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Omna Tigray: On Ethiopia’s Continued Efforts to Exacerbate the Man-Made Famine in Tigray

Omna Tigray strongly condemns Ethiopia’s recent decision to expel seven UN officials, including UNOCHA and UNICEF, whose work is crucial to alleviating the suffering of millions in Tigray facing man-made famine. The expulsion of UN leadership, which is “contrary to obligations under the Charter of the United Nations and the privileges and immunities to be […]

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ETHIOPIAN ADVOCACY GROUPS CONDEMN HATE SPEECH AT REP. BASS MEETING

A coalition of advocacy and human rights groups based in America and Europe have deliberated in issuing this important joint press release in response to a recently surfaced video whereby Representative Karen Bass, the U.S. Representative for California’s 37th congressional district, met with Theodros Teshome Kebede, a pro-Ethiopian government filmmaker, in July 2021. A very […]

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Omna Tigray: Leaked Audio Recording of Tigray Meeting on Weaponized SGBV Held by the Ethiopian Country Offices of Various UN Agencies

On August 12th, Omna Tigray received a leaked audio recording of a meeting held by the Ethiopian country offices of various UN agencies on March 26, 2021. The meeting was held to form a common position and unified response to presumed “sensationalist kind of questioning” from the media following statements by the Office of the […]

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Omna Tigray: On the Mass Detainment of Tigrayans and Ethnic Discrimination

Omna Tigray strongly condemns the government of Ethiopia’s increased state-sponsored ethnic profiling of Tigrayans across Ethiopia, in and outside of the Tigray region. We are horrified by these reports and call on the international community to collectively condemn the gross human rights violations and demand for the verifiable protection of Tigrayans in Ethiopia. We have […]

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Tigrayan Nonprofits and Community-based Organizations: On the Ethiopian Federal Government’s Illegitimate Temporary Ceasefire and Framing of this Action as a Humanitarian Gesture

The temporary ceasefire declared by the Ethiopian federal government is illegitimate, and as Tigrayan community-based organizations and nonprofits within the global diaspora, we condemn Ethiopia for framing this action as a humanitarian gesture. The democratically elected and constitutionally mandated government of Tigray now resumes control over significant parts of Tigray including the capital city of […]

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Omna Tigray: On the Brutal Togoga Massacre and MSF Killings in Tigray

Omna Tigray strongly condemns Ethiopia’s recent attack on civilians in Togoga, Tigray and Ethiopia’s failure to ensure the safety of aid workers throughout the region. The targeted airstrike by Ethiopian forces (who confirmed responsibility for the attack) in the town of Togoga on Tuesday, June 22nd that resulted in at least 64 people killed and […]

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