Tag: #TigrayGenocide
Twitter Campaign – New Zealand Government
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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
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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
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- “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
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/
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
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- 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
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
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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/
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
Petition: Holding Abiy Ahmed Accountable for Human Rights Abuses in Tigray
The Unelected Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed is Destabilizing Ethiopia and Committing War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity, and Genocide
Twitter Campaign – NeverAgain4Tigray
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- Geneva Convention reads,”Fixed establishments & mobile medical units of the Medical Service may in no circumstances be attacked [..]”, but invading forces have destroyed Tigray’s health facilities, as described by @MSF. #NeverAgain4Tigray #TigrayGenocide https://www.msf.org/health-facilities-targeted-tigray-region-ethiopia
2. The Int’l. community must see the the #WarOnTigray for what it is & call it by its name. And having done so, address it with the caliber that the 21st Century affords. There is a Genocide in progress in Ethiopia. #NeverAgain4Tigray @UN @USAmbUN @UN_HRChttps://www.cnn.com/2021/03/19/africa/ethiopia-tigray-rape-investigation-cmd-intl/index.html
5. There is such a thing as a just war, & targeting health facilities is not a characteristic of one. Of 106 facilities visited by @MSF, only 13% were functioning normally. This is unacceptable. @SecBlinken @USAmbUN @mbachelet #NeverAgain4Tigray https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/15/ethiopia-msf-condemns-widespread-attacks-on-tigray-clinics
6. Hospitals in Tigray have been looted & attacked by Eritrean troops, leaving local civilians at risk of death due to lack of medicine & medical help. #NeverAgain4Tigray #TigrayGenocide @SecBlinken @ChrisCoons @USAmbU @RepGregoryMeeks @RepMcCaul @POTUS https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ethiopia-conflict-health-idUSKBN2A80JZ
7. “Aid workers have described a deliberate & widespread targeting of health-care facilities in the Region, which is having a devastating impact on the ppl, especially those in rural areas.”#NeverAgain4Tigray @USAmbUN @EUCouncil @eucopresident https://reports.unocha.org/en/country/ethiopia/
8. Findings by @EthioHRC’s on the Axum Massacre echoes @amnesty’s investigation; Ethiopian & Eritrean troops looted hospitals resulting in crippling medicine & equipment shortages that resulted in patient deaths. #NeverAgain4Tigray @UNOSAPG @SecBlinken @hrw https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/24/eritrean-troops-killed-over-100-civilians-in-tigray-rights-group
9. Calling on Ethiopian women in leadership roles to use their platform to help women & young girls who have become or will be victims of sexual violence in the #TigrayGenocide. True democracy is uplifting your women!#NeverAgain4Tigray #WomenSupportingWomen https://twitter.com/vp/status/1371883975883563011?s=21
10. This week, unelected @AbiyAhmedAli admitted to the presence of Eritrean troops in Tigray & shamelessly excused #WeaponizedRape by Ethiopian forces. @UN must take immediate action to stop #TigrayGenocide. #NeverAgain4Tigray @SecBlinken @USAmbUN @mbachelet https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/03/19/africa/ethiopia-tigray-rape-investigation-cmd-intl/index.html
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- The @UN has called for an end to “horrific” sexual violence in Tigray. Where’s the action? How can civilians be protected when Ethiopian & Eritrean troops are perpetrating this violence? #NeverAgain4Tigray #R2PTigray @mbachelet @SecBlinken @LindaT_G https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ethiopia-conflict-un/u-n-calls-for-stop-to-horrific-sexual-violence-in-ethiopias-tigray-idUSKBN2BE2ZV
