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Collision Course: An Investigation Into The Death Of A Journalist Hated By Rwandan Authorities.
In January 2023, Rwandan journalist John Williams Ntwali was killed in a traffic collision. His relentless work documenting human rights violations, the persecution of political opposition and the suppression of the press had made him the subject of hostility from those in power, causing him to fear for his life.
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Collision Course: An Investigation Into The Death Of A Journalist Hated By Rwandan Authorities.
In January 2023, Rwandan journalist John Williams Ntwali was killed in a traffic collision. His relentless work documenting human rights violations, the persecution of political opposition and the...
Soldiers Fallen In Silence: Kagame’s Unacknowledged War In The Democratic Republic Of The Congo
Investigating the deaths of Rwandan soldiers killed in North Kivu led to one journalist’s exile and possibly the death of another.
How Rwanda Leverages Peacekeeping for Influence
As evidence of its interference in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo mounts, Rwanda continues to evade United Nations sanctions due, in part, to the high number of Rwandan soldiers fight...
Espionage, threats, suspicious deaths: Rwanda tries to silence its opponents abroad
Critics of Paul Kagame’s regime are the target of major transnational repression in Sweden, Netherlands, Belgium, South Africa, Tanzania and elsewhere. Documents and testimonies obtained by Forbidd...
“Clandestine activities” and suspicious deaths strain Belgium-Rwanda relations
Rwanda’s conduct, both in its region and in Belgium, is causing friction with its former colonial power. The murky murder of a Rwandan opposition figure, the deaths of two Belgians in South Africa,...
In the West and online, Rwanda’s influence machine keeps churning
In international forums, conferences and showrooms, Rwanda highlights its clean streets, gender equality and favorable business environment. But behind this gleaming image is a hidden army of lobby...
Pegasus in Rwanda: Sister of presidential candidate, high-ranking Rwandan politicians added to spyware list
A leaked list of phone numbers reveals how Rwandan President Paul Kagame’s regime used Pegasus spyware sought to track political opponents and members of his own party.
Paul Rusesabagina: “No one can silence me”
In one of his first interviews with European media since being released from Rwandan prison in March 2023, human rights activist Paul Rusesabagina, portrayed as a hero in the movie “Hotel Rwanda,”...
Rwanda’s top UK diplomat oversaw use of Interpol to target regime opponents
Rwanda’s top diplomat in the UK oversaw the use of the international justice system to target opponents of the country’s rulers around the world, the Guardian can reveal.