Dave Matumbo

[Dave Matumbo @MatumboDave]

@Conspiracygl @bbisimwa @Global_Witness @Camillaffont @hrw 2- @hrw is actively blaming the crimes of the FARDC/FDLR coalition on its victims, muddying the waters in an attempt to hide the responsibility of the gov in Kinshasa.
@hrw is exposing its true reason for existence, a narrative peddler & a hired gun.

[Dave Matumbo @MatumboDave]

@Conspiracygl @bbisimwa @Global_Witness @Camillaffont 1- @hrw is a full on belligerent in the eastern DRC crisis. This duplicitous organization has thrown its full support on the side of an ethnic cleansing coalition that includes FDLR GENOCIDAL militia, & is actively blaming victims for fighting back.

[Ellen Kampire @ellen_kampire_]

𝗛𝗥𝗪’𝘀 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘀 𝗗𝗥𝗖 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

For years, Human Rights Watch has turned into an institution of mercenaries, selling its services and advocacy tactics to systematically tarnish the image of targeted individuals and countries. Rwanda has long been one of its favorites.

In its most recent report, titled “Death Was Everywhere,” HRW throws around allegations of arbitrary detention, killings, and forced recruitment allegedly carried out by the M23 and the Rwanda Defence Force.

It is no coincidence that before this latest report was released, senior HRW officials had made Kinshasa their regular haunt. As a matter of fact, the organization has strengthened its engagement with the Tshisekedi regime, becoming a willing instrument in a propaganda campaign aimed at demonizing Rwanda over the crisis in eastern DRC.

https://t.co/dStoNZOhQ1

[Dave Matumbo @MatumboDave]

@ClaudineUmubye1 @RwandaGov Never throw stones when you live in a very fragile glass house with no mirrors. I guess being a genocide denier is stressful enough to leave you with a face akin to a scaly ashy elbow.

[Dave Matumbo @MatumboDave]

@RevColeman @MarioNawfal @PaulKagame @TuckerCarlson Did you want @MarioNawfal to platform an FDLR genocidal propagandist who pretends to be a Reverend?.
Actually, he should do an investigative piece on you, and find out what you did during the genocide against the Tutsi in 94', a genocide committed by some of your relatives.

[Kivu Info/24 @Kivuinfo24]

RDC 🇨🇩#Nyanzale | Rutshuru, Chefferie de Bwito👇👇

Le dimanche 7 juin 2026, très tôt le matin, le Gouverneur du Nord-Kivu, Bahati Musanga Erasto, a quitté son bureau de Himbi à Goma pour entamer une tournée dans le territoire de Rutshuru, en chefferie de Bwito, afin de rencontrer directement les habitants de Nyanzale.

Lors de son adresse à la population, le Gouverneur a appelé les communautés à vivre ensemble dans la paix, à participer activement à leur propre sécurité et à renforcer les mesures de prévention contre la maladie à virus Ebola.

Il a également lancé un message aux jeunes encore présents dans les groupes armés Wazalendo et Nyatura, les invitant à abandonner les armes et à contribuer au développement de leur cité de Nyanzale, tout en leur garantissant un accueil à bras ouverts.
Autrefois considérée comme l'un des bastions des FDLR, Nyanzale retrouve aujourd'hui la sécurité et la stabilité sous l'administration de l'AFC-M23.

Les habitants ont chaleureusement remercié le Gouverneur Bahati Musanga Erasto pour sa proximité avec la population et son écoute des préoccupations locales.

Plusieurs questions relatives à la vie quotidienne, à la sécurité et au développement ont été soulevées par les participants. Le Gouverneur a apporté des réponses et proposé des solutions concrètes aux préoccupations exprimées.

La population a réservé un accueil exceptionnel au Gouverneur et à toute sa délégation lors de cette visite.

#NordKivu #Nyanzale #Rutshuru #Bwito

[Bojana Coulibaly, Ph.D. @CoulibalyBojana]

@IsabelleKarake @Ollegkar On the far left, there is Thomas Fessy, also working for Human Rights Watch, known for having made multiple baseless and false reports targeting Rwanda and M23, while minimizing the FDLR threat.