2. When she tried to escape, she recalled being “captured, injected with a drug, tied to a rock, stripped, stabbed & raped by soldiers for 10 days.” STOP THIS #TigrayGenocide #NeverAgain4Tigray @USAmbUN @Winnie_Byanyima @SecBlinken @UNAction @endrapeinwar https://news.lee.net/news/world/practically-this-has-been-a-genocide/article_dffdc621-8667-5911-954e-431387278d24.html
3. Genocidal rape – the action of a group which has carried out acts of mass rape & gang rapes, against its enemy as part of a genocidal campaign. #TigrayGenocide, call it what it is. #NeverAgain4Tigray @SamanthaJPower @UN_Women @UNAction @endrapeinwar https://edition.cnn.com/2021/03/19/africa/ethiopia-tigray-rape-investigation-cmd-intl/index.html
5. In Tigray, there have been reports of ethnic massacres, ethnic cleansing, extrajudicial killings, weaponized rape & weaponized hunger. How many acts of genocide does it take before you treat it as such? #NeverAgain4Tigray @USUN @antonioguterres https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/26/world/middleeast/ethiopia-tigray-ethnic-cleansing.html
7. It took 100 days and 800,000+ lives in Rwanda for the @UN to respond to the Genocide. On day 140+ we ask, how many more war crimes & human rights violations in Tigray will warrant a response? #TigrayGenocide #NeverAgain4Tigray @mbachelet @antonioguterres https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/diplomats-un-fails-to-approve-call-to-end-tigray-violence/2021/03/06/a9815636-7e41-11eb-8c5e-32e47b42b51b_story.html
9. We call on the @UN to uphold the vow of #NeverAgain & stop the #TigrayGenocide. Time and time again, it has failed to act promptly to prevent mass atrocities. Rwanda, Yugoslavia and Syria are a few prime examples of the UN’s failure to act swiftly. #NeverAgain4Tigray @LindaT_G
10. There is “a systematic campaign of ethnic cleansing” in Tigray by the Ethiopian gov’t according to US reports. How long must we wait for the intl comm to take action? @UN act on #NeverAgain. #NeverAgain4Tigray @mbachelet @USAmbUN @USUN @UKUN_NewYork https://www.voanews.com/africa/us-delegation-top-ethiopian-officials-discuss-tigray-conflict
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7. History teaches that the world stood by as mass atrocities + occurred. Today, extrajudicial murder, rape & looting against the ppl of Tigray has become normalized. We call for the intl comm to stop the cycle. #NeverAgain4Tigray #TigrayGenocide @EUCouncil @USAmbUN @eucopresident
8. Over 160 civilians were executed as Ethiopian soldiers went house to house in the Tigray town of Bora, yet another massacre. How many more acts of genocide will it take to call the “crisis” what it is? #NeverAgain4Tigray #TigrayGenocide@UNOSAPG @hrw https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-19/ethiopia-tigray-war-massacre-bora
9. The @UN said #NeverAgain, but why is it standing by as #Tigray|ans are victims of targeted violence because of their ethnicity? #UNSCActNow, you have waited too long already as death tolls reach insurmountable proportions. #NeverAgain4Tigray #TigrayGenocide @USAmbUN @NDeRiviere
10. Over 200,000 are currently living in extremely dire makeshift camps in Shire. A staggering number of whom are women and children who arrive malnourished & maimed. Unfettered access to Tigray! #NeverAgain4Tigray@unicef @UN_HRC @UNPeacekeeping @SecBlinken https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-56456793
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- It was an act of revenge he told me, after government-aligned forces had lost a battle to the TPLF in a nearby village.” Stop #TigrayGenocide #TigrayCantWait @USAmbUN @USUN https://news.sky.com/story/ethiopia-hundreds-executed-thousands-homeless-the-human-cost-of-fighting-in-tigray-12247307
2. It was an act of revenge he told me, after government-aligned forces had lost a battle to the TPLF in a nearby village.” Stop #TigrayGenocide! #TigrayCantWait #NeverAgain4Tigray@USAmbUN @USUN @JosepBorrellF https://news.sky.com/story/ethiopia-hundreds-executed-thousands-homeless-the-human-cost-of-fighting-in-tigray-12247307
