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Twitter Campaign – New Zealand Government – March 29, 2021

New Zealand – 1
  1. NZ Gov’t has not openly condemned the Ethiopian Gov’t actions of ongoing war crimes since Nov 2020. #NZGovActNow & stand against the war crimes, weaponized sexual violence, & civilian massacres happening in Tigray. #TigrayGenocide @jacindaardern @NZhumanRights @IbrahimomerNZ

2. To @jacindaardern, you believe in Democracy for people to be able to exercise their right to vote, have their voice heard. The People of Tigray are being punished for exercising a constitutional right to vote. This is a threat to democracy. #NZGovActNow #TigrayGenocide

3. .@JacindaArdern International leaders have condemned the ongoing #TigrayGenocide for actions of crimes against humanity. #NZGovActNow & stand for the injustices against Tigray. @NanaiaMahuta @golrizghahraman @JennySalesa @HelenClarkNZ @hrw @nzlabour @MarjaLubeck

4. #NZGovActNow & intervene! call for immediate withdrawal of foreign troops & Amhara militias from Tigray. NZ Gov’t should bravely condemn #TigrayGenocide. @jacindaardern @NanaiaMahuta @golrizghahraman @JennySalesa @MarjaLubeck @HelenClarkNZ @nzlabour @AmnestyNZ @NZHumanRights

5. Weaponized rape crimes in Tigray must be accounted for & concrete measures must be taken up by New Zealand & other Int’l. communities. #NZGovActNow #TigrayGenocide https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2021/01/22/UN-official-says-rape-sexual-violence-rising-in-Ethiopias-Tigray-conflict/8021611325219/

6. Reported nearly 70% of 106 health facilities have been looted in Tigray & 13% are functioning despite the shortage of supplies. #NZGovActNow #TigrayGenocide @Jacinda Ardern @Nanaia Mahuta @MarjaLubeck @nzlabour @NZNationalParty @NZGreens @IbrahimomerNZ https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/group-reports-health-facilities-looted-ethiopias-tigray-76459470

7. As a result of the horrific earthquake in Christchurch many years back, the world mourned in solidarity with NZ & New Zealaders, because “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” #NZGovActNow & stand with Tigray @golrizghahraman @MarjaLubeck @IbrahimomerNZ

8. Unelected PM @AbiyAhmedAli after almost 5 months admitted to troops committing various war crimes against Tigray. Abiy must answer for the genocidal war crimes he orchestrated with Eritrea’s Isaias Afwerki. #TigrayGenocide #NZGovActNow @golrizghahraman https://bit.ly/3c2vyS7

9. The New Zealand Gov’t must condemn the actions of the unelected PM @AbiyhmedAli. It’s time to speak out on the heinous crimes of the #TigrayGenocide? #NZGovActNow @AmnestyNZ @golrizghahraman @JennySalesa @NZRedCross @NZHumanRights @UN @hrw https://bit.ly/3c2vyS7

10. Human rights are the basic rights and freedoms we are all entitled to.  #NZGovActNow #TigrayGenocide @NZhumanRights @3NewsNZ @IbrahimomerNZ

New Zealand – 2
  1. “Eritrean soldiers deliberately shot civilians & carried out systematic house-to-house searches, extrajudicially executing men and boys.” #NZGovActNow #TigrayGenocidehttps://news.sky.com/story/many-hundreds-killed-by-eritrean-soldiers-in-ethiopian-massacre-amnesty-international-says-12229332

2. This horrific event further highlights the need for the protection of civilians during & for armed groups to respect the delivery of humanitarian assistance. #NZGovActNow #TigrayGenocide https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/24/horrific-msf-witness-execution-of-at-least-four-men-in-tigray

3. “Violence in Ethiopia’s Tigray region has extended to attacks on health facilities, with barely one in 10 functioning.” #NZGovActNow #TigrayGenocide @jacindaardern @nzlabour @NZNationalParty @NZGreens @IbrahimomerNZ

4. #NZGovActNow & take actions against the war crimes & the horrific violation of basic human rights taken place in Tigray. #TigrayGenocide #TigrayCantWait @jacindaardern @HelenClarkNZ @nzlabour @NZNationalParty @NZGreens @NanaiaMahuta @golrizghahraman @MarjaLubeck @UN

