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More than 200 million girls and women live with Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)’s physical and emotional scars. Why do African girls endure this violence? Read Somali psychotherapist and anti-FGM activist @LeylaHussein (https://nitter.moomoo.me/LeylaHussein)’s op-ed for @cnn (https://nitter.moomoo.me/CNN): buff.ly/3qmpwFr (https://buff.ly/3qmpwFr) https://nitter.moomoo.me/pic/card_img%2F1662014705353850882%2FERSsw_CP%3Fformat%3Djpg%26name%3D800x419 https://nitter.moomoo.me/HRF/status/1665797189199593477#m

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More than half of the world lives under tyranny.Tyranny is the root of poverty, war, and torture.We’re uniting the world to stand against tyranny.

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**RT @Tsihanouskaya:** I send my heartfelt condolences to the family & friends of 37-year-old poet Dmitry Sorokin, who died while in detention in Lida on June 1st. The circumstances surrounding his death remain unclear, but we know that security forces are trying to obscure the truth. Calling for justice & full transparency on the tragic events that led to his death. https://nitter.moomoo.me/Tsihanouskaya/status/1665681344523796481#m

**Response to @HRF:** 5/ Assassinated Swazi human rights lawyer and former OFF speaker, Thulani Maseko, spoke out against the imprisonment of the MPs and once belonged to the legal team defending the lawmakers in court. piped.kavin.rocks/watch?v=DF7Vf6cG… (

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**Response to @HRF:** 4/ In an attempt to pin the deaths and violence onto the lawmakers, Swazi royal prosecutors filed baseless charges of incitement to violence, terrorism, and murder against the pro-democracy MPs and repeatedly denied them bail. newframe.com/pro-democracy-m… (https://www.newframe.com/pro-democracy-mps-remain-in-jail-as-eswatini-burns/) https://nitter.moomoo.me/pic/card_img%2F1664238900984918017%2FfzRs1Wzb%3Fformat%3Djpg%26name%3D800x419 https://nitter.moomoo.me/HRF/status/1665399769420689408#m

**Response to @HRF:** 2/ The lawmakers were arrested in July 2021 after they advocated for an elected prime minister instead of one appointed by the king and urged the regime to heed protesters’ demands to deliver petitions calling for democracy to local constituencies. dailymaverick.co.za/article/… (

Daily Maverick

Royal crackdown: European Union condemns arrest of two Eswatini MPs as government hunts for the third | Daily Maverick

The European Union says it is ‘deeply concerned’ by the arrest on Sunday of two members of parliament in Eswatini, who are due to appear in cou...

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**Response to @HRF:** 3/ The Swazi regime’s decision to ban the delivery of petitions to local constituencies sparked violent and deadly riots. ewn.co.za/2021/06/29/eswatin… (https://ewn.co.za/2021/06/29/eswatini-govt-defends-decision-to-ban-delivery-of-petitions-by-protestors) https://nitter.moomoo.me/pic/card_img%2F1662285140414939138%2FlpR8PiBV%3Fformat%3Djpg%26name%3D420x420_2 https://nitter.moomoo.me/HRF/status/1665399767638130689#m

1/ HRF condemns the conviction of Swazi pro-democracy members of parliament, Mduduzi Bacede Mabuza and Mthandeni Dube, on trumped-up charges nearly two years after they were imprisoned during protests calling for democratic reform. news24.com/news24/africa/new… (

News24

Eswatini convicts jailed pro-democracy lawmakers | News24

Two pro-democracy lawmakers in Eswatini were found guilty of murder and "terrorism" on Thursday, in a trial stemming from a wave of protests that h...

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**Response to @HRF:** 2/ The “Patriotic Bill” criminalizes vaguely defined "unpatriotic acts," such as harming the country’s positive image or communication or lobbying with a foreign government for sanctions and trade boycotts. news24.com/news24/africa/new… (

News24

WATCH | Zimbabwe passes 'draconian' Patriotic Bill ahead of elections | News24

Zimbabwe's president Emmerson Mnangagwa is expected to sign into law the Patriotic Bill, which critics and the opposition say is the most draconian...

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