Tag: #ReconnectTigray

1. The #TigrayGenocide is being executed under a strategic communication blackout. The longer we wait to #ReconnectTigray, the more time @AbiyAhmedAli’s regime has to starve, rape, and execute civilians. @PowerUSAID @UN_Women @hickspeggy @KellyTClements https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/11/ethiopias-crisis-shows-no-sign-of-abating.html

2. .@AbiyAhmedAli has “left Ethiopia the second-worst jailer of journalists in Africa after Eritrea, the continent’s gulag state” all to hide his #TigrayGenocide. #ReconnectTigray @CJR @ICIJorg @CFR_org @CPJAfrica @pressfreedom @FreedomofPress @trevortimm https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2021/12/14/a-record-number-of-journalists-are-in-prison

3. Journalists reporting on the war in Tigray continue to face arrest & violence in Ethiopia as they provide a voice for the victims of the #TigrayGenocide. @UN – when will you take action to #ReconnectTigray? @USAmbUN @Niger_ONU @PmTunisia @KenyaMissionUN https://www.ifj.org/media-centre/news/detail/category/press-releases/article/ethiopia-relentless-crackdown-on-journalists-covering-military-conflict.html

4. .@AbiyAhmedAli continues to silence independent & critical voices, prevent access to Tigray, and intimidate foreign reporters and their local counterparts. @ABlinken – we need your help to #ReconnectTigray! @POTUS @LindaT_G @StateDept @StateDeptSpox https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/nov/26/ethiopia-genocide-warning-signs-abiy-ahmed

5. Tigrayans are experiencing mass atrocities. Lack of intervention from the Int’l community has only emboldened @AbiyAhmedAli to continuously block media access to Tigray & block aid to those dying. We must #ReconnectTigray! @UN_Women @StateDept @USUNSpox https://theconversation.com/mass-atrocities-in-ethiopia-expose-the-limitations-of-early-warning-tools-172244

6. Over one year into the #TigrayGenocide and the Ethiopian govt is still blocking all telecommunication in the region. Despite their efforts, a new wave of atrocities in western Tigray is revealed. It’s time to fully #ReconnectTigray. @StateDept @UNGeneva https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/12/ethiopia-new-wave-of-atrocities-in-western-tigray/

7. The Ethiopian govt and @ethiotelecom have cut off internet access to millions to hide war crimes. It’s now more critical than ever that @UN leaders take measures to #ReconnectTigray instead of being complicit. @antonioguterres @JosepBorrellF @ASteiner https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/12/ethiopia-new-wave-of-atrocities-in-western-tigray/

8. Journalists have been trying to gain access to Tigray for over a year. Many have been targeted and killed by the Ethiopian govt. These actions amount to war crimes – a clear violation of international law. #ReconnectTigray @MexOnu @FinlandUN @AustraliaUN https://cpj.org/2021/01/reporter-dawit-kebede-araya-shot-and-killed-in-ethiopia/

9. It has been over a year since Tigrayans in the diaspora have been able to contact their families in Tigray. Their whereabouts are unknown. Could they be alive, displaced, starving? Leaders, please help to #ReconnectTigray. @BelgiumUN @MFAofArmenia https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/eu-crisis-envoy-urges-ethiopia-to-restore-tigray-communications/

10. Democracy in Ethiopia is under attack. Journalists covering the #TigrayGenocide are being abducted, put into concentration camps, and tortured. Please demand the release of Fitsum Berhane, Alula Akalu and Girmay Gebru. #ReconnectTigray @StateDept @USUN https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ethiopia-conflict-journalists/three-workers-for-foreign-media-arrested-in-ethiopias-tigray-region-idUSKCN2AU163

11. “On Facebook, calls for the murder & mass internment of ethnic Tigrayans have proliferated.” As Ethiopia bans independent journalists from reporting on the war, misinformation & hate speech against Tigrayans intensifies. #TigrayGenocide @ICFJ @UNOSAPG https://restofworld.org/2021/why-facebook-keeps-failing-in-ethiopia/