5. What’s happening In Tigray is pure ethnic cleansing. We focus on the New Zealand Gov’t to pave the way in its responsibility to protect displaced individuals of war. #TigrayGenocide #NZGovActNow @IbrahimomerNZ @golrizghahraman @MarjaLubeck @UN

6. #TigrayGenocide has severely impacted many proud New Zealanders who have deep roots and cultural relations to Tigray. @jacindaardern @NanaiaMahuta, we urge you to take a public stance by making a statement denouncing the monstrosities in Tigray. #NZGovActNow @golrizghahraman

7. Hundreds of thousands of people have fled their homes in the last 5 months. There are extrajudicial killings & gang rapes occurring every day by Ethiopian soldiers & Eritrean soldiers against the Tigray people. #TigrayGenocide #NZGovActNow @UN @hrw @NZRedCross @NZHumanRights

8. Families are being torn apart in the #WarOnTigray, with over 75,000 refugees having fled to Sudan. Innocent civilians are indiscriminately being slaughtered and widespread rape is taking place on a genocidal level. #NZGovActNow #TigrayGenocide

9. 4.5 million are expected to die from starvation #NZGovActNow. How long can you survive without food, water or electricity? Immediate action is required. Speak out on this genocidal war. Tigray can’t wait! #TigrayGenocide

10. Crimes against humanity must acquire urgent independent investigations. #NZGovActNow and speak against human injustice taking place in Tigray. #TigrayGenocide @IbrahimomerNZ

New Zealand – 3
  1. “If you are neutral in a situation of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor,” said by New Zealand-born Tigrayan, Girmay on 25 March 2021 at a Tigray protest, in front of the New Zealand Parliament House. #NZGovActNow @golrizghahraman @MarjaLubeck

2. Atsede, who has lived in NZ for 20 yrs, & has been unable to contact her mother for the past 4 months. “My mother is in total lockdown in Tigray, has no electricity & no food. Been through wars since I was born, never seen this kind of cruelty.” said to NZNews. #NZGovActNow

3. During the current #TigrayGenocide, more than 500,000 Tigrayans have lost their homes. #NZGovActNow https://news.sky.com/story/ethiopias-tigray-conflict-a-human-tide-of-refugees-with-little-to-keep-them-alive-12250952

4. The New Zealand government needs to speak on the crimes being committed in Tigray. People’s lives are being stripped away based on their ethnic background. Our ethnicity is not a crime. #TigrayGenocide #NZGovActNow @golrizghahraman @MarjaLubeck

5. “This is a dirty war because it’s affecting everything. The cost is immediately to those who are defenseless.” #TigrayGenocide #NZGovActNow @jacindaardern @nzlabour @1NewsNZ @IbrahimomerNZ @NZStuff https://sg.news.yahoo.com/ethiopian-general-tells-diplomats-dirty-142818390.html

6. “He pushed me and said, ‘You Tigrayans have no history, you have no culture. I can do what I want to you and no one cares,’ one woman said of her attacker. She is now pregnant by rape. #NZGovActNow #TigrayGenocide  https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/19/africa/ethiopia-tigray-rape-investigation-cmd-intl/index.html

7. “In one case a woman’s vagina was stuffed with stones, nails and plastic, according to a video seen by @CNN and testimony from one of the doctors who treated her.” #NZGovActNow #TigrayGenocide @NZUN @hrw https://edition.cnn.com/2021/03/19/africa/ethiopia-tigray-rape-investigation-cmd-intl/index.html

8. Women are being gang-raped, drugged and held hostage, according to medical records and testimonies from survivors shared with @CNN.” #NZGovActNow #TigrayGenocide @golrizghahraman @MarjaLubeck https://edition.cnn.com/2021/03/19/africa/ethiopia-tigray-rape-investigation-cmd-intl/index.html

New Zealand – 4
  1. “We don’t know what the situation is in the rural parts of Tigray and what we don’t know really worries us,” said one senior @UN official.” #NZGovActNow #TigrayGenocide @NanaiaMahuta @NZUN https://news.sky.com/story/ethiopia-hundreds-executed-thousands-homeless-the-human-cost-of-fighting-in-tigray-12247307

2. “They are coming in very bad conditions. Very exhausted, dehydrated, skinny,” Behn said.” #NZGovActNow #TigrayGenocide @jacindaardern @IbrahimomerNZ https://apnews.com/article/world-news-ethiopia-a25a50a774da284122c74a0bc1428052

