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🗓️ 12 June 2025
⏱️ 84 minutes
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Anaïs and Carine Kanimba are human rights advocates and daughters of Paul Rusesabagina, the real-life hero of Hotel Rwanda. As vocal critics of Paul Kagame’s regime, they’ve become powerful voices against authoritarianism, political repression, and the silencing of dissent in Rwanda and beyond.
In this interview they expose the reality behind Rwanda's image laundering through its high-profile sponsorship of Arsenal Football Club. They reveal how Premier League partnerships are being weaponised to legitimise tyranny. This episode uncovers the brutal repression, silencing of dissent, and the West’s moral complicity in one of Africa’s most tightly controlled regimes.
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0:00.0 | This is what they wanted to do with our father. They wanted to show that if they can kidnap one of the main opposition or critic of the government, |
0:07.0 | they will silence Rwandans inside and outside of the country. We have power of value. |
0:13.0 | And on top of that, you know what? We can sponsor all these clubs. We can continue going to these big forms of Davels and others. |
0:20.0 | And it's a way to try to break the people of their country so they don't fight. |
0:23.6 | But what they don't know is that I think people don't get tired and people do want their freedom. |
0:29.6 | And like us and like many others, will not stop speaking up. |
0:34.6 | At the end of the day, we want to be able to go back to our country one day. |
0:38.2 | The people inside Rwanda want to be truly free. And, you know, it could take time, but it's not impossible. |
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1:31.4 | Well, all right. |
1:32.9 | Korean, and I see you. |
1:34.7 | Anise, and I see again with you a few days ago. |
1:38.5 | So, a few years ago, I noticed Assem had a new sponsor on their sleeve, which was visit Rwanda, which I thought was kind of odd at the time. |
1:49.8 | I was like, wow, this is incredible. |
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