{"id":56295,"date":"2025-11-17T12:11:37","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T12:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/rwandans-in-france-file-complaint-against-rfi-over-fdlr-coverage\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T11:52:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T11:52:13","slug":"rwandans-in-france-file-complaint-against-rfi-over-fdlr-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rwandans-in-france-file-complaint-against-rfi-over-fdlr-coverage\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwandans in France file complaint against RFI over FDLR coverage"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lawyer Richard Gisagara submitted the complaint to the French media regulatory authority, ARCOM, on November 15, 2025.<\/p>\n

The community cited an article published by RFI on November 10, 2025, titled \u201cWe will continue to resist until Kigali accepts dialogue: FDLR says\u201d (Nous r\u00e9sisterons jusqu\u2019\u00e0 ce que Kigali accepte un dialogue”, affirment les FDLR). <\/p>\n

The community argues that the article misrepresents the FDLR as a lightly armed faction operating in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), while ignoring its genocidal history and the sanctions imposed on it by the UN Security Council, the United States, and the European Union.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe FDLR has been responsible for mass killings in Rwanda and atrocities in eastern Congo over the past 30 years,\u201d the association said in the complaint. \u201cSome of its leaders have even been prosecuted in German courts. RFI\u2019s report gives this group an undeserved legitimacy by failing to provide this critical context.\u201d<\/p>\n

The association emphasised that RFI, as a state media outlet, is expected to uphold democratic values and provide accurate, impartial reporting. Citing French law, France M\u00e9dias Monde regulations, and RFI\u2019s own code of conduct, CRF said journalists must not act as mouthpieces for armed groups.<\/p>\n

The community also highlighted that this misreporting occurred in the context of prior intimidation of French media by the DRC government in January 2025, warning journalists that reporting contrary to government lines could lead to sanctions or even threats of death.<\/p>\n

The Rwandan community has urged the French media regulator to review RFI\u2019s practices and ensure that the station fulfils its legal and ethical responsibilities. The organisation also reaffirmed its commitment to preserving historical truth and combating hate speech and impunity.<\/p>\n

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The Rwandan Community in France has filed a formal complaint against Radio France Internationale (RFI), accusing the broadcaster of giving a platform to members of the FDLR militia group linked to the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, and portraying them as a legitimate organisation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000097804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-56295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000097804,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/fmm_issy-1fb7c.png","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/png","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/fmm_issy-1fb7c.png","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/fmm_issy-1fb7c.png","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/fmm_issy-1fb7c.png","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/fmm_issy-1fb7c.png","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/fmm_issy-1fb7c.png","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000097804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56295"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=56295"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=56295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}