The Human Rights Watch May 2018 special report discovered that Burundian state security forces, intelligence services, and members of the ruling party’s youth league, the Imbonerakure, carried out brutal, targeted attacks on opponents or suspected opponents, human rights activists, and journalists.
Rahoto na musamman na Human Right Watch na Mayun 2018 ya binciko cewa jami'an tsaron Burundi da jami'an asiri da mambobin jam'iyya mai ci ɓangaren matasa, Imbonerakure, sun kai munanan hare-hare a kan 'yan adawa ko waɗanda ake zargin 'yan adawa ne da masu rajin kare haƙƙin al'umma da 'yan jaridu.