1/. This week, in 3 consecutive days, 3 prominent human rights defenders were killed
Rwandan journalist John Williams Ntwali was killed in an ‘auto accident’
Swazi lawyer Thulani Maseko was shot
Cameroonian journalist Martinez Zogo was found by a road theafricareport.com/279711/cameroo…
Rwandan journalist John Williams Ntwali was killed in an ‘auto accident’
Swazi lawyer Thulani Maseko was shot
Cameroonian journalist Martinez Zogo was found by a road theafricareport.com/279711/cameroo…
2/ “Thulani Maseko was not an ordinary human rights lawyer; he was the epitome of human rights law. He humbly lived faithful to his calling until his last breath. His bravery, resilience, humility & humanity will continue to encourage all who knew him” @Follow_SALC #ThulaniMaseko 
https://twitter.com/stefsimanowitz/status/1617474956119445504
3/. Cameroonian journalist Martinez Zogo's death was brutal
According to reports, he was forced off the road while driving home by 4 hooded men in a car
He was abducted, electrocuted, sodomised, stripped naked & dumped in a quarry!
#journalismisnotacrime #Cameroon @PR_Paul_BIYA
According to reports, he was forced off the road while driving home by 4 hooded men in a car
He was abducted, electrocuted, sodomised, stripped naked & dumped in a quarry!
#journalismisnotacrime #Cameroon @PR_Paul_BIYA
https://twitter.com/stefsimanowitz/status/1617601651073769475
4/. Rwandan journalist, John Williams Ntwali, was often the only journalist who dared to report on issues of political repression & human rights abuses in #Rwanda
He joins a list of people who have challenged the govt & died in suspicious circumstances
https://t.co/QEC3cfkXve twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
He joins a list of people who have challenged the govt & died in suspicious circumstances
https://t.co/QEC3cfkXve twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
5/. News that two journalists & a lawyer were killed in three days comes as @pressfreedom revealed 2022 was the deadliest for journalists since 2018 with at least 67 journalists & media workers killed (including 15 in Ukraine, 13 in Mexico, & 7 in Haiti)
ifex.org/at-least-67-jo…
ifex.org/at-least-67-jo…
6/. “The truth is powerful
It’s why they fear it
It’s why they try to silence it”
When you think of dangerous professions, you think of firefighters, miners, or bomb disposal experts…not human rights defenders
Over the last decade, 1,750+ environmental activists were murdered
It’s why they fear it
It’s why they try to silence it”
When you think of dangerous professions, you think of firefighters, miners, or bomb disposal experts…not human rights defenders
Over the last decade, 1,750+ environmental activists were murdered
https://twitter.com/stefsimanowitz/status/1617556750332297220
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