3. Ethiopian & Eritrean soldiers cont. to commit extrajudicial killings and executions while in the presence of @MSF_EastAfrica medical team. @eucopresident act now. #TigrayGenocide #R2PTigray #NeverAgain4Tigray @EUCouncil @SamanthaJPower @SimonClarkeMP https://msf.or.ke/en/magazine/msf-driver-assaulted-staff-witness-men-dragged-buses-and-killed-tigray
4. “Ethiopia rejects U.S. allegations of ethnic cleansing in Tigray” When you block humanitarian aid to Tigray knowing the extent & severity of their needs, dismiss pleas; who else could you be targeting but the people? #NeverAgain4Tigray @SecBlinken https://mobile.reuters.com/article/ampidUSKBN2B50ES#click=https://t.co/CvB3zgFTr0
7. ‘Tell the world we are dying!’ These are the haunting words of a Mai Kadra survivor pleading to an @AJENews reporter you will never forget. Verified reports of rape, ethnic profiling, & killings beg investigation! #NeverAgain4Tigray @timkaine @SenOssoff https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/1/we-are-dying-tigrayans-speak-of-abuse-by-eritrean-troops
8. “Practically this has been a genocide” has been used to describe the atrocities occurring in #Tigray, Ethiopia & supported by the many intl media reports + leaked footage. The @UN must intervene IMMEDIATELY #R2PTigray #NeverAgain4Tigray@mbachelet @USUN https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/19/africa/ethiopia-tigray-rape-investigation-cmd-intl/index.html
9. Accounts of atrocities by Ethiopian & allied forces against residents of Tigray have been detailed in reports by @AP and by @amnesty. The #TigrayGenocide is no longer a timer. The world must act now! @SecBlinken @eucopresident @mbachelet @UNAction @UN https://www.wjhl.com/news/politics/biden-dispatching-sen-coons-to-ethiopia-amid-tigray-crisis/
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- Since Nov, the people of Tigray have been cut off from the rest of the world. But the world now knows of the ongoing use of rape as a weapon, massacres & weaponized hunger. What will you do next? #NeverAgain4Tigray @SecBlinken @RepKarenBass @ChrisCoons https://www.foxnews.com/world/ethiopias-secret-war-in-tigray-region-ethnic-killings-rapes-near-starvation-reported
3. Tigray was once the most peaceful region of the country, but for almost 5 month’s dire humanitarian crisis caused by an unjust war – 4.5 million at risk of starvation, 61K+ refugees, even more displaced. #NeverAgain4Tigray #UNSCActNow @ABlinken @mbachelet https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-55695123
4. Civilians have consistently been targets in the #WarOnTigray, as #Tigray|ans have indiscriminately been killed. We must stop the acts of genocide @un @antonioguterres @mbachelet #UNSCActNow #TigrayGenocide #NeverAgain4Tigray #TigrayCantWait https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/02/ethiopia-eritrean-troops-massacre-of-hundreds-of-axum-civilians-may-amount-to-crime-against-humanity/
9. We may not be able to change the horrific atrocities that occurred in the past, but we are able to do something about the current ones happening in Tigray, by taking proper action today! #NeverAgain4Tigray #TigrayGenocide @SecBlinken @irishmissionun @franceonu @AmbMKimani
10. SBGV war crimes should never go hidden especially in times of war. Tigray needs international intervention to help end #WeaponizedRape. We must protect these women and girls. #TigrayGenocide #NeverAgain4Tigray @UN_Women @KenyaMissionUN @MexOnu https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2021/01/22/UN-official-says-rape-sexual-violence-rising-in-Ethiopias-Tigray-conflict/8021611325219/
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- In targeting ???? services, invading forces extend the casualties of war to civilians requiring care for chronic health conditions & to SGBV survivors w/ no access to needed medical attention. Full access must be granted. @OCHA @ABlinken #NeverAgain4Tigray https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-ethiopia-conflict-health/people-die-at-home-tigray-medical-services-struggle-after-turmoil-of-war-idUSKBN2A80M2
2. Hospitals in Tigray have been looted & attacked by military, leaving many rape victims at risk of not receiving proper medical care. #UNSCActNow to end crimes against women & young girls. #TigrayGenocide #NeverAgain4Tigray @SecBlinken @ChrisCoons @UNOCHA https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ethiopia-conflict-health-idUSKBN2A80JZ