3. “My husband was killed in our village,” another displaced woman from Mai Kadra said, blaming Eritrean troops, before pleading: “Tell the world we are dying.” #NZGovActNow #TigrayGenocide @NZStuff @jacindaardern @IbrahimomerNZ @NZUN @hrw https://aje.io/ra9en

4. It is awfully heinous that @AbiyAhmed invited Eritrean soldiers to invade one of Ethiopia’s regions, used weaponized starvation and SGBV crimes to break down the spirit of the Tigrayan people. #TigrayGenocide #NZGovActNow @NanaiaMahuta @nzlabour @HelenClarkNZ

5. #NZGovtActNow & stop crimes against humanity in #TigrayGenocide committed by unelected PM @AbiyAhmedAli. NZ Gov’t has an international moral obligation to demand unrestrained humanitarian aid & the end of hostiles. @NanaiaMahuta @golrizghahraman @MarjaLubeck

6. “Many say that they were raped by Amhara forces who told them they were intent on ethnically cleansing Tigray,” a doctor working at Hamdayet refugee camp told @CNN. #TigrayGenocide

7. .@SkyNews says the depth of human suffering in Tigray is perfectly clear to humanitarian workers, human rights groups & the international diplomatic community. So when will the NZ Govt speak out to condemn these war crimes? @IbrahimomerNZ @golrizghahraman https://www.davidalton.net/2021/03/17/sky-news-says-the-breadth-and-depth-of-human-suffering-in-the-ethiopian-region-of-tigray-is-perfectly-clear-to-humanitarian-workers-human-rights-groups-and-the-international-diplomatic-community/

8. #NzGovtActNow & demand the immediate removal of Ethiopia & Eritrean soldiers from Tigray. The distress witness accounts coming out are deeply disturbing and inhumane. #TigrayGenocide @jacindaardern @NanaiaMahuta @NZNationalParty @nzlabour @golrizghahraman @MarjaLubeck

9. As per international humanitarian law “indiscriminate attacks are prohibited” however continuously violated by the forces as witnessed in the Axum Massacre report. #NZGovActNow #TigrayGenocide @AmnestyNZ @golrizghahraman @IbrahimomerNZ https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/AFR2537302021ENGLISH.PDF

10. #NZGovActNow & demand immediate independent @UN-led investigations into war crimes in #TigrayGenocide. “88 massacres were listed, some of them verified, others yet to be verified” @jacindaardern @NanaiaMahuta @golrizghahraman @JennySalesa @HelenClarkNZ @MarjaLubeck @3NewsNZ

New Zealand – 5
  1. Tigray Community of New Zealand urges you to provide medical assistance to the innocent victims affected by the #TigrayGenocide in Tigray. #NZGovActNow @jacindaardern @NanaiaMahuta @golrizghahraman @JennySalesa @HelenClarkNZ @NZRedCross @NZHumanRightshttps://bbc.in/3c2DKlc

2. While women were being viciously raped by soldiers, they were told, “they need to change their identity & that they’ve come there to cleanse them – to cleanse the blood line.” #NZGovActNow #TigrayGenocide @HelenClarkNZ @NZHumanRights @IbrahimomerNZhttps://www.cnn.com/2021/03/19/africa/ethiopia-tigray-rape-investigation-cmd-intl/index.html

3. Nurse Mulu has seen 260 patients who are victims of rape, since the war began. Many acquire multiple diseases such as HIV & STIs. Human rights violations should NOT be taken lightly. Speak out. #NZGovActNow #TigrayGenocide  @JennySalesa @MarjaLubeck

4. “They pushed the door and entered. 30 Soldiers who raped us, 5 of them for each of us.” #NZGovActNow & take concrete measures to end sexual violence in Tigray. @golrizghahraman @NZNationalParty @NZGreens #TigrayGenocidehttps://www.channel4.com/news/the-horrors-of-the-hidden-war-inside-the-tigray-conflict-in-ethiopia

5. Had Germany been asked to investigate atrocities committed by Hitler the Nuremberg trial would not happen. Only a @UN-led only independent investigation must take place in the #TigrayGenocide. #NZGovActNow & break the silence & be a voice. @NZHumanRights @golrizghahraman

6. #NZGovActNow & assist Int’l community in taking immediate action to end the horrific humanitarian crisis throughout Tigray. Unfettered access to humanitarian organizations is a must. #NZGovActNow #TigrayGenocide @golrizghahraman @JennySalesa @MarjaLubeck

