Hope for Justice for Murdered Rwandan Critic

There is a chance justice may still happen for the killing of Colonel Patrick Karegeya, a Rwandan dissident who was found murdered in his hotel room in Johannesburg, South Africa, on January 1, 2014. Expand Patrick Karegeya © 2014 AP The inquest into Karegeya’s murder started today, January 16, in Johannesburg. No one has been charged and the primary suspects have fled the country, but Chief Prosecutor Yusuf Baba plans to hear from 30 witnesses, including the police officers who investigated the case and hotel staff. Karegeya’s nephew, David Batenga, was the last to see the Rwandan exile…

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