Burundi: Extend the Special Rapporteur’s mandate
18 August 2022
Ahead of the 51st session of the UN Human Rights
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Ahead of the 51st session of the UN Human Rights
At first encounter, Issah Musundi is a coy, if not shy, mostly reserved lad. But behind that quiet disposition is a steely character and an enforced existence.
Born 27 years ago in Kenya’s border district of Busia, Issah belongs to Kenya’s sexual minorities community, who have had to win majority rights that other Kenyans take for granted.
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