7. “Many say that they were raped by Amhara forces who told them they were intent on ethnically cleansing Tigray,” a doctor working at Hamdayet refugee camp told @CNN. #TigrayGenocide #NZGovActNow @golrizghahraman @NZNationalPartyhttps://www.cnn.com/2021/03/19/africa/ethiopia-tigray-rape-investigation-cmd-intl/index.html

8. Time is of the essence, If #EritreanTroops & #AmharaMilita are not out of Tigray, Tigrayans will be wiped out of their own land. #NZGovActNow we urge you to take action. The least you could do is condemn the war. #TigrayGenocide @nzlabour @golrizghahraman @NZNationalParty

9. Tigrayans living in the country’s capital described ethnic profiling & growing harassment. Such abuse and discrimination is by neighbors, strangers, & government officials. This must stop. #NZGovActNow @MarjaLubeck @NZNationalParty @IbrahimomerNZ https://bit.ly/3r1gAjG

10. 6 year old Betlehem lost both her legs & her mother was killed in the same explosion. Children should be protected. #NZGovActNow #TigrayGenocide @golrizghahraman @NZNationalPartyhttps://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-africa-56456793?__twitter_impression=true&fbclid=IwA

New Zealand – 6
  1. #MonaLisaAbraha resisted rape from invading troops, who then shot her in the hand & leg. She is now an amputee. Women’s bodies are not battlefields. #NZGovActNow & please speak up against #weaponizedRape. #TigrayGenocide @HelenClarkNZ @NZHumanRights https://youtu.be/ajvOMr6bSBM

2. Immediate action is needed by the NZ, UN & INT’L communities & UN-led Independent investigation to all the atrocities, massacres, gang rape of our women and girls including underage children. #NZGovActNow #TigrayGenocide@JennySalesa @MarjaLubeck @HelenClarkNZ @nzlabour

3. Buildings set up to serve refugees were among several destroyed in Ethiopia’s Tigray region according to satellite imagery received by Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC). #NZGovActNow #TigrayGenocide @golrizghahraman @JennySalesa @MarjaLubeck https://www.nrc.no/news/2021/february/buildings-belonging-to-nrc-destroyed-in-ethiopias-tigray/

4. Multiple videos showing how Tigrayans are being tortured by @AbiyAhmedAli’s barbaric ENDF soldiers. We need a @UN-led independent immediate investigation of all war crimes actively being committed in Tigray. #NZGovActNow @golrizghahraman @HelenClarkNZ @AmnestyNZ @NZHumanRights

5. How can @EthioHRC be trusted to do a joint investigation with @UN when it has consistently dismissed gross violation of human rights in Tigray for more than 4 months? #NZGovActNow & demand #UNOnly4Tigray. #TigrayGenocide @NZUN @NZHumanRights @hrw

6. For over 140 days much of the humanitarian services have been restricted in Tigray. Reconnect all of Tigray & allow immediate humanitarian access. Children are starving and people of all ages are dying. #NZGovActNow #TigrayGenocide @NanaiaMahuta @MarjaLubeck

7. Facilities and health staff need to be protected during a conflict, in accordance with international humanitarian law. This is clearly NOT happening in Tigray. #TigrayGenocide #NZGovActNow @IbrahimomerNZ https://news.yahoo.com/group-reports-health-facilities-looted-061405642.html

8. Ethiopian government must stop using food as a weapon of war. This is a war crime. #TigrayGenocide #NZGovActNow @golrizghahraman @JennySalesa @MarjaLubeck @HelenClarkNZ @nzlabour @AmnestyNZ@NZHumanRights https://bit.ly/3c3UBo4

9. Both the Ethiopian & Eritrean government must stop weaponizing rape in war. Protect our women and children. #TigrayGenocide #NZGovActNow @golrizghahraman @JennySalesa @MarjaLubeck @HelenClarkNZ @nzlabour @AmnestyNZ @NZHumanRights @endrapeinwar https://bit.ly/3s06GQu

10. Axum is the site of many massacres throughout Tigray. 88 massacres were listed, and only some have been verified. The @UN must investigate the #TigrayGenocide independently. #UNOnlyForTigray #NZGovActNow @AmnestyNZ @golrizghahraman @jacindaardern_ https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/AFR2537302021ENGLISH.PDF

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