Human Rights in Burundi - Historical Situation

Historical Situation

The following chart shows Burundi's ratings since 1972 in the Freedom in the World reports, published annually by Freedom House. A rating of 1 is "free"; 7, "not free".1

Historical ratings
Year Political Rights Civil Liberties Status President2
1972 7 7 Not Free Michel Micombero
1973 7 7 Not Free Michel Micombero
1974 7 7 Not Free Michel Micombero
1975 7 6 Not Free Michel Micombero
1976 7 6 Not Free Michel Micombero
1977 7 6 Not Free Jean-Baptiste Bagaza
1978 7 7 Not Free Jean-Baptiste Bagaza
1979 7 7 Not Free Jean-Baptiste Bagaza
1980 7 6 Not Free Jean-Baptiste Bagaza
1981 7 6 Not Free Jean-Baptiste Bagaza
19823 7 6 Not Free Jean-Baptiste Bagaza
1983 6 6 Not Free Jean-Baptiste Bagaza
1984 7 6 Not Free Jean-Baptiste Bagaza
1985 7 6 Not Free Jean-Baptiste Bagaza
1986 7 6 Not Free Jean-Baptiste Bagaza
1987 7 6 Not Free Jean-Baptiste Bagaza
1988 7 6 Not Free Pierre Buyoya
1989 7 6 Not Free Pierre Buyoya
1990 7 6 Not Free Pierre Buyoya
1991 7 6 Not Free Pierre Buyoya
1992 6 5 Partly Free Pierre Buyoya
1993 7 7 Not Free Pierre Buyoya
1994 6 7 Not Free Sylvie Kinigi
1995 6 7 Not Free Sylvestre Ntibantunganya
1996 7 7 Not Free Sylvestre Ntibantunganya
1997 7 7 Not Free Pierre Buyoya
1998 7 6 Not Free Pierre Buyoya
1999 6 6 Not Free Pierre Buyoya
2000 6 6 Not Free Pierre Buyoya
2001 6 6 Not Free Pierre Buyoya
2002 6 5 Not Free Pierre Buyoya
2003 5 5 Partly Free Pierre Buyoya
2004 5 5 Partly Free Domitien Ndayizeye
2005 3 5 Partly Free Domitien Ndayizeye
2006 4 5 Partly Free Pierre Nkurunziza
2007 4 5 Partly Free Pierre Nkurunziza
2008 4 5 Partly Free Pierre Nkurunziza
2009 4 5 Partly Free Pierre Nkurunziza
2010 5 5 Partly Free Pierre Nkurunziza
2011 5 5 Partly Free Pierre Nkurunziza

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