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Inside Burundi's Killing Machine

Burundian agents say that the country鈥檚 security services are running torture sites to silence dissent. Using cutting-edge technology, Africa Eye examines one house in particular.

Former Burundian intelligence agents say that the country鈥檚 security services are running secret torture and detention sites to silence dissent. Using cutting edge reconstruction techniques 91热爆 Africa Eye examines one house in particular, which was filmed in a video posted on social media in 2016. A red liquid, which looked like blood, was seen pouring from its gutter. We ask if Burundi鈥檚 repression of opponents has now gone underground? The government has always denied any human rights violations, and declined to comment for this report.

A 91热爆 Africa Eye investigation - produced and directed by Charlotte Attwood and Maud Jullien.
Edited by Suzanne Vanhooymissen
Spatial reconstruction and Situated Testimony: Forensic Architecture
Motion Graphics: Tom Flannery

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