Ninety rights groups and civil society organizations from Africa have called for an independent investigation into the death of the Rwandan investigative journalist, John Williams Ntwali.
Police said he died in a road accident but many rights groups see it as another suspicious death involving a critic of the Rwandan government. Before his death, Ntwali had reported on allegations of torture and disappearances.
He said he had received multiple death threats.
In a letter, the 90 groups stated that the Kigali government had consistently failed to ensure credible investigations into the deaths of its political opponents and that they want international experts involved in the probe into Ntwali’s death.
