BUJUMBURA (Reuters) - A Burundi prosecutor has ordered the jailing of a prominent human rights activist on charges of spreading information that could endanger state security, the activist's lawyer said.
In recent months Burundi has been cracking down on the opposition and rights activists who say planned constitutional changes could upset a delicate ethnic power balance and allow President Pierre Nkurunziza to run for a third term.
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