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Petition to the Parliament of Australian – #AusGovActNow

Posted on by Eyasu Berhe

November 4th 2020 is a date of much grief and trauma to the Tigrayan people. It is on this day that the unelected Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali waged a genocidal war against the people of Tigray. Since then Ethiopian National Defence Force, Eritrean Defence Forces and the Amhara regional militia have conducted civilian massacres, extra judicial executions, indiscriminate shelling and acts of horrific sexual violence resulting in the displacement of 2.2 million Tigrayans. According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 91% of Tigrayans are in need of urgent food assistance as a direct result of the weaponization of food. Whilst the $3 million Australia has pledged to provide the World Food Programme is much appreciated, there is more that needs to be done.

Australia Twitter Campaign

Posted on by Eyasu Berhe

#AUSGovActNow – 1

1. Tigrayans have been subjected to crimes against humanity, war crimes, and weaponized use of starvation and sexual violence. #Australia|n Gov must join the international community in applying pressure to end the #TigrayGenocide #AusGovActNow @ScottMorrisonMP @SenatorWong

2. The international community MUST do more than express their concerns on the #Tigray crisis. More than 52,000 civilians have been killed, 60,000 have fled to Sudan. Women and children are being raped. #AusGovActNow #TigrayGenocide @ScottMorrisonMP @LiberalAus @AustralianLabor

3. “individuals allegedly forced to rape members of their own family forced by military to have sex in exchange for basic commodities.. reports of sexual violence against women & children in refugee camps.” #AusGovActNow @MerylSwanson @SenatorWong https://www.un.org/sexualviolenceinconflict/press-release/united-nations-special-representative-of-the-secretary-general-on-sexual-violence-in-conflict-ms-pramila-patten-urges-all-parties-to-prohibit-the-use-of-sexual-violence-and-cease-hostilities-in-the/

4. 2.3 million people are in dire need of humanitarian aid. Medical aid in the region of Tigray is extremely scarce with hospitals bombed and looted. #Ethiopia|n Government continues to restrict access to cities in Tigray. #AusGovActNow @andrewjgiles @MerylSwanson

5. The Tigray Community in #Australia are pleading the Australian Government to make a statement and be an organ of change in the #TigrayGenocide. The Australian Government must condemn genocide, perpetrated by the Ethiopian and Eritrean governments. #AusGovActNow @SenatorWong

6. Amnesty International documented human rights violations in #Tigray. Over 700 innocent lives were executed in St. Mary of Zion Church in Axum, home of Ark of the Covenant, by ???????? & ???????? forces. #AusGovActNow @ScottMorrisonMP @kevinandrewsmp @GladysB https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/afr25/3730/2021/en/

7. A 15 year old in Shire, a victim of the weaponized sexual violence committed by the Ethiopian forces. Her brother was forced to watch. Women’s bodies are NOT battlefields. #TigrayGenocide #AusGovActNow @SenatorWong @GladysB @Tony_Burke @MarisePaynehttps://martinplaut.com/2021/03/10/situation-report-eepa-horn-no-100-10-march-2021/

8. Countless evidence circulating the international media on the ethnic cleansing, weaponized rape, massacres of civilians, and other human rights violations in Tigray. Australian Government must not turn a blind eye. #AusGovActNow  #TigrayGenocide @ScottMorrisonMP @SenatorWong

9. Australian Government must engage in conversation with the Tigray Community in Australia and use their international power to speak out on the #TigrayGenocide and demand an end to the genocidal war. #AusGovActNow @ScottMorrisonMP @AdamBandt @MarisePayne @GladysB @fanniebay

10. ‘One woman was held captive for over ten days, raped by 23 Eritrean soldiers, then left on the side of the road. Surgeons had to remove stones and nails that had been inserted inside her genitals.’ #TigrayGenocide #AusGovActNow @SenatorWong @GladysB https://www.dw.com/en/anger-and-collective-trauma-scar-ethiopias-tigray-region/a-56794452

11. #Weaponizedrape is a tool that the #Ethiopia|n government is employing against the women and young girls of Tigray. Take action now by condemning the #TigrayGenocide and atrocities that come with this war. @ScottMorrisonMP @AliciaPayneMP @lidia_thorpe @GladysB #AusGovActNow

12. .@ScottMorrisonMP why are you allowing citizens of Australia to sponsor the #TigrayGenocide when their is demonstration of violated laws such as rape, looting, mass killings and restriction of basic needs in the region of #Tigray?! @MarisePayne @DanielAndrewsMP #AusGovActNow