12. The @UN has a day dedicated to celebrating “World Press Freedom Day,” however, in Ethiopia, the freedom of press is replaced by state propaganda. The UN must stop @PMEthiopia’s war on journalists. #ReconnectTigray @UruguayONU @RMIMission @irishmissionun https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/freelance-journalist-accredited-to-ap-detained-in-ethiopia/ar-AARQFQt

13. The communications blackout in Tigray is a tool used by the Ethiopian government to suppress the victims of this conflict. We call on international actors to demand that communications be restored in Tigray. #ReconnectTigray @nazhatskhan @jukka_salovaara https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/freelance-journalist-accredited-to-ap-detained-in-ethiopia/ar-AARQFQt

14. “In the early days of the fight, at least 6 Ethiopian reporters working for local media in Tigray were arrested. Later, the authorities turned against Ethiopians working with international news outlets.” #ReconnectTigray @UN_Command @JapanMissionUN https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/13/world/africa/ethiopia-tigray-journalists.html

15. The Ethiopian govt has used the media blackout in Tigray to continue committing atrocities in the dark. Int’l leaders must pressure the Ethiopian Govt to #ReconnectTigray + conduct independent investigations. @jakejsullivan @ambassadorRice @DeputySecState https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/new-wave-abuses-alleged-ethiopia-s-tigray-n1286091

16. The international community must condemn the harassment and intimidation of journalists, restrictions of media access, and all other efforts to suppress news about the #TigrayGenocide. #ReconnectTigray @BulgariaUNHCR @CzechUNNY @Denmark_UN @franceonu https://www.voanews.com/a/press-freedom_ethiopian-journalist-attacked-her-home-questioned-tigray-connections/6201958.html

1. One year after Michelle Gavin of @CFR_org stated, “Journalists are being beaten and harassed, presumably for reporting the truth and sullying the rosy rhetoric from the leadership in Addis Ababa,” media repression in #Ethiopia persists. #ReconnectTigray https://www.cfr.org/blog/amid-misinformation-and-suppressed-free-speech-ethiopian-conflict-erodes-abiys-credibility

2. Journalists are pivotal for #TigrayGenocide documentation, yet “Ethiopia (has) brutally slammed the door on press freedom” to prevent atrocities committed by Ethiopian and allied forces against Tigrayans from being reported on. #ReconnectTigray @RandPaul https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/9/record-number-of-journalists-jailed-in-2021-cpj

3. The Ethiopian govt’s smear campaign against journalists is an act of desperation to prevent the truth about #TigrayGenocide from coming out. Journalists should not have to anticipate reprisals for Tigray coverage. #ReconnectTigray @SenMarkey @RepMcCaul https://addisstandard.com/analysis-cpj-says-ethiopia-biggest-setback-for-media-freedom-in-sub-saharan-africa-two-journalists-shot-dead-a-dozen-remain-behind-bars-in-2021/

4. Due to @AbiyAhmedAli’s repressive regime, Ethiopian journalists like Lucy Kassa often get defamed after publishing a story on #TigrayGenocide. “Its aim is to bully me and stop me from investigating, to harass and threaten me.” #ReconnectTigray @WHCOS https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjbpd7/how-facebook-is-stoking-a-civil-war-in-ethiopia

5. “From the start of the Tigray conflict, Ethiopia’s govt sought to limit information. Media access was restricted, & journalists covering the conflict were arrested.” Ethiopia must allow @pressfreedom and must immediately #ReconnectTigray. @JapanMissionUN https://www.voanews.com/a/press-freedom_tigray-war-exposes-limits-abiys-promises-press-freedom/6206789.html

6. “Lack of electricity and telecommunications in Tigray…(are) causing delay or lack of reporting and information on the situation.” Ethiopia must #ReconnectTigray to stop further hindrances to humanitarian services and preventable deaths. @UNReliefChief https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/Situation%20Report%20-%20Ethiopia%20-%20Northern%20Ethiopia%20Humanitarian%20Update%20-%2025%20Nov%202021.pdf

