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Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders lashed out Monday at the "despicable assault" against an AFP reporter in Burundi, who says he was detained and badly beaten after a top general was assassinated. Esdras Ndikumana, a prominent Burundian journalist who works for Agence France-Presse and Radio France Internationale (RFI), said he was held for around two hours, during which he said he was subjected to severe beatings on his back, legs and the soles of his feet. Ndikumana said he was taking pictures on Sunday at the scene of the general's assassination in the capital Bujumbura when he was arrested by members of the National Intelligence Service (SNR) and taken to their offices.

 

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