13. Australia should be speaking for the VOICELESS in regards to the ongoing #TigrayGenocide. It’s been over 127 DAYS since our people have been denied their human rights. Our nation MUST stand against this barbaric execution upon the innocent civilians. #AusGovActNow @SenatorWong

14. The Amhara militia, #Ethiopia|n & #Eritrea|n troops must withdraw from Tigray. @UN mandated investigations need to be granted to examine war crimes that have been committed. #AusGovActNow  #TigrayGenocide @RichardMarlesMP @AdamBandt @AnnastaciaMP @tanya_plibersek @SenatorAbetz

#AUSGovActNow – 2

1. The unelected #Ethiopia”n Gov attempts to cover the truth by claiming that the war has ended. However, the crimes committed by Ethiopian and #Eritrea|n troops still continue to increase in number. #TigrayGenocide #AusGovActNow @ScottMorrisonMP https://www.forbes.com/sites/ewelinaochab/2021/02/16/mass-atrocities-including-the-use-of-rape-and-sexual-violence-in-the-tigray-region-of-ethiopia/?sh=4e093bbe53d3

2. Over 4 months since the #Ethiopia|n government has waged a genocidal war against the people of #Tigray. Many of our own #Aussies are stuck in this catastrophe. @ScottMorrisonMP must not only condemn these atrocities but bring our loved ones back home. #AusGovActNow @SenatorAbetz

3. Women across the globe are celebrating ‘Women’s Month’ but girls & mothers are currently victims of weaponized sexual & gender-based violence in Tigray. We call for the #AusGovActNow! @AnnastaciaMP #TigrayGenocide @tanya_plibersek @SenatorWong @MarisePayne @GladysB

4. How can a democratic country be silent on the genocidal war in Tigray? SCOTT MORRISON SPEAK UP & #AusGovActNow!!  #TigrayGenocide @ScottMorrisonMP @AdamBandt @MarisePayne @SenatorWong @GladysB @DanielAndrewsMP @davidhurleyHS @tanya_plibersek @SenatorAbetz

5. We urge the #Australia|n government to condemn the acts of Ethiopian unelected @AbiyAhmedAli & Eritrean President #IsaiasAfwerki. These dictators have waged a war on Tigray for exercising their right to vote. @ScottMorrisonMP MUST TAKE ACTION #AusGovActNow #TigrayGenocide

6. The right to vote is a human right within Australia. The people of Tigray are currently facing a genocidal war for simply exercising that very right. We urge ALL members of Parliament to take serious measures & condemn these acts. @ScottMorrisonMP #AusGovActNow #TigrayGenocide

7. During women’s month, the women of Tigray are being killed, slaughtered and raped. The federal government of #Australia must NOT stay quiet but take immediate action against these atrocious acts. #TigrayGenocide #AusGovActNow @ScottMorrisonMP @AnnastaciaMP @tanya_plibersek

8. Unelected @AbiyAhmedAli has blocked humanitarian access to the #Tigray Region. The people of Tigray are not only suffering with the pandemic but a genocidal war. Why is the #Australia|n govt. not condemning these atrocities? @ScottMorrisonMP ACT NOW! #AUSGovActNow #TigrayGenocide

9. How can Australia stay silent on the genocidal acts being placed on #Tigray|ans? #AusGovActNow and be on the right side of history. #TigrayGenocide @ScottMorrisonMP @Birmo @TonySmithMP @SenatorRyan @JoshFrydenberg @AlexHawkeMP @NickMckim @MarisePayne @GladysB

10. .@AbiyAhmedAli has used food as a weapon in the name of war. Tigrayans have been denied their basic human rights. #TigrayGenocide #AusGovActNow @ScottMorrisionMP @ZedSeselija @LiberalAus @SenatorWong @GladysB @Tony_Burke @MarisePayne @AliciaPayneMP @lidia_thorpe

11. The Rwandan genocide was allowed to unfold partially because the world stayed silent. We now speak of it and say “never again”. Will #Australia condemn the #TigrayGenocide or be bystanders while genocidal acts are being committed against Tigrayans? #AusGovActNow @scottMorrisonMP

12. Tigray is under the control of undisciplined ???????? & ???????? forces who have committed every imaginable crime against humanity. The people of Tigray have been betrayed by @AbiyAhmedAli.  #AusGovActNow  #TigrayGenocide @MarisePayne @GladysB @fanniebay @DanielAndrewsM @AnnastaciaMP

13.  For over 127 days @AbiyAhmedAli has done everything in his power to weaken Tigray. Tigrayans are being murdered in cold blood, women and children are being raped. Will Australia condemn Abiy Ahmed & stand by the people of Tigray? #AusGovActNow @ScottmorrisonMP #TigrayGenocide

