ANKARA
Human Rights Watch on Tuesday criticized the Burundian government’s performance in dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, accusing it of having a “denial and deflection approach to crisis management”.
“[..] Burundi’s usual denial and deflection approach to crisis management, ignores painful lessons learned elsewhere about the outbreak,” Lewis Mudge, the watchdog’s Central Africa director was quoted as saying in a statement.
“The Burundian authorities should be transparent and work with international partners to enable the prompt and unrestricted delivery of aid and protect those most vulnerable, should the virus spread,” he added.
The rights groups also expressed doubts that Burundi