7. With millions facing famine in Tigray, “the blackout of electricity, telecom, and internet throughout [the] Tigray region will only exacerbate the already dire humanitarian situation.” Telecomm services must be restored. #ReconnectTigray @SenatorMenendez https://www.independent.co.uk/news/ethiopia-denies-its-trying-to-suffocate-tigray-region-ethiopia-nairobi-united-nations-world-food-program-kenya-b1876951.html

8. The Ethiopian govt’s ongoing internet and telecom blackout in #Tigray is endangering lives, hindering humanitarian services, and denying Tigrayans and journalists access to information. #ReconnectTigray @UNOCHA @simoncoveney @UMBorgerservice @DmytroKuleba https://www.independent.co.uk/news/ethiopia-denies-its-trying-to-suffocate-tigray-region-ethiopia-nairobi-united-nations-world-food-program-kenya-b1876951.html

9. A total “news blackout has been imposed to stop images and information from seeping out. But the truth is inescapable.” Ethiopia’s siege of Tigray aims to disconnect the region from the rest of the world. #ReconnectTigray @ColombiaONU @NLatUN @PLinUN https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/11/4/tigray-is-starving-it-is-time-for-the-un-to-act

10. Ethiopia has used expulsion, arrests, and intimidation to dissuade accurate Tigray reporting, and yet journalists have worked diligently to ensure the truth about #TigrayGenocide comes out. #ReconnectTigray @CoryBooker @SenBrianSchatz @RonJohnsonWI https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/20/world/africa/ethiopia-new-york-times-simon-marks.html

11. Ethiopia is imprisoning journalists for exposing the truth. “…it is especially horrifying that Myanmar and Ethiopia have so brutally slammed the door on press freedom” #TigrayGenocide #ReconnectTigray @POTUS @UnderSecStateP @StateDeptSpox @unicefchief https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/9/record-number-of-journalists-jailed-in-2021-cpj

12. Journalists in Ethiopia can’t do their job effectively as the Ethiopian govt. enforced a telecom blackout in Tigray. Please help us #ReconnectTigray. Civilians have been living in the dark for over a year. @AlMissionUN @IcelandUN @SpainUN @UNHCRGreece https://www.accessnow.org/tigray-internet-shutdowns/

13. Journalists like Lucy Kassa face death threats from the Ethiopian govt when trying to report on atrocities in Tigray. Most of the brutal war crimes remain concealed under an internet/telecoms blackout. @FbdnStories @Irenekhan @OSCE_RFoM #ReconnectTigray https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-11/i-reported-on-ethiopias-secretive-war-then-came-a-knock-at-my-door

14. Ethiopia denied the presence of foreign troops in Tigray for months until journalists helped expose the truth. Now under a media & telecoms blackout, Ethiopia denies ethnic cleansing in western Tigray. #ReconnectTigray @trustconf @caoilfhionnanna @TRF https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/new-wave-abuses-alleged-ethiopia-s-tigray-n1286091

15. The telecoms blackout in Tigray isn’t only making it difficult for journalists to document & uncover heinous crimes against civilians, it’s also tearing families, communities & businesses apart. #ReconnectTigray @SecYellen @WorldBank @ethiotelecom @UN https://www.accessnow.org/voices-from-tigray-ongoing-internet-shutdown-tearing-families-communities-businesses-apart/

16. The Ethiopian regime uses the war on Tigray as a pretext to target journalists. @MarksSimon of the @nytimes was expelled because of his coverage of the war on Tigray while @berhe_lucy faced “death threats from the govt.” #ReconnectTigray @SenToddYoung https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/first-person/2021/6/29/emotional-toll-of-reporting-ethiopias-tigray-conflict

1. “The new onslaught of abuses by Amhara forces against Tigrayan civilians remaining in several towns in Western Tigray should ring alarm bells.” So, why is the world failing to take action? #ReconnectTigray @StateDept @USNATO @UN_HRC @USAmbUN @EUatUN https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/12/ethiopia-new-wave-of-atrocities-in-western-tigray/