14. The federal government of #Ethiopia is directly responsible for 2 million displaced peoples in Tigray. @AbiyAhmedAlimust be held accountable for his actions! #AusGovActNow #TigrayGenocide @ScottMorrisonMP @AdamBandt @MarisePayne @andrewjgiles @kevinandrewsmp @GladysB

#AUSGovActNow – 3

1. At least 56,000 people living in Tigray have fled to Sudan as Eritrean and Ethiopian forces continue to incite violence within the embattled Tigray region. #AusGovActNow #TigrayGenocide @ScottMorrisonMP @AdamBandt @MarisePayne @andrewjgiles @Tony_Burke @MarisePayne

2. .@endrapeinwar representative, Ms. Pramila Patten, has urged all parties to prohibit the use of sexual violence & cease hostilities in the Tigray region of #Ethiopia.  Australia should too! #AusGovActNow #TigrayGenocide @ScottMorrisonMP @AdamBandt @MarisePayne @andrewjgiles

3. The Noble Laureate, Abiy Ahmed waged war on his people; and as a result, thousands are slaughtered and over 5 million people are in risk of a humanitarian crisis! Australia must condemn these actions. #AusGovActNow #TigrayGenocide @ScottMorrisonMP @MarisePayne @andrewjgiles

4. Ethiopian forces have carried out shelling of numerous urban areas in the #Tigray region. Artillery attacks struck homes, hospitals, schools, and markets, killing at least 83 civilians, including children, and wounding over 300. #AusGovActNow #TigrayGenocide @ScottMorrisonMP

5. As the diplomatic powers of the western world voice their unequivocal condemnation of #TigrayGenocide,  Australia’s silence has been deafening. Complicity in the face of injustice is incredibly Un-Australian. This is not who we are. #AUSGovActNow  #TigrayGenocide @SenatorWong

6. Australia prides itself on a fierce devotion to upholding women & children’s rights. Today, the world stands perplexed & deeply disappointed as to why Australia remains silent about the state sponsored genocide, starvation & rape happening  in #Tigray. #AUSGovActNow @GladysB

7. #TigrayGenocide is an absolute abomination to global human rights principles. Leaders of the free world continue to be vocal & assertive in demanding an end to these atrocities. Australia’s voice is shockingly amiss during this global conversation. Why? #AUSGovActNow @AdamBandt

8. Australians expect our leaders to amplify our voices & represent our national views & values. #Australian|s are appalled by the human rights violations in #Tigray. When will our reps use their platforms to voice Australia’s condemnation of  #TigrayGenocide ? #AUSGovActNow

9. When the atrocities of #TigrayGenocide are over, & the history books remember this potential monumental failure of international diplomacy – what role will #Australia have played in addressing the genocide & sexual violence in Tigray? #AUSGovActNow @SenatorWong @ScottMorrisonMP

10. “A devastating & genocidal war was waged against the people of Tigray because they firmly fought for their right to self-determination and they held a democratic election,” he said. #AusGovActNow  #TigrayGenocide @ScottMorrisonMP @MarisePayne @ZedSeselja

11. Human rights & aid agencies report widespread damage & looting of homes, businesses, hospitals and food stores, as well as the killings of innocent civilians. #AusGovActNow and protect the 4.5 million people in #Tigray at risk of starvation. #TigrayGenocide @ScottMorrisonMP

12. .@UN reported on serious allegations of sexual violence in the #TigrayGenocide, including a high number of alleged rapes in the capital, Mekelle. #AusGovActNow and stop the sexual and gender based violence! @AdamBandt @ScottMorrisonMP @MarisePayne @pmc_gov_au

13. Australian Prime Minister @ScottMorrisonMP & Senator Hon @MarisePayne need to be reproached for not repatriating all Australians trapped in the ongoing conflict in #Tigray.  @SenatorWong @AnnastaciaMP @tanya_plibersek @LiberalAus @AustralianLabor #AusGovActNow  #TigrayGenocide

14. Minister of foreign affairs and women Senator Hon @MarisePayne must be shamed and held liable for making no public statements regarding the ongoing conflict and #weaponizedrape in Tigray. @AliciaPayneMP @lidia_thorpe @GladysB @ScottMorrisonMP #AusGovActNow #TigrayGenocide

15. With ample reports of war crimes emerging, #Australia|n Prime Minister @ScottMorrisonMP needs to publicly castigate the declared war on Tigray, ask for an immediate ceasefire & criticize all human rights violations that are transpiring.  #AusGovActNow  #TigrayGenocide