Eline Slootweg
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Eline Slootweg
@elinems.bsky.social
Based in the Netherlands, worked as a hydrologist/agro-ecologist in East Africa, mum of 3, migraineur, volunteer farmworker and treasurer, love hiking and cross-stitching, here to learn and to share. Deus sive Natura
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Here is new post by Paula Cristina Roque. Very accurate reporting.

Another government rejected by the people. An unruly party refusing to go. Mass Protest resulted in a worst post election massacre by state police.

www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
In digital silence and darkness, they massacred Tanzanians | Daily Maverick
In a grim spectacle of electoral farce and brutal repression, Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan pulled the plug on the internet just as her regime executed a massacre that could claim up to 8,0...
www.dailymaverick.co.za
November 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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And speaks out on

"other opposition leaders and critics... arbitrarily arrested or targeted, in a sustained purge involving abductions and disappearances, including that of Humphrey Polepole"
November 28, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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#Eplenary calls for prompt, thorough, independent & impartial investigation into all alleged killings, enforced disappearances, torture & other violations.

Condemns the arbitrary & politically motivated detention of Tundu Lissu, calling for his immediate & unconditional release.
November 28, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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The slippery slope in action: framing more and more categories of people as falling outside the body politic. Just a few months ago:

www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Contributor: Why 'monstrify'? Look at who benefits when few are considered fully human
The category of 'human' is shrinking as politicians, tech bros and right-wing pundits divide the world into two groups: You're a cis-het white man, or you're a monster.
www.latimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:57 AM