2. “They separated the old from the young, took their money and other possessions. … Older people, parents were loaded on big trucks [going] east. They let them go with nothing, while the young remained behind.” #ReconnectTigray #TigrayGenocide @WhiteHouse https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/12/ethiopia-new-wave-of-atrocities-in-western-tigray/

3. “They started shooting whoever was in range running. When the people tried to escape…[the Fano] attacked them with machetes and axes so no one could escape.” It’s time to #ReconnectTigray & end #TigrayGenocide. @eucopresident @EmmanuelMacron @VeraJourova https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/12/ethiopia-new-wave-of-atrocities-in-western-tigray/

4. “Six witnesses said Amhara forces shot at Tigrayans seeking to flee the roundups in Adebai and attacked them with sticks and sharp objects. An unknown number were killed.” @UN ACT NOW. @antonioguterres @JosepBorrellF @UNHumanRights #ReconnectTigray www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/12/ethiopia-new-wave-of-atrocities-in-western-tigray/

5. The roundups, abusive detentions, and forced expulsions separated families and left many unaccounted for. Its time that @IntlCrimCourt & @_AfricanUnion hold Abiy Ahmed accountable for #TigrayGenocide. @PaulKagame @RwandaRemembers #ReconnectTigray www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/12/ethiopia-new-wave-of-atrocities-in-western-tigray/

6. “My wife and my mother called me 4 days ago, told me they had put them in vehicles, & they don’t know where they are taking them. After that I have never heard from them.” @antonioguterres & @mbachelet must hold perpetrators responsible! #ReconnectTigray www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/12/ethiopia-new-wave-of-atrocities-in-western-tigray/

7. The roundups, abusive detentions, and forced expulsions separated families and left many unaccounted for. Its time that @IntlCrimCourt & @_AfricanUnion hold Abiy Ahmed accountable for #TigrayGenocide. @PaulKagame @RwandaRemembers #ReconnectTigray www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/12/ethiopia-new-wave-of-atrocities-in-western-tigray/

8. “My wife and my mother called me 4 days ago, told me they had put them in vehicles, & they don’t know where they are taking them. After that I have never heard from them.” @antonioguterres & @mbachelet must hold perpetrators responsible! #ReconnectTigray www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/12/ethiopia-new-wave-of-atrocities-in-western-tigray/

9. The Ethiopian govt must cease attacks, release those detained, and urgently provide unimpeded access to western Tigray for aid agencies. What is the EU & @UN waiting for? People are dying on your watch. #ReconnectTigray @UNHumanRights @UNReliefChief www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/12/ethiopia-new-wave-of-atrocities-in-western-tigray/

10. The joint @EthioHRC-@UN OHCHR probe has not established an impartial and independent account of the atrocities in Tigray. A year later, we are still calling for independent investigations. Tigray deserves justice. @UNHumanRights #ReconnectTigray https://twitter.com/omnatigray/status/1471691325896478723?s=21

11. If the @UN truly stands for human rights, then the responsibility to protect civilians must be a priority. You must do everything in your power to secure independent investigations in Tigray. @mbachelet @UN_HRC @UNGeneva #ReconnectTigray https://twitter.com/omnatigray/status/1471691325896478723?s=21

12. “It is about the victims’ right to justice and effective remedies. It is about establishing truth and facts for the sake of dialogue and reconciliation in the country.” Tigray needs independent investigations. @UNHumanRights @UN_HRC #ReconnectTigray https://omnatigray.org/a-glimpse-into-the-false-start-and-the-dangers-surrounding-the-joint-ehrc-ohchr-investigation-in-tigray/

1. Civilian lives, democracy, and @pressfreedom are all under threat in Ethiopia due to @PMEthiopia’s deadly siege on the Tigray region. Int’l leaders must step in to help #ReconnectTigray. @AraratMirzoyan @MFA_Austria @trussliz @GermanyDiplo @ministerBZ https://www.politico.eu/article/ethiopia-expels-journalist-who-reported-on-atrocities-in-tigray/

