Basma Mostafa
@MosBasma
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Journalist in exile, voice from the margins | Fighting censorship with stories. https://t.co/qtoySIcF2C
Berlin, Germany
Joined February 2024
A few days ahead of the first-ever Egypt-EU summit, which will address the EU’s macro-financial assistance (MFA) progress to Egypt, the country is sentencing one of its most brilliant economic minds to five years in prison simply for daring to criticize Sisi’s economic policies.
#Egypt 🇪🇬: CPJ is appalled by the five-year prison sentence handed down to Egyptian economic commentator Abdel Khaleq Farouk, convicted of spreading false information and misusing social media over articles critical of Egypt’s economic policies. https://t.co/0SFymgdAS6
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✉️ Write a Letter for #Tara Zhang Yadi! 🔗 https://t.co/LM6HFm3sU4 On October 3, Amnesty International @amnesty launched a campaign calling on supporters of Tara Zhang Yadi to write letters to Chen Yixin, China’s Minister of State Security, and to Chinese embassies worldwide.
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Thank you @MaryLawlorHRDs for your strong statement. This case is not only about my safety — it also shows the urgent need for judicial cooperation between @AuswaertigesAmt and @ukhomeoffice, since the same agent is involved in both countries, operating as part of a wider network
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On the last World #pressfreedom Day, we spoke with MCJN member and journalist @MosBasma about her life in exile and her fight against #TransnationalRepression. 🔊The interview is in Arabic for those interested in listening to what Basma has to say. 🔗
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When we spoke with Mostafa in the discreet conference room of a Geneva NGO one hot summer’s evening, nothing in her smiling face betrays the constant fear that haunts her. Today, Mostafa typifies the struggle against what is known as #TransnationalRepression, a worldwide
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The Egyptian regime couldn’t keep us relieved for long after Alaa’s release.They arrested one of Egypt’s most prominent journalists and experts on Sinai — simply because they disliked his FB posts,in which he spoke about the practice of rotating Egyptian prisoners into new cases.
#Egypt: The Committee to Protect Journalists is calling on Egyptian authorities to immediately release journalist Ismail Alexandrani, who has already spent years imprisoned for his reporting. https://t.co/J7XZpR4Z1T
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When we spoke with Mostafa in the discreet conference room of a Geneva NGO one hot summer’s evening, nothing in her smiling face betrays the constant fear that haunts her. Today, Mostafa typifies the struggle against what is known as #TransnationalRepression, a worldwide
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Abdulrahman Al-Khalidi, a Saudi activist and dissident, was forced into exile after his very presence inside Saudi Arabia became a direct threat to his life. He arrived in Bulgaria in 2021 and applied for asylum. Since then, he has been locked up in the Busmantsi detention
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-6- Zhang Yadi’s story is personal for many of us. It shows how regimes try to silence us even beyond their borders. I call on the Chinese regime to immediately reveal her whereabouts and release her.I stand with her and her loved ones. #FreeZhangYadi #TransnationalRepression
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-5- So yes – what happened to Zhang Yadi in Yunnan is not just a domestic abuse of power. It is an extension of state control across borders, reaching into the lives of those who dared to speak while abroad. That’s why I see her case as transnational repression.
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-4- This is exactly how transnational repression works: - Targeting people when they cross borders. - Sending a warning to students and activists in exile: your freedom is fragile, and visiting family can cost you your future.
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-3- Some may ask: if she disappeared inside China, why call this transnational repression? For me, the answer is clear: she is being punished for her activism abroad – for what she said and did in France, where she thought she was safe.
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-2- Her disappearance is an act of enforced disappearance – a grave human rights crime – and another reminder of how transnational repression silences voices even beyond borders.
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-1- I want to share the story of Zhang Yadi (Tara) a young Chinese student & activist who studied in France and was preparing to continue her studies in London.This summer, while visiting her family in China, she disappeared during a trip in Yunnan. Since July, no word from her.
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Link to the session: Germany’s statement (start from 02:27:57) https://t.co/k1mX5cBXjw
webtv.un.org
60th regular session of the Human Rights Council (08 September – 08 October 2025)
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Germany today at the Human Rights Council condemned reprisals & explicitly linked them to transnational repression, publicly referring to my case. words in Geneva must lead to action in Berlin. #HumanRights #UN #TransnationalRepression
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