Anaïse Kanimba retweeted
Where can East Africans seeking freedom find safety if exile itself offers no refuge?
Tanzanian activist Twaha Mwaipaya has reportedly been abducted in Kenya. His whereabouts remain unknown.
A deeply troubling pattern of transnational repression demands urgent action. Kenyan authorities have a responsibility to establish his whereabouts, ensure his safety, and investigate.
Tanzanian activist Twaha Mwaipaya has reportedly been abducted in Kenya. His whereabouts remain unknown.
A deeply troubling pattern of transnational repression demands urgent action. Kenyan authorities have a responsibility to establish his whereabouts, ensure his safety, and investigate.
#FreeTwahaMwaipaya | STATEMENT: RISING TRANSNATIONAL REPRESSION IN EAST AFRICA SHOULD CONCERN REGIONAL JUDICIARIES AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
We strongly condemn the reported abduction of Twaha Mwaipaya, a Tanzanian opposition activist.
"No individual should be subjected due process. Any allegations must be addressed through lawful procedures that uphold fundamental rights and the rule of law."
#ULSAT70 #ResistLawlessness
#FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners
#BangTheTable #BackOnTrack
#RNBVsion2060
@TheCitizenTz @nilepostnews @DailyMonitor @newvisionwire @TheLegalReports @TheChanzo @BBCAfrica @EACJCourt
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Anaïse Kanimba retweeted
Where can East Africans seeking freedom find safety if exile itself offers no refuge?
Tanzanian activist Twaha Mwaipaya has reportedly been abducted in Kenya. His whereabouts remain unknown.
A deeply troubling pattern of transnational repression demands urgent action. Kenyan authorities have a responsibility to establish his whereabouts, ensure his safety, and investigate.
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Anaïse Kanimba retweeted
🚨WHERE IS TWAHA MWAIPAYA?! FREE OUR COMRADE‼️
@jumuiya @achpr_cadhp @UN_SPExperts @UNHumanRights @IntlCrimCourt @EUparliament @court_afchpr @WGEID
@WilliamsRuto & @SuluhuSamia are at it again with their East Africa Abduction Alliance repression collaboration and urgent action
Musty STOP this pattern of transnational repression and secure the release of Twaha Mwaipaya!
#FreeTwahaMwaipaya
#EndEnforcedDisappearances
#EndTransnationalRepression
@jumuiya @achpr_cadhp @UN_SPExperts @UNHumanRights @IntlCrimCourt @EUparliament @court_afchpr @WGEID
@WilliamsRuto & @SuluhuSamia are at it again with their East Africa Abduction Alliance repression collaboration and urgent action
Musty STOP this pattern of transnational repression and secure the release of Twaha Mwaipaya!
#FreeTwahaMwaipaya
#EndEnforcedDisappearances
#EndTransnationalRepression
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Anaïse Kanimba retweeted
Freedom starts with a name.
Ahead of October 30, the International Day of Political Prisoners, WLC joins 50+ organizations worldwide in a united call for the immediate and unconditional release of all political prisoners.
We will say their names. We will stand with their until they are all free.
#FreeThem #FreedomStartsWithAName
Read the joint statement: worldlibertycongress.org/joint-statemen…
Ahead of October 30, the International Day of Political Prisoners, WLC joins 50+ organizations worldwide in a united call for the immediate and unconditional release of all political prisoners.
We will say their names. We will stand with their until they are all free.
#FreeThem #FreedomStartsWithAName
Read the joint statement: worldlibertycongress.org/joint-statemen…
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Heartbreaking and horrifying. Another Rwandan dissident, Robert Kabera, was found beheaded in Uganda.
@RamsNFL why accept “Visit Rwanda” sponsorship from a regime with a documented record of killings and transnational repression?
apnews.com/article/uganda…
@RamsNFL why accept “Visit Rwanda” sponsorship from a regime with a documented record of killings and transnational repression?
apnews.com/article/uganda…
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Anaïse Kanimba retweeted
Join us for an important conversation on 𝐃𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐂𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐘 𝐈𝐍 𝐑𝐄𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓: 𝐈𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐔𝐋𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐀𝐖 𝐃𝐘𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐈𝐍 𝐀𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀?
