Hennie van Vuuren
@hennievanvuuren.bsky.social
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People with power have gagged @OpenSecretsZA. We might have been SLAPP’d by deep pockets and bad law, but we won’t be silenced!
This is a why and how SLAPPS are used everywhere to shut down dissent and evidence of human rights abuse - and why we should fight this:
This is a why and how SLAPPS are used everywhere to shut down dissent and evidence of human rights abuse - and why we should fight this:
1. What are Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participations suits (SLAPPs?) 🧵
November 11, 2025 at 10:57 AM
People with power have gagged @OpenSecretsZA. We might have been SLAPP’d by deep pockets and bad law, but we won’t be silenced!
This is a why and how SLAPPS are used everywhere to shut down dissent and evidence of human rights abuse - and why we should fight this:
This is a why and how SLAPPS are used everywhere to shut down dissent and evidence of human rights abuse - and why we should fight this:
We have been gagged.
Can’t say why.
Can’t say by who.
Can’t say what is being hidden from you.
Can’t say in which court we will go to fight this order.
Can’t say on what day the matter will be heard.
Can’t say who the Judge is that will hear us.
We will fight this!
Can’t say why.
Can’t say by who.
Can’t say what is being hidden from you.
Can’t say in which court we will go to fight this order.
Can’t say on what day the matter will be heard.
Can’t say who the Judge is that will hear us.
We will fight this!
We have been gagged! We cannot say by who or why. Attempts to silence public-interest journalism threaten everyone’s matters of public interestt. We’ll challenge this order. More information to follow.
https://www.opensecrets.org.za/open-secrets-gag-order/
https://www.opensecrets.org.za/open-secrets-gag-order/
November 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
We have been gagged.
Can’t say why.
Can’t say by who.
Can’t say what is being hidden from you.
Can’t say in which court we will go to fight this order.
Can’t say on what day the matter will be heard.
Can’t say who the Judge is that will hear us.
We will fight this!
Can’t say why.
Can’t say by who.
Can’t say what is being hidden from you.
Can’t say in which court we will go to fight this order.
Can’t say on what day the matter will be heard.
Can’t say who the Judge is that will hear us.
We will fight this!
Reposted by Hennie van Vuuren
We have been gagged! We cannot say by who or why. Attempts to silence public-interest journalism threaten everyone’s matters of public interestt. We’ll challenge this order. More information to follow.
https://www.opensecrets.org.za/open-secrets-gag-order/
https://www.opensecrets.org.za/open-secrets-gag-order/
November 10, 2025 at 8:05 AM
We have been gagged! We cannot say by who or why. Attempts to silence public-interest journalism threaten everyone’s matters of public interestt. We’ll challenge this order. More information to follow.
https://www.opensecrets.org.za/open-secrets-gag-order/
https://www.opensecrets.org.za/open-secrets-gag-order/
Reposted by Hennie van Vuuren
Two years ago today human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko was assassinated in his own home just hours after Eswatini's King Mswati III warned pro-democracy advocates of potential attacks.
January 21, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Two years ago today human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko was assassinated in his own home just hours after Eswatini's King Mswati III warned pro-democracy advocates of potential attacks.