In loving memory
Memorial Register
Honouring loved ones we lost — Rwandans publicly reported killed, disappeared, or dead under contested circumstances.
24 remembered here
Aimable Karasira
Death in detention
Academic / singer / YouTube commentator
Tom Byabagamba
Death in detention
Colonel / former Presidential Guard commander
Frank Rusagara
Death in detention
Brigadier General (rtd) / former Defence Ministry official
John Williams Ntwali
Suspicious death
Investigative journalist
Revocat Karemangingo
Assassination
Former army lieutenant / businessman / refugee community leader
Seif Bamporiki
Assassination
Opposition politician / RNC coordinator
Venant Abayisenga
Enforced disappearance
Opposition activist / aide to Victoire Ingabire
Kizito Mihigo
Death in detention
Gospel singer / peace activist
Anselme Mutuyimana
Assassination
Political assistant to Victoire Ingabire
Kalisa Mupende
Death in detention
Former Director General of Finance, Office of the President
Louis Baziga
Assassination
Businessman / Rwandan diaspora community leader
Syldio Dusabumuremyi
Assassination
Opposition party national coordinator
Boniface Twagirimana
Enforced disappearance
Opposition party deputy leader
Jean Damascène Habarugira
Suspicious death
Local opposition politician
Illuminée Iragena
Enforced disappearance
Political activist / nurse
Assinapol Rwigara
Suspicious death
Businessman / entrepreneur
Emmanuel Gasakure
Extrajudicial killing
Physician / former personal doctor to Paul Kagame
Patrick Karegeya
Assassination
Former intelligence chief
Théogène Turatsinze
Assassination
Former Managing Director, Rwanda Development Bank (BRD)
Charles Ingabire
Assassination
Journalist / editor
Jean-Léonard Rugambage
Assassination
Journalist / acting editor, Umuvugizi
Seth Sendashonga
Assassination
Politician / former interior minister
Augustin Bugirimfura
Assassination
Businessman / dissident
Théoneste Lizinde
Assassination
Former military / political figure
Entries summarize publicly reported allegations and documentation. They are not court judgments. Official denials may exist; see each record’s sources.