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Reha रेहा
@rehakansara
Reporter 🕵🏽‍♀️ @BBCworld global disinformation unit. Typos, mine. Views, yours. 🇬🇧🇺🇬🇮🇳 (More active on Instagram)
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    Reha रेहा
    @rehakansara
    Aug 4, 2022
    🧵:Today marks 50 years since Idi Amin publicly condemned Ugandan Asians as the enemy, enforcing a brutal policy in which they had 90 days to leave the country. At least 70,000 S.Asians left, including my mum, her 8 siblings, their parents, her SIL & her 4 nieces and nephews.
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    @rehakansara
    Aug 5, 2024
    I have never in my 32 years heard the word p*ki used against brown folk so casually, so callously, so ubiquitously. One off instances, yes. But day after day after day? My parents had stories like these. It seems now we do too.
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    @rehakansara
    Sep 19, 2022
    Bruv, I’m Hindu 🤦🏽‍♀️
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    Aham Brahmasmi!!!
    @Sanity_3
    Sep 19, 2022
    Now that Islamist from guardian wasn't enough, another one from BBC jumps into picture 😂😂😂
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    @rehakansara
    Jan 29, 2024
    This is Marian, Rami + their baby, Kylie. They are sheltering at St Porphyrius Church in Gaza - one of the oldest churches in the world. They may look happy in but do you see the wreckage behind them? It's a visceral reminder of the ongoing war they are living through. 1/
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    @rehakansara
    Apr 9, 2024
    🧵If you walk through the cobbled alleys of occupied East Jerusalem's Muslim quarter, you will come across a community of Afro-Palestinians whose recent history is closely linked to al-Aqsa Mosque - the third holiest site in Islam.
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    Reha रेहा
    @rehakansara
    Sep 19, 2022
    Hello Twitter, I'm trying to deepen my understanding of what's happening in Leicester rn. If you're S.Asian and from there, and you've been affected by the tensions unfolding or have seen/heard something, DM me. I want to chat. It's for the BBC.
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    @rehakansara
    Dec 7, 2022
    "As an international celebrity who is often vocal about global events, Ms Chopra Jonas has faced criticism in India for not commenting on domestic issues. Her publicist intervened to stop her responding to a question about that criticism."
    Priyanka Chopra Jonas, 2022
    Priyanka Chopra Jonas on Bollywood: 'I’d earn 10% of my male co-actor’s salary'
    From bbc.co.uk
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    Reha रेहा
    @rehakansara
    Apr 26, 2021
    Morning! From today I’m on loan to BBC News as a correspondent covering East Africa. 🌍 Such an exciting opportunity and I cannot wait to join the team in Nairobi. 🇰🇪 In the meantime, tips welcome.🕵🏽‍♀️
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    @rehakansara
    Jan 30, 2024
    Our article on the destruction of religious sites in Gaza is now live. It’s got more detail and worth a read. Out of 117 leads we’ve verified the destruction or damage of 74 holy places btwn 7/10/23 and 31/12/23
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    Reha रेहा
    @rehakansara
    Jan 29, 2024
    This is Marian, Rami + their baby, Kylie. They are sheltering at St Porphyrius Church in Gaza - one of the oldest churches in the world. They may look happy in but do you see the wreckage behind them? It's a visceral reminder of the ongoing war they are living through. 1/
    St Porphyrius Church, Gaza
    Israel-Gaza war: Counting the destruction of religious sites
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    Reha रेहा
    @rehakansara
    Apr 8, 2024
    You don’t have to be South Asian to watch #Defiance. It is British history. Everyone should bookmark it for a viewing.
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    Rajesh Thind
    @RajeshThind
    Apr 8, 2024
    If you can’t wait to watch the next two episodes tomorrow and Wednesday at 10pm, all three episodes will be available online on All4 later this evening. Please keep sharing your reactions and thoughts. Let’s talk about #Defiance - it’s long overdue!
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    Reha रेहा
    @rehakansara
    Oct 28, 2023
    This completely took me by surprise. The competition, respectfully, was strong - full of journalists I admire. Thank you so much 🙏🏽 And whilst you’re here, my story dropped this weekend- check it out
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    Asian Media Awards
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    Oct 27, 2023
    The 2023 Manchester Metropolitan (@ManMetUni) Journalist of the Year is Reha Kansara – Correspondent for BBC News(@rehakansara, @BBCtrending, @BBCNews)
    On 29 February, 2020, thousands of refugees and migrants arrived at the Pazarkule border crossing between Greece and Turkey
    Going undercover to reveal people smugglers' sales tactics
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    Reha रेहा
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    Jan 29, 2024
    Replying to @rehakansara
    On 19th October, the church grounds were hit in an Israeli airstrike. Marian’s brother-in-law was one of 18 killed. Many more were injured. She says he died saving his son’s life as he shielded him from a collapsing wall. It was an immediate death.
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    Reha रेहा
    @rehakansara
    Oct 23, 2022
    A British Indian PM on Diwali?!?!?!?!?!
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    Reha रेहा
    @rehakansara
    Jan 29, 2024
    Replying to @rehakansara
    @AhmedNourdin77 and I have been counting the destruction of religious sites in Gaza, which under international humanitarian law, is considered a war crime. Out of 117 leads, we can confirm that btwn 7 Oct and 31 Dec, 72 mosques and 2 churches have been destroyed or damaged.
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