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Denise Zaneza
@dzaneza.bsky.social
Human Rights Activist
🇨🇩🇷🇼 The horrific sexual violence, from gang rape to sexual slavery of children and civilians in eastern #DRC, is unbearable. The #Rwanda-n-backed M23 terrorist group is implicated in these atrocities, and Paul Kagame must be held accountable.

www.reuters.com/investigates...
Child survivors recount gang rape, sexual slavery by M23 forces
M23 rebels and other fighters in Congo are using sexual violence as a weapon of war. Child survivors share their stories of gang rape, sexual slavery and abuse.
www.reuters.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:14 PM
There will only be peace in the #DRC if there is a regime change in #Rwanda.

There must be:
- sanctions
- accountability for human-rights abuses & cross-border aggression
- free and fair political competition in Rwanda
- transitional justice.

##RwandaIsKilling

www.state.gov/releases/off...
December 10, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Thousands of #Rwanda-n troops (6,000–7,000 RDF) are still operating inside eastern #DRC, fighting alongside M23, carrying out summary executions, arbitrary arrests & detentions, mass displacement, and the systematic burning of homes & targeting of Hutu civilians.
www.citizen.digital/article/un-e...
December 7, 2025 at 10:29 PM
🇷🇼 @hrf.org calls on the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) to investigate Rwandan opposition leader Victoire Ingabire’s case, determine that her detention is arbitrary, and demand her immediate release.

##FreeVictoireIngabire ##IStandWithIngabire #Rwanda #PaulKagame #Africa
November 26, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Reposted by Denise Zaneza
HRF calls on the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) to investigate Rwandan opposition leader Victoire Ingabire’s case, determine that her detention is arbitrary, and demand her immediate release.
November 26, 2025 at 12:08 AM
🇷🇼 #Rwanda: The enforced disappearance of Koffi Niyonkuru on March 29, 2024, remains unresolved. He spoke out on security issues and Rwanda’s role in supporting the #M23.

His abduction is part of a chilling pattern of silencing critics under Paul Kagame’s regime.

www.veritasinfo.fr/2024/04/rwan...
November 23, 2025 at 11:03 PM
A powerful conversation with Dr. Masako Yonekawa unmasks #Rwanda’s @RPFInkotanyi regime under dictator @PaulKagame.

Her research shows how sexual violence is systematically weaponized as a tool of power, control & domination in #DRC. #Genocide #Genocost #RwandaIsKilling

youtu.be/VWfXcPoNRdY?...
Paul Kagame’s weapon of war: CR sexual violence in DRC. Masako Yonekawa - Denise Zaneza - Rwanda
YouTube video by MurakaZaneza
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November 23, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The children of Victoire Ingabire accepted the 2024 Liberal International Freedom Prize on her behalf. A prize she could not receive herself, because she remains unjustly imprisoned in #Rwanda for daring to speak the truth and advocate for democratic freedoms.

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November 23, 2025 at 10:53 PM
🇷🇼 In today’s #Rwanda, journalists, YouTubers, and activists who dare to question the regime live in constant fear. Those who speak out against injustice are silenced; through arrests, exile, or death.

One of the most tragic examples is journalist John Williams Ntwali.

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November 22, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Judi Rever's new book - #Rwanda’s 30-Year Assault on Congo #DRC - traces the roots of Paul Kagame’s campaign and the impunity granted by the United States and its allies.

www.barakabooks.com/catalogue/rw...

#Genocide #Africa #Genocost
November 22, 2025 at 11:32 PM
🇨🇩Rape is being used as a weapon of war to break women, destroy families, and empty communities so others can loot the land. Women and girls are under attack, and the entire backbone of Congolese society is being deliberately shattered.

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#DRC #Rwanda ##Genocost #Genocide
November 22, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Si la Francophonie veut rester fidèle à ses valeurs; démocratie, paix, droits humains; ses États membres doivent interpeller les autorités rwandaises et exiger la libération immédiate de Mme Victoire Ingabire et de tous les prisonniers d’opinion au #Rwanda.

