Amnesty Eastern Africa
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Amnesty International in East Africa, the Horn, the Sudans and the Great Lakes.
Nairobi
Joined April 2015
Sign the petition calling on @_AfricanUnion Chairperson, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, to mandate independent investigations into the human rights violations committed before, during and after the 29 October general elections in #Tanzania
https://t.co/0JTwaM8nqc
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Tanzanians face fear and repression. Call on the African Union Chairperson @ymahmoudali to act now to defend human rights. #Resist #HumanityMustWin
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The #Said trial is entering its final stages, with closing statements from the Prosecution, the Legal Representatives of Victims and the Defence to be delivered on 25-27 November. 🎥 Starting Tuesday at 10:00 (CET) on the #ICC website. 📖 More info ➡️ https://t.co/OiaFk3QWci
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Conflict & crises. Authoritarian practices & closing civic space. Attacks on the international human rights system. At 25 years of their partnership, leaders at the EU-AU summit must rise to challenges in both regions & worldwide. https://t.co/jDrm8mrsB9
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Dear African and European leaders, As the African Union (AU) and the European Union (EU) meet for a summit on 24-25 November in Luanda, Angola, both institutions are confronted with burgeoning...
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C’est un procès historique. Il se tient à Paris, en ce moment même. L’ancien chef de guerre congolais Roger Lumbala Tshitenga est jugé pour complicité de crimes contre l’humanité. Décryptage avec notre expert Christian Rumu 👇 https://t.co/hWJ0EzK6kM
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Mercredi 12 novembre 2025 s’ouvrait le procès de Roger Lumbala Tshitenga. L'ancien chef de groupe armé congolais est accusé de complicité de crimes contre l’humanité. Il est jugé en France, en vertu...
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L’inaction de l’UE en RDC tue. Aujourd’hui, des militant·e·s de @luchaRDC et @amnesty se sont rassemblé·e·s devant le Conseil de l’Union européenne pour exiger que l’@EUCouncil agisse enfin afin de mettre fin aux violations graves des droits humains dans l’est de la RDC.
🇨🇩🇪🇺 EU inaction in DRC kills. Today activists from @luchaRDC and @amnesty gathered outside the European Council to demand EU act to end horrific abuses in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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And as European and African leaders meet at next week's EU-AU summit, the human rights and humanitarian crisis in eastern DRC must be high on the agenda. The time to act is now!
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Both the Rwanda-backed March 23 Movement (M23) and the Wazalendo, a loose coalition of armed groups backed by the Congolese army, have gang raped women and committed widespread human rights abuses...
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Since 2024, human rights activists have been subjected to smear campaigns, harassment, surveillance, disappearances, and even killings. X allowed state-sponsored groups to spread coordinated disinformation and harassment against activists, whilst Kenya’s largest
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Kenya’s young activists are facing tech-facilitated violence, harassment, and surveillance for speaking truth to power. Tomorrow, Amnesty International releases a report exposing these abuses and calling for urgent action. Read the full report and stand with Kenya’s youth:
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Since 2024, human rights activists have been subjected to smear campaigns, harassment, surveillance, disappearances, and even killings. X allowed state-sponsored groups to spread coordinated disinformation and harassment against activists, whilst Kenya’s largest
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Take Action 📝📲🪧 Stop tech-facilitated violence against young activists in Kenya https://t.co/QRXusjkxXv
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Digital spaces should empower young people, not endanger them.
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The Kenyan government must stop tech-facilitated state violence, troll campaigns and smear narratives that vilify its critics as “paid activists” or “foreign agents” & instead investigate enforced disappearances, unlawful killings and suspected surveillance of Gen Z protesters.
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Our analysis of online activity during the 2024 & 2025 protests & interviews conducted with young activists shows the systematic use of digital platforms by state-aligned trolls to suppress protests by young activists. https://t.co/EwHLu9EE8J
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Through desk research, social media analysis and in-depth interviews and focus group discussions with young human rights defenders (HRDs) and expert observers, the report examines the links between...
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Government and allied groups weaponized digital platforms to stifle online protests as part of broader repressive measures designed to stop activists from organizing protests online.
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🚨 A new @Amnesty report shows how Kenyan authorities used digital violence to suppress Gen Z-led protests against corruption and the introduction of new tax legislation between June 2024 & July 2025. @AmnestyKenya
https://t.co/DxeQl77p1W
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Kenyan authorities systematically deployed technology-facilitated violence as part of a coordinated campaign to to suppress Gen Z-led protests.
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🚨 New @Amnesty report shows how Kenyan authorities used digital violence to suppress Gen Z-led protests against corruption and the introduction of new tax legislation between June 2024 & July 2025. https://t.co/rUvQ3H4OgQ
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Kenyan authorities systematically deployed technology-facilitated violence as part of a coordinated campaign to to suppress Gen Z-led protests.
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The govt must stop tech-facilitated state violence, troll campaigns and smear narratives that vilify its critics as “paid activists” or “foreign agents” & instead investigate enforced disappearances, unlawful killings and suspected surveillance of Gen Z protesters.
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Our analysis of online activity during the 2024 & 2025 protests & interviews conducted with young activists shows the systematic use of digital platforms by state-aligned trolls to suppress protests by young activists. Link to report:
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Through desk research, social media analysis and in-depth interviews and focus group discussions with young human rights defenders (HRDs) and expert observers, the report examines the links between...
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