2. “A comprehensive news blackout has been imposed to stop images & information from seeping out. But the truth is inescapable.” For over a year Tigray has been in the dark. When will world leaders take action to #ReconnectTigray? @mbachelet @antonioguterres https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/11/4/tigray-is-starving-it-is-time-for-the-un-to-act

3. Ethiopia is guilty of strategically planning a genocide, where it has not only manifested on the ground but digitally as well. So why would anyone think it’s a good idea to have them host #IGF2022? #ReconnectTigray @igf_2021 @intgovforum @PLinUN @UN_HRC https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/15/world/africa/ethiopia-abiy-ahmed-nobel-war.html?auth=login-email&login=email

4. For over a year, Tigrayans have been pleading for an end to the communication blackout. The siege is taking innocent lives. Access to phone lines, internet and power must be completely restored. #ReconnectTigray @SecBlinken @LindaT_G @WFPChief @StateDept https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/11/4/tigray-is-starving-it-is-time-for-the-un-to-act

5. Violence towards journalists have been a hallmark of the #TigrayGenocide. Journalists must be allowed to report freely and safely. Int’l leaders should be asking what is @PMEthiopia hiding, and demand that he #ReconnectTigray. @JY_LeDrian @DanishMFA https://www.barrons.com/news/journalist-shot-dead-in-ethiopia-s-tigray-region-relative-says-01611246906

6. How long will the world stand by “concerned” while journalists are being shot dead for exposing the truth about @AbiyAhmedAli‘s genocide against Tigray? #ReconnectTigray #TigrayGenocide @SenJohnBarrasso @SenTedCruz @SenatorRounds @BillHagertyTN https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/journalist-shot-dead-ethiopias-tigray-aid-worker-residents-2021-01-21/

7. It’s time the world take a stand to #ReconnectTigray and push to have journalists report freely and safely. Journalists should never be jailed and silenced for exposing truths. #TigrayGenocide @PressSec @WhiteHouse @pressfreedom @theintercept @truthout https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/9/record-number-of-journalists-jailed-in-2021-cpj

8. World leaders must not stand by while @PMEthiopia detains and kills journalists in an attempt to conceal the #TigrayGenocide. We are still demanding independent investigations and to #ReconnectTigray! @JuttaUrpilainen @mbachelet @ChrisCoons @SenatorRisch https://addisstandard.com/analysis-cpj-says-ethiopia-biggest-setback-for-media-freedom-in-sub-saharan-africa-two-journalists-shot-dead-a-dozen-remain-behind-bars-in-2021/

9. Numerous journalists are still imprisoned in Ethiopia + multiple other @pressfreedom violations have been committed. If you stand for democracy & free press, then it’s a must you demand their release and #ReconnectTigray. @PressSec @POTUS @SecBlinken https://addisstandard.com/analysis-cpj-says-ethiopia-biggest-setback-for-media-freedom-in-sub-saharan-africa-two-journalists-shot-dead-a-dozen-remain-behind-bars-in-2021/

10. In just the first 2 weeks of the war on Tigray, @PMEthiopia arrested 6 journalists for attempting to report on it. What is Abiy Ahmed hiding by pushing harsh emergency laws onto journalists? #ReconnectTigray @RepKarenBass @SpeakerPelosi @RepGregoryMeeks https://ipi.media/six-journalists-arrested-in-ethiopia-on-trumped-up-charges/

11. “Many, myself included, are harassed by government officials or targeted by doxxing campaigns for covering the conflict.” A year later and the attacks on freedom of press have escalated in order to hide the #TigrayGenocide. #ReconnectTigray @EU_Commission https://ipi.media/six-journalists-arrested-in-ethiopia-on-trumped-up-charges/