[Conspiracy Tracker Great Lakes @Conspiracygl]

- Image #5: @fredbauma90 (head of Ebuteli) and Montjoye (HRW) in workshop in Kinshasa on May 20-21
- Image #6: Fred Bauma (Ebuteli) in @PatrickMuyaya's office (DRC Comms' Minister), Kinshasa, April 28
- Image #7: Muyaya at Ebuteli in a workshop led by @jasonkstearns (Ebuteli), Kinshasa, on December 9, 2025.
- Image #8: Ebuteli team including Joshua Walker, Jason Stearns, Fred Bauma, and @HenryMayala (current main writer of Kivu Security Tracker) with DRC Minister of Foreign Affairs @kayikwambaT (Therese Wagner Kayikwamba), Kinshasa, April 30, 2025.

[Bertrand Bisimwa @bbisimwa]

La campagne de harcèlement de l’AFC/M23 par des allégations infondées a pour objectif de faire diversion sur le vécu quotidien des populations civiles dans la zone occupée par le régime de Kinshasa caractérisé par des tueries des masses, des viols systématiques par les ADF/FARDC.

[Conspiracy Tracker Great Lakes @Conspiracygl]

#DRC #FactCheck #Rubaya #M23 #Rwanda
Global Witness EXPOSED 1/2

The latest claims by @Global_Witness (GW) that "Rwanda smuggles Congo's coltan" rely on pure disinformation, approximations, and on manipulated images. Our #CTGL_FactCheck team has outlined some of the elements of manipulation by #GlobalWitness:

- GW uses disinformation and image manipulation suggesting that coltan is smuggled to Rwanda using an image extracted from the UNGoE 2024 final report, which is a screenshot of a December 2023 produced video showing 60 motorbikes carrying #FDLR_Wazalendo, and loaded with bags of coltan, while fleeing M23 from #Rubaya towards #Mushaki. (p. 10 of the report, Interactive Map, Images #1, #2, #3 and full original video below).

- GW is using this image to suggest that the smugglers are #M23 or "smugglers" who are working on behalf of Rwanda. Yet in the enclosed video, we hear that these are #FDLR_Wazalendo running from M23 who are saying in Swahili (00:31-00:37): "Here are motorbikes loaded with minerals. We are leaving Rubaya and are really fleeing the Tutsi" [The "Tutsi" here means "M23"]. "Here we are in the hills of Ishasha, and here in front of us, we can see the motorbikes", "Here the situation is difficult, pray for us, pray for us!"

- GW additionally spreads a mistruth about having been on the ground in the caption of the same image in the interactive map. They write: "Global Witness has travelled with a coltan smuggler through the hills towards Goma." (Image #2). GW in other words mislead its readers about having done a field investigation for this report, but instead has relied solely on recycled false claims, manipulated information and images.

2/2 below...

[Shema Yoonus🇷🇼🇨🇩 @ShemaYolo]

Happening today -#Kinshasa(RDC), #MartinFayulu, an opponent of the Congolese government, was shot and injured. It is alleged that the attack was carried out by FDLR members who had been sent by #Tshisekedi. 👉Tomorrow, the organization so-called #HumanRightsWatch will quick to wake up and claim that Rwanda is killing people both internally and externally. Now it seems as if their cameras have suddenly stopped working, because they have nothing to say. They are being funded by Tshisekedi to produce such reports. Human Rights Watch, you should reduce your greed for the money you receive from the Congolese government and instead do your job by reporting in accordance with your mandate. @hrw @UN @POTUS @US_SrAdvisorAF @fatshi13 @PatrickMuyaya @amluzayamo @MartinFayulu @StanysBujakera @EmmanuelMacron @prevotmaxime @MONUSCO @freyntje @GeneralNeva @USAauCongo

@RealManziWilly @wembi_steve @LawrenceKanyuka @CNangaa @dr_dash250

[TWIRWANEHO MOISE 🇨🇩 @TwirwanehoMoise]

#RDC: @MartinFayulu : « Ils ont tiré à balles réelles »

[Manzi Willy @RealManziWilly]

This is Minembwe at 10 am today, @hrw aka FDLR right watch, this is okay as long as FDLR/FARDC are massacring Banyamulenge. Truth doesn't need a defense, victory is certain.

