I stand firmly by my professional integrity as a journalist committed to truth, accuracy, and ethical reporting. Throughout my work, including coverage of sensitive geopolitical issues, I have acted independently and responsibly, guided only by facts and the public interest. Intimidation or pressure from any government does not alter my principles or my duty to inform with honesty and clarity.
My reporting is based on verified information, firsthand observation, and credible sources. I present facts transparently and allow them to speak for themselves. Against facts, there is no argument. Attempts to silence or discredit a journalist for presenting verifiable truths undermine press freedom and only underscore why factual reporting matters.
Integrity means remaining steadfast in the face of intimidation and refusing to compromise reality. I will continue to report with precision, because facts remain facts regardless of who may feel uncomfortable with them.
đ HARIANA VERAS AND RWANDA: WHEN SMEARS REPLACE ANSWERS
Unable to respond to legitimate questions, Kigali has reverted to its oldest reflex: attacking the journalist.
The latest target is @HarianaVeras , now subjected to a coordinated campaign of name-shaming and insinuation â amplified by trolls, relay accounts, and, remarkably, by Rwandaâs Foreign Minister @ONduhungirehe himself.
This is not a controversy. It is a narrative manufactured after the fact â unsupported by documents, evidence, or any identifiable breach of journalistic ethics. The real offense appears to be simple: asking questions Kigali would prefer remained unasked.
The irony is striking. After the Oval Office press conference following the June 27, 2025 Washington Peace Agreement, Kigali-linked intermediaries attempted discreet overtures of their own. They went nowhere. Integrity has a way of closing doors.
The episode that triggered the noise is simple: Hariana Veras asked a question while holding two microphones, RTNC and TPA. From that image alone, an accusation was invented â exposing nothing but a poor understanding of how White House journalism works.
First, to the suddenly outraged purists of the Kigali propaganda ecosystem: I am genuinely surprised by such amateurism in basic observation and information gathering. Hariana Veras has been openly collaborating with RTNC for months â entirely free to do so â and her humanism, professionalism, tone, and pugnacity long predate that collaboration.
The White House Correspondentsâ Association counts roughly 900 accredited journalists representing nearly 300 media organizations. Many outlets do not maintain a permanent correspondent. As a result, accredited journalists routinely collaborate with multiple media, often across different countries. This is not an exception. It is the norm.
A common example: @Sonia_Dridi, an independent french White House correspondent, works with LCI in France and RTBF in Belgium. No one mistakes that for allegiance â except amateurs unfamiliar with how journalism operates in a free society.
Hariana Veras has been a Washington correspondent since 2018, holds a hard pass since at least 2021, and is respected by her peers, the @whca, and political actors across the U.S. spectrum. She earned her place through fieldwork, consistency, and credibility â not through permission from Kigali.
Watching Rwanda deploy its usual intimidation techniques against a journalist operating in a rule-of-law country that constitutionally protects press freedom is not threatening. It is revealing.
When arguments run out, some regimes turn on journalists.
There is nothing new â and nothing impressive â about that.
What is exposed here is not a journalistic failure,
but a blatant misunderstanding of how the press operates in a free society.
#Rwanda
Rwandan dissidents living in the UK who have received police warnings about assassination attempts from the African countryâs agents have spoken of their shock & dismay @RishiSunakâs insistence that it is a safe country.
Kagameâs former bodyguard and a key political opponent are among at least eight people who have been told by special branch or the security services that there are âimminent threatsâ to their lives from the government in Kigali.
@guardian https://t.co/7fh5bpkcFR
Colonel Regis GATARAYIHA, alias Jet Li, of the DMI, recently renamed Defence Intelligence, CP Egide RUZIGAMANZI, of Crime Intelligence, and Joseph Costa HABYARA, of Counter Terrorism, met on 3 November, 20 November and 11/12/2023, to plan the liquidation of @VictoireUmuhoza