Since early 2015, persecution of the media has been constant and has taken all forms, from judicial harassment to firing with heavy weapons on privately-owned radio stations in order to force them to close. Journalists have been jailed arbitrarily and their media outlets have been banned. Those who criticize President Pierre Nkurunziza’s very authoritarian and abusive regime are nowadays likely to be beaten or tortured. A media regulatory body exists but has not functioned for months.