The International Press Institute (IPI) today is among 90 civil society and press freedom organizations calling on the Rwandan authorities to ensure an independent and thorough investigation into the death of prominent journalist John Williams Ntwali. Authorities said Ntwali died in a traffic accident on January 19 but have failed to provide any additional information […]

IPI, the global network of press freedom, calls for a thorough and independent investigation into the death of Rwandan journalist John Williams Ntwali, a well-known critic of the Rwandan government who was killed in what authorities have claimed was a traffic accident. Williams Ntwali, an editor of the privately owned newspaper The Chronicles and who […]

The IPI global network of editors, media executives, and leading journalists condemns this month’s arrest of Rwandan journalist Theoneste Nsengimana of Umubavu TV. IPI calls for his immediate release. On Tuesday, October 13, journalist Theoneste Nsengimana was arrested at his home by the Rwandan authorities. Earlier that day, Nsengimana, who runs a channel called Umubavu […]

This week marks the 20th anniversary of the start of the Rwanda genocide, which killed nearly one-in-seven people in the small African nation. Today, there is continuing debate about the role of the news media in the calamity – from the role local broadcasters and newspapers played in fuelling ethnic hatred, to concerns that the […]