Judith Basutama

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BBC correspondent questioned about her March 12 news report

03-22-2018 After a three hour-court hearing, Judith Basutama, the BBC correspondent stepped out the court. She looks calm and talks quietly with her lawyer. She has appeared in Mukaza High Court this Wednesday 21 March. “The file number is LNP 2025\BA1, an investigative legal file. She was summoned for the (...)
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Burundi: BBC correspondent summoned for “investigation”

03-21-2018 Judith Basutama, a Burundian correspondent for the BBC, was summoned to appear on Wednesday 21 March, in Mukaza High Court. She was summoned for an” investigation case”. On 13 March, There were rumblings on social media that she was reportedly summoned to appear in the presidential office. She would (...)