The World - News from Sept. 9, 1987
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Burundi’s new army ruler, Maj. Pierre Buyoya, announced the release of hundreds of political prisoners and promised to free hundreds more of those detained under deposed President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza. Buyoya, who seized power last week while Bagaza was attending a conference in Canada, said Bagaza had jailed an “unlimited number” of people, “without justification, without trial, without the application of justice.”
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