📅 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟏𝟔, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
🕗 𝟖:𝟎𝟎 𝐏𝐌 𝐄𝐀𝐓
Featuring @MarthaKarua ,@TJikany , @linazed2 and Tendai Biti .
on 𝐗 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬: x.com/i/spaces/1mgpa…
📅 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟏𝟔, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
🕗 𝟖:𝟎𝟎 𝐏𝐌 𝐄𝐀𝐓
Featuring @MarthaKarua ,@TJikany , @linazed2 and Tendai Biti .
on 𝐗 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬: x.com/i/spaces/1mgpa…
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Anaïse Kanimba retweeted
NEW @citizenlab report We uncovered an Israeli firm using online ads to run vast spy operation
This is the first-ever public confirmation of zero-click mercenary spyware delivered via targeted ads.
45 devices at @AJEnglish confirmed infected
citizenlab.ca/research/how-d…
This is the first-ever public confirmation of zero-click mercenary spyware delivered via targeted ads.
45 devices at @AJEnglish confirmed infected
citizenlab.ca/research/how-d…
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Anaïse Kanimba retweeted
Free at last. Special thanks to counsel @KakuruTumusiime and @EliasNalukoola , to the sureties @SpireJim @deuce_mercy and @jjuukoa, to @Lord_Mutuzo @Joshua_lawel @kirabomarion2 @LouisKyle_ @edmundayesigwa @KobusingyeNora and all of you for standing with @AloikinOpoloje❤️❤️❤️
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Anaïse Kanimba retweeted
I started visiting Rwanda around 2010, when you still needed a visa to travel to Rwanda.
In this picture is sports, youth and culture minister Joe Habineza, with me. He died in 2021. We would hang out whenever I was in Rwanda. Went around the city of Kigali, where people sed him.
Mr. Habineza was Rwanda’s Ambassador to Nigeria then and he would bring visa sticker to the Lagos airport from Abuja and put it on my passport and we would fly to Kigali.
I volunteered at Kwetu Institute to teach. That’s a film school owned by Eric Kabera.
This is where it gets interesting. I lost my luggage on RwandAir. After trying to reach Yvonne Makolo, its CEO and she told me they would not do anything, I came to Twitter to call them out.
On my next trip to Rwanda, 8 men in suit came to my hotel on the day I was supposed to leave and took me in and kept me in prison for 2 weeks…
Until there was an intervention from people Kagame listened to, like President Obasanjo…
When he imprisoned Paul Rusesabagina, I had to work with his family to reach out to those prominent Africans who started talking to him.
So, when you go to Rwanda for Formula 1 in 2030, which is years away, behave well.
In this picture is sports, youth and culture minister Joe Habineza, with me. He died in 2021. We would hang out whenever I was in Rwanda. Went around the city of Kigali, where people sed him.
Mr. Habineza was Rwanda’s Ambassador to Nigeria then and he would bring visa sticker to the Lagos airport from Abuja and put it on my passport and we would fly to Kigali.
I volunteered at Kwetu Institute to teach. That’s a film school owned by Eric Kabera.
This is where it gets interesting. I lost my luggage on RwandAir. After trying to reach Yvonne Makolo, its CEO and she told me they would not do anything, I came to Twitter to call them out.
On my next trip to Rwanda, 8 men in suit came to my hotel on the day I was supposed to leave and took me in and kept me in prison for 2 weeks…
Until there was an intervention from people Kagame listened to, like President Obasanjo…
When he imprisoned Paul Rusesabagina, I had to work with his family to reach out to those prominent Africans who started talking to him.
So, when you go to Rwanda for Formula 1 in 2030, which is years away, behave well.
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Anaïse Kanimba retweeted
War as Business.
Former Democratic Republic of Congo leader Joseph Kabila says he's starting a new rebel group that will fold in the M23 movement that now occupies part of the country’s east, posing a fresh challenge to President Felix Tshisekedi bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Anaïse Kanimba retweeted
🇺🇬La militante anticorruption Praise Aloikin a publié une vidéo sur TikTok dans laquelle elle affirme ne pas avoir peur du général Muhoozi Kainerugaba, chef de l’armée et fils du président, le qualifiant de "chou" et de "salade".
Quelques jours plus tard, elle est arrêtée et est oir utilisé une SIM non enregistrée à son nom pour diffuser son contenu. On te raconte.
#Ouganda
Quelques jours plus tard, elle est arrêtée et est oir utilisé une SIM non enregistrée à son nom pour diffuser son contenu. On te raconte.
#Ouganda
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Anaïse Kanimba retweeted
If a cabbage joke threatens your authority, the problem isn’t the cabbage. #FreePraiseAloikin
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Anaïse Kanimba retweeted
Apparently, Uganda’s army chief needs protection from a cabbage joke. Praise Aloikin is jailed for using a SIM card registered to her mother after mocking @mkainerugaba. Jailing critics only advertises his insecurity. #FreePraiseAloikin
monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/na…
monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/na…
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Anaïse Kanimba retweeted
Hi everyone!
