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This post is part of a series of writings and blogs on Rwanda by Mr. Johnson. The views expressed are the author's own.

The famed and ostensibly high-minded BBC recently lent its prestige to Rwanda genocide denial and to a group plausibly alleged to be engaged in terrorist attacks to subvert the post-genocide Rwanda order. This fiasco should be corrected by strong action by the BBC as well as the UK and other Western governments. The West should expose and oppose rather than foster and condone violent external threats to Rwanda.

Many Western observers believe passionately that democracy and human rights are not well served by the way President Paul Kagames Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF) has governed post-genocide Rwanda, and that a more Western interpretation of international norms on these issues would do better. It is legitimate for these critics to make their case, and when they do so with due diligence and respect for factual evidence it can be to Rwandas benefit.

However, it is not legitimate to seek to discredit Mr. Kagame and the RPF by misrepresenting the history of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, or by misrepresenting Rwandan opposition groups as benign when they are not. The BBC has done both these things, in a way which is sadly typical in Western discourse about Rwanda, and dangerous for peace, democracy and human rights in Rwanda and its region.

The BBCs Oct. 1 film Rwandas Untold Story strengthens the unrepentant and still active remnants of the Rwandan Hutu Power movement which carried out the 1994 genocide against the Rwanda Tutsi, by recycling the main themes of the movements longstanding genocide denial campaign. For details, see the Oct. 12 protest to the BBC from 47 prominent observers of Rwanda (as well as this author) led by Linda Melvern, and separate statements by Andrew Wallis, Alain Gauthier, Philippe Brewaeys, James Smith and Francois Sudan. The BBC has yet to admit any wrongdoing.

Equally grave, the BBC film also strengthens the Hutu Power movements newest ally, the migr Rwanda National Congress (RNC). It gave two RNC leaders (Kayumba Nyamwasa and Theogene Rudasingwa) a friendly platform to advance their cause, and effectively endorsed them as bravely dissident truth-tellers. In doing this, the BBC chose to stay silent about a considerable amount of credible evidence that the RNC aims to seize power by violently overthrowing the Rwandan government, by means that include targeting civilians in terrorist grenade attacks and targeting Rwandan leaders for assassination.

This looks like disinformation rather than accurate and unbiased reporting. It calls for an internal BBC inquiry, and for UK government review as well. It should also alert the international community that it is long past due to investigate and take appropriate action against groups identified by the Rwandan government as supporting or engaging in the violent subversion of Rwandas post-genocide order.

Publicly available evidence about the RNC is outlined below.

The RNC was formed in December 2010 in Washington DC by General Kayumba Nyamwasa, Colonel Patrick Karegeya, Theogene Rudasingwa, and Gerald Gahima (Mr. Karegeyas January 2014 murder in South Africa remains unsolved). These four men were senior military and political leaders of the RPF until they fled Rwanda between 2004 and 2010, and as such played important roles in creating the post-genocide order they now want to see overthrown. They claim they fled Rwanda to escape persecution for legitimate policy dissent. There does not appear to be any evidence of this beyond their own claims. The Rwandan government has long asserted they fled to avoid being held accountable for corrupt activities. This goes unmentioned in the BBCs film. But this is only its least egregious silence about the RNC.

Since 2010, RNC leaders have publicly declared war against Kagame and the Rwandan government, in scarcely veiled terms. Here are four such declarations, as reported in non-Rwandan media:

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Rest in peace: Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Michel du Cille died in Thursday. Photo: Julia Ewan/Washington Post

Michel du Cille, a Washington Post photojournalist who was a three-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his dramatic images of human struggle and triumph, and who recently chronicled the plight of Ebola patients and the people who cared for them, died Thursday while on assignment for The Post in Liberia. He was 58.

He collapsed while returning on foot from a village in the Salala district of Liberia's Bong County, where he had been working on a project. He was transported over dirt roads to a hospital two hours away but was declared dead on arrival of an apparent heart attack.

Michel du Cille took this photo of Esther Tokpah in September in Monrovia, Liberia. The 11-year-old had lost both her parents to Ebola. Photo: Michel du Cille/Washington Post

Du Cille won two Pulitzer Prizes for photography with the Miami Herald in the 1980s and joined The Post in 1988. In 2008, he shared his third Pulitzer, with Post reporters Dana Priest and Anne Hull, for their investigative series on the treatment of veterans at Walter Reed Army Medical Centre.