12. Journalism is not a crime. Brutalizing, abducting and murdering journalists are crimes against humanity – a violation of international law. The @UN and EU leaders must take action to stop @PMEthiopia’s genocidal campaign. #ReconnectTigray @UNHumanRights https://addisstandard.com/analysis-cpj-says-ethiopia-biggest-setback-for-media-freedom-in-sub-saharan-africa-two-journalists-shot-dead-a-dozen-remain-behind-bars-in-2021/

13. Sexual violence has been weaponized in the war on Tigray. Journalists such as Lucy Kassa have been targeted for uncovering it. To women in @UN leadership roles – your inaction is complicity. #ReconnectTigray @unwomenchief @unicefchief @DicarloRosemary https://www.voanews.com/a/press-freedom_ethiopian-journalist-attacked-her-home-questioned-tigray-connections/6201958.html

14. The first casualty of war is truth. Obstructing the press by denying access to Tigray, imposing a telecom blackout + attacks and arbitrary detention of journalists must be condemned, and independent investigations must follow. #ReconnectTigray @UN_HRC https://cpj.org/2021/01/reporter-dawit-kebede-araya-shot-and-killed-in-ethiopia/

15. It’s ironic that #IGF2022 will be hosted by Ethiopia, a country that has cut off telecommunications, including the internet, to millions of its own citizens for over a year. Research #ReconnectTigray. @neemalugangira @MSalimu @ItsKamala @RIAnetwork https://twitter.com/MinistryofInno2/status/1470748755221692420?s=20

16. IGF2022 is held to exchange information and share good practices amongst those with policy-making power, so it’s quite concerning that Ethiopia, a country that keeps millions under siege, would be asked to host. #ReconnectTigray @intgovforum @PolandMFA https://apnews.com/article/ethiopia-tigray-crisis-hunger-malnutrition-a772602d2caac96e8024769c012ce8c6

1. It’s 2021 and innocent civilians are being thrown into concentration camps because of their ethnicity. We demand that world leaders pressure Ethiopia to #ReconnectTigray and stop being complicit with genocide. @JustinTrudeau @ScottMorrisonMP @CanadaUN https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-they-just-vanished-tigrayans-disappear-for-months-in-secret-ethiopian/

2. Journalists are targeted for fulfilling their primary duty of informing the public of what the Ethiopian govt wants to keep hidden. The govt is aggressively silencing opposing voices. #ReconnectTigray #TigrayGenocide @dfatirl @GermanyDiplo @LinhartBMEIA https://addisstandard.com/analysis-cpj-says-ethiopia-biggest-setback-for-media-freedom-in-sub-saharan-africa-two-journalists-shot-dead-a-dozen-remain-behind-bars-in-2021/

3. Publishing accounts that expose @PMEthiopia’s war crimes will either get you killed or detained in unknown places. The imposed telecommunication blackout on Tigray has resulted in an untold catastrophe. #ReconnectTigray @RepBera @DarrellIssa @CoryBooker https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/11/1105892

4. The rule of law is in total collapse in Ethiopia. Journalists are detained, tortured, killed, or disappear to conceal human rights atrocities. They were the only voices left for those silenced in Tigray. #ReconnectTigray @MFABulgaria @JeppeKofod @trussliz https://cpj.org/2021/12/ethiopia-civil-war-hopes-press-freedom/

5. Ethiopian govt’s practice of “the rule of law” includes: inflicting relentless cruelty of punishment without trial, silencing & assaulting journalists, & coordinated intimidation against Tigrayans. #ReconnectTigray #TigrayGenocide @JY_LeDrian @trussliz https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/11/17/at-least-1000-arrested-since-ethiopia-state-of-emergency-un

6. Tigray is under siege. Tigrayans targeted, tortured, & detained based on their ethnicity. In addition, journalists are imprisoned & tortured for doing their job. Pressure on the Ethiopian Govt is needed to #ReconnectTigray! @LiberalAus @PeterSweden7 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/17/world/africa/ethiopia-tigrayan-detention.html