3. The doctor said women are being gang-raped, drugged & gravely injured in the assaults. We must not turn away when learning about #WeaponizedRape in Tigray. We must stand up and be a voice. #NeverAgain4Tigray @irishmissionun @AmbMKimani @RepKarenBass https://www.dw.com/en/anger-and-collective-trauma-scar-ethiopia-s-tigray-region/a-56794452
4. The collapse of health services in Tigray due to hospitals & healthcare centers being looted & destroyed has made it nearly impossible for victims of #WeaponizedRape to receive treatment. #TigrayGenocide #NeverAgainForTigray @mbachelet @hickspeggy https://www.voanews.com/africa/ethiopia-tigray/choose-i-kill-you-or-rape-you-abuse-accusations-surge-ethiopias-war
5. Sexual violence to brutalize women & girls in Tigray needs to be called out by the international community, along with solid steps taken to end weaponized rape. #NeverAgainForTigray @endrapeinwar @Atayeshe @RepKarenBass @ChrisCoons @SecBlinken https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2021/01/22/UN-official-says-rape-sexual-violence-rising-in-Ethiopias-Tigray-conflict/8021611325219/
6. We as an Intl. community cannot stand by idle as rape is weaponized. We must speak up, take action, and do everything in our power to stop war crimes on humanity. #NeverAgain4Tigray @RepKarenBass @RepBera @SaraJacobsCA @repdarrellissa @YoungKimCA https://www.channel4.com/news/the-horrors-of-the-hidden-war-inside-the-tigray-conflict-in-ethiopia
7. Eritrean troops & Amhara militias are engaged in a campaign of ethnic cleansing in Tigray through the use of rape, torture & massacres. We must demand their removal from Tigray. The people deserve peace. #NeverAgain4Tigray @RepGregoryMeeks @UNOCHA https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/26/world/middleeast/ethiopia-tigray-ethnic-cleansing.html
Twitter Campaign – UK Parliament meeting
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- Abiy Ahmed finally admits the participation of Eritrean forces in Tigray who committed heinous atrocities. Yet, he deliberately takes no actions to stop these mass executions. #UKGovernment take action over #TigrayGenocide. @JamesDuddridge @vickyford @UN https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-56497168
2. The violence continues with no end in sight in Tigray. Ethiopian & Eritrean soldiers committed extrajudicial killings and executions in the presence of @MSF medical doctors. @JamesDuddridge #UKGovernment take action over the #TigrayGenocide.https://msf.or.ke/en/magazine/msf-driver-assaulted-staff-witness-men-dragged-buses-and-killed-tigray
3. Weaponized rape, blocked humanitarian access to Tigray and mass executions for almost 5 months. “It’s practically a genocide” a @CNN report stated. #UKGovernment take action over this conflict. #TigrayGenocide @JamesDuddridge @GregClarkMP @SimonClarkeMPhttps://edition.cnn.com/2021/03/19/africa/ethiopia-tigray-rape-investigation-cmd-intl/index.html
4. Tigray is in chaos. @SecBlinken accuses the Ethiopian Govt. of “ethnic cleansing.” Plenty of reports concerning human rights violations & numerous atrocities have already emerged. #UKGovernment take action! #TigrayGenocide @JamesDuddridge @eucopresident https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-56456800
5. Occupied hospitals & destroyed medical equipments. @MSF said, “the assault on clinics in Tigray was a deliberate attempt to deprive communities of medical services.” Please take action over #WarOnTigray. #TigrayGenocide @JamesDuddridge @SimonClarkeMP https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/soldiers-ransack-tigray-health-centres-in-ethiopias-worsening-civil-war-mnvxsl883
6. 60,000 civilians fled the conflict in Tigray to Sudan. 4.5 million are still stranded in the war zone facing awful war crimes in the hands of Eritrean & Ethiopian soldiers. #UKGovernment take action over this conflict. #TigrayGenocide @BrineMP @ranil https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-56374725
7. 6 year old Betlehem lost both her legs in an explosion. The human costs are high with civilians being tortured, raped & killed. Misery is @AbiyAhmedAli’s strategy. Take action over the #TigrayGenocide before it’s too late. @JamesDuddridge @SimonClarkeMPhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-56456793
