(Nairobi) – Ugandan authorities’ obligation to conduct an effective investigation into the brutal killing of a Rwandan dissident requires examining all evidence that points to a possible politically motivated killing, Human Rights Watch said today. Ugandan authorities should ensure a prompt, impartial, credible investigation that leads to accountability.

The body of Sgt. Maj. Robert Kabera, a singer, former Rwanda Defence Force member, and outspoken critic of the Rwandan government, was found on October 17, 2026, in Luwala village near Kampala, where he was constructing a house. He had fled Rwanda in November 2020 and claimed asylum on political persecution grounds. He had reported to Human Rights Watch multiple times that he had been threatened and attacked in Uganda. In a September 2022 interview with Human Rights Watch, Kabera said: “They will kill me.…