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Media Reform – 2004

While security forces harassing journalists declined, government did not promote independent media by controlling the major media. Nevertheless, the passage of Media law in November 2003 did not require journalists to have their articles reviewed before their publications.¹

1. “2004 County Reports on Human Rights Practices- Burundi,” State Department, 2005, http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2004/41591.htm.