8. Medical charity Doctors Without Borders (@MSF) said its staff had been attacked & witnessed Ethiopian soldiers executing at least 4 men in Tigray. If doctors providing care are not safe, who is? #TigrayGenocide @GregClarkMP @Sally_Keeble @JamesDuddridgehttps://news.yahoo.com/msf-says-staff-witness-ethiopian-202420756.html
9. We as an international community cannot stand by idle as rape is weaponized in war. We must speak up, take action, and do everything in our power to stop these atrocities. #TigrayGenocide #MeToo @JamesDuddridge @KarenBradley_MP @BrineMP @Sally_Keeblehttps://www.channel4.com/news/the-horrors-of-the-hidden-war-inside-the-tigray-conflict-in-ethiopia
10. “widespread human rights violations are not ordinary crimes but grave contraventions of applicable international and human rights laws and principles.” Where do you stand on these atrocities against innocent civilians? @JamesDuddridge#TigrayGenocide https://apnews.com/article/ethiopia-abiy-ahmed-atrocities-commited-tigray-war-3c4a7a322b1cafb687bd1a224e69ff78
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- The heads of 9 @UN agencies & other officials demanded a halt to attacks against civilians in Tigray, including rape & other horrific forms of SGBV. What will it take for the world to truly act & stop this? #TigrayGenocide @JamesDuddridge @SelbyAinstyMP https://apnews.com/article/ethiopia-violence-united-nations-fe24db3c93d53dcdcff007a25b2250e9
2. Children orphaned, women raped, men mercilessly massacred, hospitals vandalized, homes looted, & crops burnt. The people of Tigray are starving, dying & enduring suffering no human being should experience. #TigrayGenocide @JamesDuddridge @GregClarkMPhttps://www.cnn.com/2021/03/19/africa/ethiopia-tigray-rape-investigation-cmd-intl/index.html
3. Tigrayan women are being kidnapped, gang raped, and tormented daily. Their bodies have become war zones. The int’l community must take swift & firm actions to save the women in Tigray. #WeaponizedRape #TigrayGenocide @JamesDuddridgehttps://www.channel4.com/news/the-horrors-of-the-hidden-war-inside-the-tigray-conflict-in-ethiopia
4. There is an overwhelming number of reports on the horrific genocidal acts committed in Tigray by Eritrean and Ethiopian gov’ts. Every minute the world is silent, innocent civilians in Tigray are suffering. #TigrayGenocide @JamesDuddridgehttps://news.sky.com/story/ethiopia-hundreds-executed-thousands-homeless-the-human-cost-of-fighting-in-tigray-12247307
5. The people of Tigray continue to face a systematic genocide, where rape and hunger are used as weapons to subdue the people. The world should not be complacent with such horrific crimes against humanity. #TigrayGenocide @JamesDuddridge @AlbertoCostaMPhttps://www.foxnews.com/world/ethiopias-secret-war-in-tigray-region-ethnic-killings-rapes-near-starvation-reported
6. In the middle of a pandemic, Tigray’s health facilities have been looted, vandalized and destroyed. Tigrayans continue to be stripped of their basic human rights. 100+ days of #TigrayGenocide and counting. @JamesDuddridgehttps://mooresvilletribune.com/news/world/group-reports-health-facilities-looted-in-ethiopias-tigray/article_76eeab52-5bff-5d4e-b7b1-4ee602e4df16.html
7. To stop #TigrayGenocide, we need #UKGovernment’s support. Indiscriminate killing, #WeaponizedRape & #WeaponizedHunger are daily realities for #Tigray|an civilians. We call on you MPs @JamesDuddridge, @SarBritcliffeMP & @SimonClarkeMP https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorial/the-irish-times-view-on-war-in-tigray-ethiopia-must-call-halt-1.4509939
8. After 4.5 months of the #TigrayGenocide, @ABlinken has finally called it ethnic cleansing & @cnn has reported it is ‘Practically a genocide.’ To stop the suffering of the people of #Tigray, we need immediate action from #UKGovernment @JamesDuddridge https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/10/politics/blinken-tigray-ethnic-cleansing/index.html
9. War on Tigray started under the guise of a “law & order operation,” but it became clear this was a war on #Tigray|ans. It is Day 141 of the #TigrayGenocide. Please act to stop the atrocities. #UKGovernment @JamesDuddridge @ElliotColburn@Bren4Bassetlaw
10. .@MSF reported only 13% of the 106 health facilities visited were “functioning normally.” 70% were looted. Attacks on health services betray the govt’s denial of #TigrayGenocide. Please pay attention. @JamesDuddridge @SuellaBraveman @BimAfolami https://www.msf.org/health-facilities-targeted-tigray-region-ethiopia