[Mamy Kazadi 🇨🇩 @MamyKazadi]

Si je ne me trompe pas, @hrw_fr est-elle devenue un relais de propagande du régime de @FelixUdps au vu de certaines de ses prises de position ? Est-ce que @hrw @UN sont au courant ou pas de ce qui se cache derrière?

[Bojana Coulibaly, Ph.D. @CoulibalyBojana]

The @Global_Witness scam exposed.
➡️Fake news, fake images, a fake report!

[arsenal❤️🤍💙 @ingabir89655853]

It’s crazy how @hrw lie when the truth is on the table for everyone 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 they know where M23 is but doesn’t care what ADF doing in ITURI 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄😒😒😒

Something smells off 🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱

[Les Misérables @Dachronica]

M23/AFC handed over thousands and thousands POWs to Kinshasa on camera, but this sham organization is always frothing at the mouth in its FDLR indefatigable political advocacy, they forced them by handing them over ? Ridiculous

[Mugenzi Félix @FelixMugenzi]

@Global_Witness, backed by the #Tshisekedi regime to produce yet another one-sided report against Rwanda, has once again been caught red handed using misleading information.

#Kinshasa’s propaganda machine relied on a screenshot extracted from a video showing mineral transporters on motorcycles leaving the mining town of Rubaya as supposed evidence of mineral smuggling benefiting Rwanda.

What they failed to mention is the actual context.

The video dates back to December 2023, when Rubaya was not under M23 control but was instead controlled by a coalition of Nyatura militias, the #FDLR, the FARDC, and Burundian armed forces.

This deliberate manipulation of facts exposes the weakness of the narrative being pushed against Rwanda. Recycling old footage and presenting it out of context does nothing to address the real causes of instability in eastern DRC.

Such tired and cheap propaganda must stop if the international community is serious about supporting peace in the region. Rwanda possesses its own mineral resources and has no need for fabricated accusations designed to distract from the failures of those who have long overseen the plunder of the DRC’s vast wealth.

The world knows who has benefited from decades of exploitation and instability in eastern DRC.

Peace will come through truth, accountability, and addressing the root causes of conflict not through misinformation campaigns.

@CoulibalyBojana @jessicamwiza @FGoloobaMutebi @ali_naka

[Bojana Coulibaly, Ph.D. @CoulibalyBojana]

The @hrw-Kinshasa scam revealed…

[MAISHA RDC @MaishaRdc]

#RDC_HRW

Lors de son interview sur TV5MONDE Afrique, @demontcl a été interrogé sur les exactions commises par les Wazalendo. En réponse, il a tenté de relativiser ces violations en affirmant que « des actions de justice vont être engagées pour prévenir et sanctionner ces pratiques ».

Pourtant, des faits récents soulèvent de sérieuses interrogations. Un officier des FARDC a publiquement remis 50 000 dollars donnés par le Ministre de la défense à des responsables Wazalendo, alors même qu'il reconnaissait que ce groupe était impliqué dans des violences ayant coûté la vie à un enfant et à d'autres civils à Runingu.

Dans ce contexte, les déclarations de @demontcl apparaissent davantage comme une tentative de dédouaner le gouvernement congolais de sa responsabilité dans les crimes attribués aux Wazalendo que comme une analyse objective de la situation sur le terrain.

Cette posture soulève des questions légitimes sur la crédibilité et l'impartialité du nouveau rapport de Human Rights Watch. Lorsqu'un rapport semble minimiser certaines violations tout en mettant l'accent sur d'autres acteurs du conflit, il s'expose à la critique d'être perçu comme un récit davantage influencé par des considérations politiques que par une démarche strictement fondée sur les faits.

La crédibilité d'une organisation de défense des droits humains repose avant tout sur sa capacité à appliquer les mêmes standards d'analyse et de responsabilité à toutes les parties impliquées dans le conflit, sans distinction.

@Bolopion @HuangXia16 @eucopresident @JosepBorrellF @UNHumanRights @UN_Lemarquis @USAenFrancais @UN @ONU_fr