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#CMF46 #Afrique
November 22, 2025 at 11:18 PM
🇨🇩🇷🇼The M23; backed by #Rwanda; has displaced millions and imposed a violent parallel administration in eastern #DRC. Summary executions, forced labor, torture, land grabs, illegal deportations, and the crushing of civil society continue under their rule.

www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/202...
November 22, 2025 at 11:14 PM
#Rwanda: With journalist in exile Etienne Gatanazi we addressed the @paulkagame.bsky.social-regime's control over media, the use of fear as a tool of repression, the “everybody is a spy” culture, the attacks on dissent, & the rise of brave voices.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KJC...
#Africa #Journalism
August 2, 2025 at 8:27 PM
🕯️🇨🇩On this day of remembrance, as an activist of Rwandan origin, I pay solemn tribute to the suffering of the Congolese people & honor the millions of lives shattered by decades of violence, massacres, & injustice. Justice & dignity are a right for all victims.
#Genocost #DRC #RwandaIsKilling #Rwanda
August 2, 2025 at 8:19 PM
With journalist in exile Etienne Gatanazi, we unpacked life under #Rwanda’s surveillance state and @paulkagame.bsky.social's dictatorship.

➡️ youtube.com/watch?v=5KJC...

#Journalism #Africa #KagameMustGo #FreeVictoireIngabire
Press freedom is dead under Paul Kagame's dictatorship in Rwanda. Etienne Gatanazi - Denise Zaneza
YouTube video by MurakaZaneza
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July 31, 2025 at 9:44 PM
#Rwanda: Journalists, who dare to speak out against the regime have often found themselves arrested, exiled, or dead.

africasacountry.com/2024/10/the-...

John Williams Ntwali, who had been investigating the presence of Rwandan troops in the #DRC, was found dead under suspicious circumstances.
May 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM
In #Rwanda, independent journalism is a myth. When you say something critical; even in a tweet; and you're watched, harassed, or summoned. Many go silent, get co-opted, or flee; like @samuel-baker.bsky.social did.

➡️ youtube.com/watch?v=KSQq...

#Africa #JournalismIsNotAcrime #PressFreedom #Kagame
May 22, 2025 at 4:48 PM
For a deeper understanding of the challenges faced by journalists in Rwanda, listen to this conversation with @samuel-baker.bsky.social, a Rwandan journalist who shares his experiences of surveillance, censorship, & the high cost of truth-telling under Paul Kagame's regime.

youtu.be/KSQqddixH5g?...
The reality of journalism in Paul Kagame's Rwanda. Samuel Baker Byansi - Denise Zaneza
YouTube video by MurakaZaneza
youtu.be
May 22, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Dieudonné Niyonsenga, aka Cyuma Hassan, is a Rwandan journalist who has faced severe repression under President @paulkagame.bsky.social's regime. His case exemplifies the broader pattern of media suppression and human rights abuses in #Rwanda.

➡️ x.com/dzaneza/stat...

#Africa #Dictatorship
May 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The 2025 @freedomhouse.bsky.social report delivers delivers a scathing indictment of President @paulkagame.bsky.social's authoritarian grip over #Rwanda, highlighting the systematic erosion of political rights and civil liberties under his regime.

freedomhouse.org/country/rwan...

#Africa #Kagame
May 9, 2025 at 10:46 PM
#Rwanda: Déogratias Mushayidi, a genocide survivor, has been unjustly imprisoned for over 15 years.

His only "crime" was speaking the truth about human rights abuses and crimes committed under Paul Kagame's regime.

It is higly time to #FreeMushayidi and #FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners!
May 9, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Under @paulkagame.bsky.social’s dictatorship, journalists have witnessed colleagues being beaten, jailed, exiled, or even killed; yet they persist in the fight for freedom of expression in #Rwanda where dissent is severely repressed.
🔊Conversation with Anjan Sundaram:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbcl...
May 9, 2025 at 11:14 AM
#Rwanda - #DRC : Justice isn’t optional; it’s the foundation of lasting peace. In order to achieve peace in #Africa’s Great Lakes region, the end of impunity and accountability for atrocities committed are essential.

No peace without justice!

@demontcl.bsky.social

www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
Justice Vital for Durable Peace in Africa’s Great Lakes Region
United States-led efforts to end the current armed conflict in Africa’s Great Lakes region appear oblivious to one of the key drivers of the hostilities: the region’s history of failing to punish thos...
www.hrw.org
May 9, 2025 at 9:06 AM
There should be no cooperation with @paulkagame.bsky.social as long as #M23 and the Rwanda Defense Force commit war crimes and Genocide in eastern #DRC on his behalf for economic gain. Millions have died while #Kagame and his allies profit.

My op-ed:
dandc.eu/en/article/d...

#RwandaIsKilling
May 8, 2025 at 7:56 AM