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Since the NBA got into business with Rwanda’s warmongering dictator Paul Kagame, the US government has increasingly sanctioned the regime for its role in fueling a bloody war and atrocities against civilians in eastern DRC — human suffering on a scale that trounces the NBA’s corporate messaging about the power of basketball for positive change. https://t.co/Z7g3NL7FEy
APR BBC was scheduled to represent Rwanda in the 2026 BAL, but on Thursday, the Rwandan Basketball Federation abruptly announced the club’s “decision to step aside” for another team. This came only days after the club announced with great fanfare that two-time NBA champion Quinn Cook would join its roster. https://t.co/StbfECkUZv
Last week @USTreasury imposed sanctions on the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) for blatant violations of the peace accords between DRC and Rwanda, signed last year in Washington. The sanctions extend to any asset for which RDF holds 50% or more ownership. This likely includes Armée Patriotique Rwandaise Basketball Club (APR BBC), which according to the BAL is owned and funded by the RDF. They are the country’s current basketball champions. https://t.co/0IjtyUQ3og
“It’s Take Off Time” for Season 6 of the @NBA’s Basketball Africa League (BAL) #theBAL, with Rwanda hosting the finals in May. Have American sanctions on Rwandan state entities forced the home team — the club of the Rwandan military — to bow out? The NBA’s profit-first approach seems to have hit a wall with US government policy.
Incredibly proud of my father, Paul #Rusesabagina, for being awarded by the World Forum on the Future of Democracy. In accepting the award, he dedicated it to the victims of Paul Kagame’s regime, the imprisoned, the silenced, the families living under repression, & to the people of #DRC who continue to suffer from violence & instability. He called on the world to pay attention to #Africa & to recognize the deep desire of our people to be free from autocracy. The fight for democracy is not abstract. It is personal. And it continues.
If I were Kagame I would be watching this carefully-phrased interview with US envoy Massad Boulos and concluding that Washington is considering imminently announcing sanctions against me, personally, unless Rwanda changes course in DRC. 5:29 mins in. https://t.co/UHEY2fFGX0
https://t.co/ZFUmyr19zY The film "Lahaina Rising" will be bringing home the Hawaiʻi International Film Festival's Made in Hawaiʻi Award. The film will screen for the first time on Maui on Nov. 8 at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center.
#LahainaRising#HIFF45#MadeInHawaii
🏆 BEST MADE IN HAWAI’I FEATURE
Presented by the Hawai‘i Film Office with a prize package courtesy of Island Film Group and Hawaii Media Inc.
LĀHAINĀ RISING
Dir. Matty Schweitzer
This powerful documentary was one of two films selected by the jury to receive this honor.
“‘Hotel Rwanda’ Hero Wins Revival of Airline Kidnapping Lawsuit”
The court has revived our case against GainJet for their role in my father’s kidnapping. This is an important step towards truth and accountability. 👏👏👏We will not give up. 💪
#StandForJustice#Rusesabagina #Rwanda #TruthMatters #HotelRwanda
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Dear @POTUS@StateSPEHA@aboehler - we are the families of American hostages and wrongful detainees who have come together to create @BOFHcampaign. Please FOLLOW our campaign & REPOST. We are here in #DC to put up a mural in the middle of the#Georgetown featuring the faces of our loved ones held in Afghanistan, Iran, Venezuela, Belarus, and Russia, & UAE. HELP US GET MEDIA COVERAGE BECAUSE #FreedomStartsWithAName
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.@BOFH will be installing a mural in Georgetown showing the faces of their loved ones who are being held hostage/wrongfully detained abroad. Help these families put up the mural on Tues April 29 & be here on April 30 at 10am ET when they unveil it to the media & to the world. Alley is btwn 3125 M St NW & @levainbakery Our American hostages/wrongful detainees need to come home. Learn their stories. Learn their names bcs #FreedomStartsWithAName
@StateSPEHA@aboehler
It was great to see so many of families, former wrongful detainees and hostages this morning to mark the second annual Hostage and Wrongful Detainee Day. We thank our partners who joined us today in the commitment to bring every wrongfully held American home.
Today the @StateDept raised the Hostage & Wrongful Detainee flag during a special event organized for former hostages, their families, and those with loved ones still held captive. The flag will remain raised through Sunday, March 9th.
#bringthemhome
UK govt takes measures against #Rwanda because of the #DRC M23 situation.
“Rwanda may have security concerns but it is unacceptable to resolve these militarily" is an astonishingly self-righteous statement coming from the UK.
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