El-Hajji Hussein Radjabu is a

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an politician. He was the party chairman of the ruling

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until February 2007, when he was deposed at a party congress. In April 2007, he was arrested on charges of "plotting an armed rebellion and insulting the president by referring to him as an "empty bottle". In April 2008, Radjabu Hussein was convicted of those charges, leading to a 13 year prison sentence.Burundi jail term for 'plotter'
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