Rights groups raise doubts over road accident in which police say outspoken editor John Williams Ntwali was killed
Amnesty International and the Committee to Protect Journalists, an independent NGO based in New York, are among media and rights organisations calling for an independent investigation into the death of the Rwandan journalist John Williams Ntwali., he was killed in a motorcycle accident in the capital, Kigali.
Signed by more than 60 organisations, the statement said Ntwali, editor of the Chronicles newspaper, was “regularly threatened and attacked in pro-government media for his investigative reporting” and called on Rwanda’s international partners, including the Commonwealth, “to stand by their stated commitment to media freedom and to call on Rwanda to allow an effective, independent and prompt investigation” into his death.
On Monday, Unesco’s director general, Audrey Azoulay urged the Rwandan authorities to “initiate a full and transparent investigation into this case to fully account for the circumstances of his death”.“Yet another critic of the Rwandan regime has been silenced … His suspicious death must be investigated. The US cannot support regimes that target their own people.”
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