Editing Norbert Zongo (section)

== Reactions ==
The [[Committee to Protect Journalists|Committee to Protect Journalists']] Africa program coordinator, Sue Valentine, stated "We praise Burkinabe authorities for taking this step (arresting three presidential soldiers involved in Zongo's murder) and call on them to ensure that the mastermind of this murder is identified and prosecuted. After 17 long years, the family, friends, and colleagues of Norbert Zongo deserve a thorough and transparent investigation leading to full justice."<ref name=cpjimpunity2>{{cite web|url=https://cpj.org/2015/12/glimmer-of-hope-in-norbert-zongo-murder-case-in-bu.php|title=Glimmer of hope in Norbert Zongo murder case in Burkina Faso|date=14 December 2015|publisher=}}</ref>

[[Reporters Without Borders|Reporters Without Borders']] head of its Africa desk, Cléa Kahn-Sriber, said, "This ruling constitutes a major turning-point in the Zongo case, which has suffered appallingly from the impunity tolerated for all these years by Burkina Faso's justice system."<ref name=nation />

Reporters Without Borders, who avidly campaigned for Zongo's case, stated, "This has always been a highly political case. Zongo was killed by members of the presidential guard. François Compaoré, the brother of President Blaise Compaoré, is implicated. The authorities never stopped protecting the killers. The president has got what he always wanted – injustice."<ref name=ifex1>http://www.ifex.org/fr/content/view/full/75827/ Judge dismisses sole suspect in Zongo's Murder</ref>

The Independent Commission of Inquiry released the following statement: "Norbert Zongo was assassinated for purely political motives because he practiced investigative journalism. He defended a democratic ideal and had chosen to become involved, with his newspaper, in the struggle for the respect of human rights and justice, and against the poor management of the public sector and impunity."<ref name=ifex2 />