7. Despite govt curtailment, journalists reported war crimes in Tigray. The Int’l community must consider present evidence of Ethiopia’s disregard for Tigrayan lives. We demand justice and accountability. #ReconnectTigray @Blklivesmatter @TeenVogue @Complex https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/nov/26/ethiopia-genocide-warning-signs-abiy-ahmed

8. Since @AbiyAhmedAli waged #TigrayGenocide on #Tigray|ans, Ethiopia became a deadly place for journalists. Many sacrificed their lives to uncover unspeakable massacres. They deserve justice! #ReconnectTigray @corradoformigli @Mentana_Enrico @M_gabanelli https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/journalist-shot-dead-ethiopias-tigray-aid-worker-residents-2021-01-21/

9. .@berhe_lucy is the epitome of fearless investigative journalism. She has been attacked & threatened for her work but has refused to stay silent. ????????n journalists must support her & advocate to #ReconnectTigray @AndreaScanzi @robertosaviano @marcotravaglio https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/first-person/2021/6/29/emotional-toll-of-reporting-ethiopias-tigray-conflict

10. Independent journalism is a crime in @AbiyAhmedAli’s Ethiopia. 7 Million #Tigray|ans are dying b/c of a manufactured famine. Journalists reporting this tragedy are jailed or killed. @luigidimaio must condemn @PMEthiopia! #ReconnectTigray #TigrayGenocide https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/03/ethiopia-tigray-violence-media-blackout.html

11. In Ethiopia, journalists are jailed in concentration camps and killed. Their crime? Uncovering mass rapes and massacres in Tigray, ordered by @AbiyAhmedAli. Help us to #ReconnectTigray! #TigrayGenocide @ItalyUN_Vienna @UNESCO @intgovforum @PLinUN https://addisstandard.com/analysis-cpj-says-ethiopia-biggest-setback-for-media-freedom-in-sub-saharan-africa-two-journalists-shot-dead-a-dozen-remain-behind-bars-in-2021/

12. “Internet shutdowns cannot be arbitrarily implemented by governments & other parties who don’t want the???? to witness their harrowing behavior.” Help us to #ReconnectTigray & stop @AbiyAhmedAli’s #TigrayGenocide! @fabfazio @robertosaviano @chetempochefa https://www.accessnow.org/tigray-internet-shutdowns/

13. Millions in Tigray face famine. @AbiyAhmedAli’s deadly siege is an injustice to life itself. There is no access to food, water, medication, and electricity. How long will the Int’l community stand by and watch?#ReconnectTigray @ASteiner @ahunnaeziakonwa https://apnews.com/article/ethiopia-tigray-crisis-hunger-malnutrition-a772602d2caac96e8024769c012ce8c6

14. Since the start of #TigrayGenocide, journalists and media workers have been arrested with no due process. By arresting and killing journalists, @AbiyAhmedAli has covered up his atrocities in Tigray. #ReconnectTigray @FnsiSocial @ItalyUN_NY @UKUN_NewYork https://www.barrons.com/news/journalist-shot-dead-in-ethiopia-s-tigray-region-relative-says-01611246906

1. The Ethiopian Government is deliberately attacking the freedom of the press by imprisoning journalists on trumped-up charges. International leaders must condemn these human rights violations. #ReconnectTigray @StateDept @RepSaraJacobs @GerryConnolly @USUN https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/freelance-journalist-accredited-to-ap-detained-in-ethiopia/ar-AARQFQt

2. Journalists are arbitrarily arrested for reporting on the conflict in Ethiopia. Already, several have been killed to undermine reporting that differs from the Ethiopian govt. propaganda. What is Abiy Ahmed hiding? #ReconnectTigray @m_ebrard @Haavisto https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/freelance-journalist-accredited-to-ap-detained-in-ethiopia/ar-AARQFQt

3. Ethiopia continues to target journalists. Amir Aman Kiyaro, a freelance video journalist accredited to @AP, is in police custody on bogus charges. World leaders must demand his immediate release. #ReconnectTigray @StateDept @KenyaMissionUN @PressSec https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/freelance-journalist-accredited-to-ap-detained-in-ethiopia/ar-AARQFQt

