After accusing a priest of sexually abusing minors, Émilienne Sibomana has been imprisoned in Burundi for false accusations. Despite being acquitted in July, she remains in prison, in violation of her country’s legal procedures, according to her lawyers.
Acquitted but still imprisoned—that is the fate of Émilienne Sibomana, a Burundian woman who has been behind bars for nearly two years for false accusations after she accused a priest, who was also a school principal, of sexually abusing minors in the Archdiocese of Gitega, located in Burundi’s second-largest city with the same name.
The case began in January 2023. According to the appeal decision, which La Croix International obtained, Émilienne Sibomana, a secretary at a high school, accused the school’s principal during a public meeting of sexually assaulting some female students in his office. The day after the meeting, she was arrested and imprisoned for making false accusations.
La Croix International has confirmed that on…
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