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"Michel had returned to Liberia on Tuesday after a four-week break that included showing his photographs at the Addis Foto Fest in Ethiopia," Washington Post executive editor Martin Baron said in a statement to the newspaper's staff.

"We are all heartbroken. We have lost a beloved colleague and one of the world's most accomplished photographers," he said.

A view of the Atlantic Ocean is seen from the roof of a home in the Capitol Hill area of Monrovia, Liberia. Photo: Michel du Cille/Washington Post

After serving as The Post's director of photography for several years, du Cille returned to the field in 2012 as a full-time photojournalist, the job in which he always felt most comfortable. His assignments often took him to places of strife and deprivation, from Sudan and other African countries to Afghanistan, where he came under fire in 2013.

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Michel du Cille, a Washington Post photojournalist who was a three-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his dramatic images of human struggle and triumph, and who recently chronicled the plight of Ebola patients and the people who cared for them, died Thursday while on assignment for The Post in Liberia. He was 58.

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Three time Pulitzer Prize winner, Michel du Cille died Thursday Dec. 11, 2014 while on assignment chronicling Ebola patients and their caretakers for the Post in Liberia. He was 58.

He collapsed while returning on foot from a village in the Salala district of Liberia's Bong County, where he had been working on a project. He was transported over dirt roads to a hospital two hours away but was declared dead on arrival of an apparent heart attack.

Du Cille won two Pulitzer Prizes for photography with the Miami Herald in the 1980s and joined The Post in 1988. In 2008, he shared his third Pulitzer, with Post reporters Dana Priest and Anne Hull, for their investigative series on the treatment of veterans at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

"Michel had returned to Liberia on Tuesday after a four-week break that included showing his photographs at the Addis Foto Fest in Ethiopia," Washington Post Executive Editor Martin Baron said in a statement to the newspaper's staff.

"We are all heartbroken. We have lost a beloved colleague and one of the world's most accomplished photographers," he said.

After serving as The Post's director of photography for several years, du Cille returned to the field in 2012 as a full-time photojournalist, the job in which he always felt most comfortable. His assignments often took him to places of strife and deprivation, from Sudan and other African countries to Afghanistan, where he came under fire in 2013.

He was renowned among journalists for his ability to peer inside the cauldron of crisis to portray the dignity and sorrow of human struggle. He believed journalists had a responsibility to show the raw truth of any situation.

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Michel du Cille, three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist, dies at 58

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REST IN PEACE: Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Michel du Cille died in Thursday.

Michel du Cille, a Washington Post photojournalist who was a three-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his dramatic images of human struggle and triumph, and who recently chronicled the plight of Ebola patients and the people who cared for them, died Thursday while on assignment for The Post in Liberia. He was 58.

He collapsed while returning on foot from a village in the Salala district of Liberia's Bong County, where he had been working on a project. He was transported over dirt roads to a hospital two hours away but was declared dead on arrival of an apparent heart attack.

Du Cille won two Pulitzer Prizes for photography with the Miami Herald in the 1980s and joined The Post in 1988. In 2008, he shared his third Pulitzer, with Post reporters Dana Priest and Anne Hull, for their investigative series on the treatment of veterans at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

Michel du Cille/Washington Post

Michel du Cille took this photo of Esther Tokpah in September in Monrovia, Liberia. The 11-year-old had lost both her parents to Ebola.

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Documenting with dignity in the Ebola zone, by Michel du Cille

"Michel had returned to Liberia on Tuesday after a four-week break that included showing his photographs at the Addis Foto Fest in Ethiopia," Washington Post Executive Editor Martin Baron said in a statement to the newspaper's staff.

"We are all heartbroken. We have lost a beloved colleague and one of the world's most accomplished photographers," he said.

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Pulitzer-winning photojournalist Michel du Cille dead at 58

Michel du Cille, a Washington Post photojournalist who won the Pulitzer Prize three times for his dramatic images of human struggle and triumph, and who recently chronicled the plight of Ebola patients and the people who cared for them, died Thursday while on assignment for the Post in Liberia. He was 58.

He collapsed after returning from a village in the Salala district of Liberia's Bong County, where he had been working with Post reporter Justin Jouvenal. He was transported over dirt roads to a hospital two hours away, but died of an apparent heart attack.