I would like to share with you that my father, Dr. Ibadoghlu, left Azerbaijan this morning and arrived in Berlin to get medical treatment.
I would like to thank everyone who has helped us during these trying times. We are very grateful for your help as a family.
I would like to share with you that my father, Dr. Ibadoghlu, left Azerbaijan this morning and arrived in Berlin to get medical treatment.
I would like to thank everyone who has helped us during these trying times. We are very grateful for your help as a family.
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Anaïse Kanimba retweeted
🇷🇼Rwandan activist @ckanimba has taken first place at AI Hack for Freedom III in Washington, D.C.
Kanimba received a $20,000 cryptocurrency prize for Behind the Jersey, a platform designed to help sports fans identify authoritarian entities funding their teams and organize The two-day competition brought together 10 activists from 10 countries and regions, working alongside developers and designers to build AI-enabled tools for activism.
👉Read more: xtrafrica.com/news/carine-ka…
Kanimba received a $20,000 cryptocurrency prize for Behind the Jersey, a platform designed to help sports fans identify authoritarian entities funding their teams and organize The two-day competition brought together 10 activists from 10 countries and regions, working alongside developers and designers to build AI-enabled tools for activism.
👉Read more: xtrafrica.com/news/carine-ka…
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Anaïse Kanimba retweeted
The abduction of @AloikinOpoloje is deeply troubling. We demand her immediate safe return .
#FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners
#FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners
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Anaïse Kanimba retweeted
🚨 URGENT: WLC member Aloikin Praise Opoloje has reportedly been abducted in Uganda.
We demand authorities immediately disclose her whereabouts, guarantee her safety and legal rights, and secure her immediate release.
Aloikin must be returned safely.
Read our statement: worldlibertycongress.org
@amnesty @UN_HRC @UNWatch
We demand authorities immediately disclose her whereabouts, guarantee her safety and legal rights, and secure her immediate release.
Aloikin must be returned safely.
Read our statement: worldlibertycongress.org
@amnesty @UN_HRC @UNWatch
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Anaïse Kanimba retweeted
Especially meaningful to have @RushanAbbas with us at Mount Vernon on the anniversary of her sister Gulshan’s unjust imprisonment. A former Democracy Award honoree standing with this year’s honorees—a powerful reminder that those pursuing freedom must never stand alone.
It was an honor to join the @NEDemocracy’s 2026 Democracy Awards last night at George Washington’s @MountVernon, celebrating courageous individuals who continue to defend freedom and democracy around the world. As America marks its 250th anniversary, I was deeply moved to stand emarkable honorees and @SenTimKaine. Their courage is a powerful reminder that the desire for freedom knows no borders, and that those who risk everything for it must never stand alone.
Having had the honor of receiving NED’s 2025 Democracy Award on behalf of @CUyghurs, I know personally how meaningful this recognition is to those confronting authoritarian repression. It tells those on the frontlines: you are seen, your courage matters, and you are not alone.
Grateful for an inspiring and meaningful evening, and for all those who continue to stand with people fighting for freedom everywhere.
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Honored to join @freedomhouse as one of its inaugural Ambassadors for Freedom, alongside an extraordinary group of advocates: @carolinabferrer, @NazaninBoniadi, @vkaramurza, and @AnnaKwokFY.
This is particularly meaningful to me, as in #Rwanda and across parts of #EastAfrica, too many people are still denied the basic freedom to speak openly, gather, organize, dissent, and have a say in shaping their own future.
I also hope to connect with more people across our region who are trying to bring about change, so we can support one another and keep fighting for freedom together. #AmbassadorsForFreedom #WLC
This is particularly meaningful to me, as in #Rwanda and across parts of #EastAfrica, too many people are still denied the basic freedom to speak openly, gather, organize, dissent, and have a say in shaping their own future.
I also hope to connect with more people across our region who are trying to bring about change, so we can support one another and keep fighting for freedom together. #AmbassadorsForFreedom #WLC
Introducing Freedom House’s Ambassadors for Freedom.
Today, we’re proud to welcome @carolinabferrer, @NazaninBoniadi, @AnaiseKanimba, @vkaramurza, and @AnnaKwokFY as the inaugural members of a new initiative bringing together leading advocates to champion democracy and human .
Meet our Ambassadors: freedomhouse.org/article/freedo… #AmbassadorsForFreedom
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