4. The freedom of press is the strongest weapon against tyranny and fascism. This freedom has been threatened, and repressed in Ethiopia for over a year. Communication must be restored. #ReconnectTigray @BritishVogue @Complex @theintercept @Blklivesmatter https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/freelance-journalist-accredited-to-ap-detained-in-ethiopia/ar-AARQFQt

5. The harassment & killing of journalists documenting the ongoing #TigrayGenocide has emboldened the impunity of those responsible for war crimes & atrocities against the people of Tigray. #ReconnectTigray @zdizoro @welikeduel @redazioneiene @MentanaEnrico https://www.politico.eu/article/ethiopia-expels-journalist-who-reported-on-atrocities-in-tigray/

6. Journalists have been killed, harassed, expelled & detained simply for trying to cover the brutal atrocities committed by Ethiopian & Eritrean forces in Tigray. The worst has yet to be discovered. #ReconnectTigray @dreynders @EamonGilmore @dreynders https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/9/record-number-of-journalists-jailed-in-2021-cpj

7. By expelling journalists, the Ethiopian govt is trying to hide the fact that allied forces are committing gross atrocities. Attacks on free press must stop and journalists must be given unfettered access. #ReconnectTigray @KenyaMissionUN @NorwayUN https://www.politico.eu/article/ethiopia-expels-journalist-who-reported-on-atrocities-in-tigray/

8. Ethiopia’s war zone blackout is a deliberate attempt to censor journalists & conceal war crimes. Ethiopia must restore telecommunications in Tigray and allow for journalists and human rights actors to monitor the situation. #ReconnectTigray @EUCouncil https://www.accessnow.org/tigray-internet-shutdowns/

9. In another turn towards authoritarianism, @AbiyAhmedAli continues to detain Tigrayan activists & journalists arbitrarily. These detentions must end & whereabouts of unaccounted detainees must be revealed. #ReconnectTigray @ICIJorg @CFR_org @UNGeneva https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/07/ethiopia-end-arbitrary-detentions-of-tigrayans-activists-and-journalists-in-addis-ababa-and-reveal-whereabouts-of-unaccounted-detainees/

10. The Ethiopian Govt’s communications blackout was designed to hide the fact that scores of Tigrayan children are starving to death by an engineered famine. @PMEthiopia must be held accountable! #ReconnectTigray @UN_HRC @CPJAfrica @USAID @FilippoGrandi https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/16/children-starving-to-death-in-ethiopias-tigray-conflict-report

11. The veil of silence must be lifted. Journalists are being killed for reporting the wide-scale rape and massacres of Tigrayan civilians. Ethiopia must end its siege on Tigray. #ReconnectTigray @pressfreedom @theintercept @truthout @FreedomofPress https://addisstandard.com/analysis-cpj-says-ethiopia-biggest-setback-for-media-freedom-in-sub-saharan-africa-two-journalists-shot-dead-a-dozen-remain-behind-bars-in-2021/

12. The communications blackout in Tigray is a tool used by the Ethiopian government to suppress the victims of this conflict. We call on Int’l actors to demand that communications be restored in Tigray. @SenateForeign @CPJAfrica @ICIJorg @CFR_org #ReconnectTigray #TigrayGenocide

13. .@AbiyAhmedAli continues to put a stronghold on freedom of speech as he arbitrarily imprisons journalists fighting to unveil the truth. #ReconnectTigray #TigrayGenocide @pressfreedom @SenateForeign @HouseForeign @FreedomofPress https://www.politico.eu/article/ethiopia-expels-journalist-who-reported-on-atrocities-in-tigray/

14. .@AbiyAhmedAli intends to bury the untold stories of journalists abducted, forced into concentration camps, tortured, and killed. #ReconnectTigray #TigrayGenocide @Snowden @ChrisCoons @timkaine @SenateForeign @SenatorRisch @LindaT_G @SecBlinken https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/journalist-shot-dead-ethiopias-tigray-aid-worker-residents-2021-01-21/