Du Cille won two Pulitzer Prizes for photography with the Miami Herald in the 1980s and joined the Post in 1988. In 2008, he shared his third Pulitzer, with Post reporters Dana Priest and Anne Hull, for their investigative series on the treatment of military veterans at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

He became the Post's director of photography in 2007, but returned to the field full time in 2012. He was known for his ability to portray humanity even in dire circumstances.

He was married to Post photographer Nikki Kahn and had two children from a previous marriage.

Washington Post executive editor Martin Baron issued the following statement:

"I am deeply saddened to report that Michel du Cille died Thursday afternoon while in Liberia documenting the tragedy of Ebola.

"Michel collapsed during a strenuous hike on the way back from a village where he and Justin Jouvenal were reporting. He remained unconscious, and was taken to a nearby clinic, where he had difficulty breathing. He was then transported to Phebe hospital, two hours away, where he was declared dead by doctors.

"Michel had returned to Liberia on Tuesday after a four-week break that included showing his photographs at the Addis Foto Fest in Ethiopia.

"We are all heartbroken. We have lost a beloved colleague and one of the world's most accomplished photographers. Our thoughts and prayers are with Michel's wife and fellow Post photographer Nikki Kahn, and his two children."

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By Matt Schudel December 11

Michel du Cille, a Washington Post photojournalist who was a three-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his dramatic images of human struggle and triumph, and who recently chronicled the plight of Ebola patients and the people who cared for them, died Thursday while on assignment for The Post in Liberia. He was 58.

He collapsed while returning on foot from a village in the Salala district of Liberias Bong County, where he had been working on a project. He was transported over dirt roads to a hospital two hours away but was declared dead on arrival of an apparent heart attack.

Mr. du Cille won two Pulitzer Prizes for photography with the Miami Herald in the 1980s and joined The Post in 1988. In 2008, he shared his third Pulitzer, with Post reporters Dana Priest and Anne Hull, for an investigative series on the treatment of veterans at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

Michel had returned to Liberia on Tuesday after a four-week break that included showing his photographs at the Addis Foto Fest in Ethiopia, Washington Post Executive Editor Martin Baron said in a statement to the newspapers staff.

We are all heartbroken, he continued. We have lost a beloved colleague and one of the worlds most accomplished photographers.

Michel du Cille was asked to make some remarks about his experiences covering Ebola in Liberia to share with his colleagues. This was filmed in Ethiopia while Michel was at a photo conference. He passed away in Liberia on Thursday, Dec. 11. (The Washington Post)

Mr. du Cille served as The Posts director of photography and as an assistant managing editor for several years before returning to the field as a full-time shooter, the job in which he always felt most comfortable. He was renowned among journalists for his ability to look inside a crisis and find enduring portraits of sorrow, dignity and perseverance.

His assignments often took him to places of strife and deprivation, from Sudan to Afghanistan, where he came under fire in 2013. He covered civil wars in Liberia and Sierra Leone in the 1990s before returning to west Africa this year to cover the Ebola outbreak.

In Liberia, Mr. du Cille wore full-body protective gear and operated his cameras through heavy rubber gloves. He photographed the stricken patients, but he also managed to convey the emotional toll of the disease on victims families.

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From Lalit K Jha

Washington, Dec 11 (PTI) The US is facing a tough time to defend its human rights record which is being questioned by many countries, including some of its allies, following the release of a damaging report on CIA's detention and interrogation programmes.

Top US government officials including President Obama have acknowledged having made mistakes with lawmakers conceding that some of the interrogation techniques amount to torture.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani yesterday said the CIA interrogation techniques were a violation of international laws while countries like China and Iran have slammed the US for its human rights violation.

Putting a brave front, both the White House and the State Department asserted that it stood by its human rights record and would continue to strongly take up the human rights issues of countries across the globe.

"If the US moral authority had been substantially diminished, we would not have had so much success in building a coalition of more than 60 countries, including many Muslim majority countries in the Middle East joining us in the fight against ISIL. So, we've made substantial progress," White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said when asked if the US had lost its moral authority.

"The president did take these steps in early 2009 to put in place a task force that later in 2009 announced significant reforms to the way that US personnel interrogate and detain individuals that happen to be in the custody of the United States government," he said.

He said the President was very clear in outlawing unequivocal techniques substantially rebuilt US' credibility and moral authority around the globe.

"We have evidence that this effect is having an impact on our ability to protect American national security interests around the globe," Earnest said.

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