also acquitted of the charge of undermining national integrity, a decision praised by Reporters Without Borders as the end of a 'judicial ordeal'.