Anita Mureithi
@anitamureithii
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reporter @onlinehyphen | previously @opendemocracy
Joined November 2009
so happy to say i've joined @onlinehyphen as a reporter 💌DM me or email anita.mureithi@hyphenonline.com to say hi/ send tips/ story ideas
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Was Frank Hestor arrested for saying Diane Abbot should be shot?
Let’s see if the police arrest the people who called for me to be shot on TikTok yesterday.
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🤎 Big news 🤎 I’ve been selected as a 2025 Atlantic Fellow for Racial Equity! 🌍 I’ll be advancing my work on Black & Creole languages, confronting systemic anti-Blackness, amplifying cultural power + growing my leadership alongside amazing global disrupters. 🖤✨ #AFRE2025
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Paid a visit to the London arms fair today... Found a component for cluster munitions, banned under international law, on full display. Confirmed by staff, and removed swiftly by event organisers. But what else remains? These vile weapons should never be peddled in the UK.
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81yo Hannah Dankwa who has cancer & was blocked by the Home Office from returning back to the UK has finally arrived home after 4 months. During that time she was forced to miss her vital cancer treatments She says, ‘they just leave you there’
An 81-year-old British citizen has finally returned home to the UK, after being stranded in Ghana for four months because of a discrepency in her documentation.
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Tommy Robinson: 'I challenge any journalist to come to Luton and find Muslims with non Muslims.' I'm a journalist from Luton and this man is talking utter nonsense. A pleasure to work on this film, chatting to incredible people in my hometown and separating fact from fiction.
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Keir Starmer has paused his meeting with the Israeli prime minister who autographs bombs to be dropped Gaza to tell us there can be no justification for political violence.
My thoughts this evening are with the loved ones of Charlie Kirk. It is heartbreaking that a young family has been robbed of a father and a husband. We must all be free to debate openly and freely without fear - there can be no justification for political violence.
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A Kenyan teenager allegedly raped and murdered by British soldiers had seven broken ribs when she died, a secret army file reveals The victim, Mantoi Lekoloi Kaunda, was 16 and pregnant when she was killed in an area where British troops go for training👇 https://t.co/73tGeVMmBJ
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An autopsy report sheds light on “acute injury” sustained by a Kenyan teenager shortly before her death.
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Anti-migrant protester who rallied to ‘protect kids’ revealed to be a paedophile
metro.co.uk
Anthony Styles, AKA AJ Audits, has been convicted of assaulting girls aged 13 and 17.
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NEWS: I’ve set up an independent anti-racist reporting and monitoring organisation. We’ll document racist attacks, support victims, pressure authorities to act, and amplify the voices of smaller, more isolated Black and Asian communities across Britain.🧵
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Incredulous waffle and insincere optics for every occasion
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Leeds councillor @MothinAli has been elected co-deputy leader of @TheGreenParty. He becomes the only Muslim in a mainstream political party leadership role in England and Wales. Story by @theaisharimi⬇️ https://t.co/Gfs38tYZvZ
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Leeds councillor who made national headlines becomes the only Muslim in England and Wales in mainstream political party leadership role
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Congratulations to the newly elected Leader of the Green Party of England & Wales, @ZackPolanski
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A British pensioner with cancer has been blocked from returning home to the UK where she can continue her chemotherapy treatment and be closely monitored for the last for months. At the age of 81, there’s now suddenly an issue with her date of birth.
81-year-old Hannah Dankwa, who has cancer, has found herself stranded after taking a trip to see family in Ghana because of what's being described as an 'irregularity' over her date of birth. Seven years after the Windrush scandal came to light it seems some people from
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New police guidance could see suspects’ ethnicity and nationality routinely released. @anitamureithii explains what it could mean for British Muslim communities. https://t.co/adtmhP4kzW
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National Police Chiefs’ Council guidance could see suspects' ethnicity and nationality made public. Here’s what it could mean for Muslims
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why is it having pride in ‘are cuntry’ always looks like shit graffiti and racism and never, for example, fighting for fully funded public services, taxing foreign oligarchs pushing up house prices, bring services back into the hands of the public…
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Tributes have been paid to a woman who was killed in Romford, east London. ‘Kind & loving’ Zahwa Salah Mukhtar, 27, was attacked in the early hours of Saturday morning. 4 Arrests have been made. Those involved are believed to be known to each other. RIP🙏🏾 https://t.co/uMQGUSogkS
itv.com
The Met Police have named the woman who was killed in Romford as Zahwa Salah Mukhtar. | ITV News London
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Historically Muslims have always kept and tended to spectacular gardens. I love that this group are doing the same in London as well as tackling climate change and sustainability through growing food. Beautiful feature by @anitamureithii @onlinehyphen
https://t.co/tZ3MZmyGXH
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In our new series Island of Neighbours, highlighting people creating positive change, we visit a group building grassroots climate action
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Hyphen's new series Island of Neighbours tells stories of community cohesion and grassroots projects bridging divides, as a riposte to the PM's 'island of strangers' speech. For starters, @anitamureithii visits @sustainablymus⬇️ 📸Tori Ferenc https://t.co/QGbmVJqjam
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In our new series Island of Neighbours, highlighting people creating positive change, we visit a group building grassroots climate action
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