Journalists Killed in 1994 - Motive Confirmed: Charles Bideri-Munyangabe
Publisher | Committee to Protect Journalists |
Publication Date | January 1995 |
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Le Messager
April 11, 1994, in Kigali, Rwanda
Obed Bazimaziki, a journalist with the opposition paper Le Flambeau, was killed near his home in Nyakabanda, Kigali. His colleague Charles Bideri-Munyangabe, a journalist with Le Messager, was killed at the same time. The government had detained Bazimaziki in 1991.
Medium: | |
Job: | Print Reporter |
Beats Covered: | Human Rights, Politics |
Gender: | Male |
Local or Foreign: | Local |
Freelance: | No |
Type of Death: | Murder |
Suspected Source of Fire: | Paramilitary Group |
Impunity: | Yes |
Taken Captive: | No |
Tortured: | No |
Threatened: | No |
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