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1. The situation in #Tigray is more than a conflict, it is genocide. Over 50,000 civilians have reportedly been killed & videos of massacres provide proof. This cannot continue. #UKGovernment help end the #TigrayGenocide @JamesDuddridge @ShelbyAinstyMPhttps://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/eye-on-africa/20210202-tigray-opposition-parties-estimate-over-50-000-civilian-deaths
3. Reports of survivors revealed Ethiopian soldiers repeatedly raped & told women their blood was being purified, that they were being Amharaized. How will you stop this ethnic cleansing? #TigrayGenocide @JamesDuddridge @eucopresident @LiamFox @vickyford https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/23/africa/ethiopia-rape-abuse-abiy-response-intl/index.html
4. “Doctors Without Borders says its staff witnessed soldiers drag civilians off public buses & execute them while their driver was beaten.” #TigrayGenocide #UKGovernment @JamesDuddridge @GregClarkMP @Sally_Keeble @JacobYoungMP @eucopresident @BillCashMP https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/24/horrific-msf-witness-execution-of-at-least-four-men-in-tigray
5. The @UN stated, “Amid a worsening humanitarian situation in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, reports of indiscriminate and targeted attacks against civilians, including rape & other horrific forms of sexual violence, continue to surface.” #TigrayGenocide @JamesDuddridge
6. Ethiopian & Eritrean army implicated of weaponized rape of women & children. Militias state they want to “cleanse their bloodline.” THIS IS GENOCIDE. https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/23/africa/ethiopia-rape-abuse-abiy-response-intl/index.html#UKGovernment #WeaponizedRape #TigrayGenocide @JamesDuddridge @GregClarkMP @Sally_Keeble @JacobYoungMP
9. The ethnic cleansing in Tigray was perpetrated by Amhara militia, Eritrean soldiers & Ethiopian federal army. Tigray deserves independent, @UN-led investigations into the #TigrayGenocide. @SarBritcliffeMP @SimonClarkeMP @JamesDuddridge https://www.channel4.com/news/tigray-conflict-the-testimonies-of-alleged-war-crimes
10. Eritrean soldiers opened fire on churchgoers in Tigray while celebrating mass & as people tried to flee, troops followed “spraying the mountainside with bullets”. Eritreans must leave Ethiopia. #TigrayGenocide @JamesDuddridge @SuellaBraverman @MarcusFyshhttps://www.cnn.com/2021/02/26/africa/ethiopia-tigray-dengelat-massacre-intl/index.html
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1. How can you invite the perpetrators of vicious massacres in Tigray to investigate? It is naive to involve @AbiyAhmedAli & expect the truth. We demand a @UN-led only independent investigation! #TigrayGenocide @JamesDuddridge @AlbertoCostaMPhttps://tinyurl.com/y7pugu7y
2. Ethiopia’s sovereignty was breached when Eritrea encroached on Ethiopian internal affairs. Eritrean troops must leave Tigray. They are only making matters worse. #TigrayGenocide @JamesDuddridge @GregClarkMP @Sally_Keeblehttps://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/ethiopia-rebuffs-us-call-to-pull-outside-forces-from-tigray/2021/03/01/b0e3059c-7a85-11eb-8c5e-32e47b42b51b_story.html
3. Ethiopia took “legitimate” military action in Tigray to preserve unity & stability, said @AUC_MoussaFaki. Now he’s expressing involvement in a Tigray probe. Do not trust @EthioHRC nor @achpr_cadhp. #TigrayGenocide @JamesDuddridge @Douglas4Morayhttps://newsghana.com.gh/au-chairperson-says-horn-of-africa-in-very-particular-situation-faces-tough-challenges/
7. Responsibility to Protect is an Intl. law, which is breached when a member of the armed forces violates the law. @AbiyAhmedAli’s Govt is involved in war crimes, including state-run @EthioHRC. That is why we call for independent investigations. #TigrayGenocide @JamesDuddridge
8. An independent investigation of human rights violations in Tigray requires courageous input from traumatized victims. When will the international community do the same? @UNOCHA @JamesDuddridge @GregClarkMP @SecBlinken @eucopresident @EmmanuelMacron https://www.channel4.com/news/tigray-conflict-the-testimonies-of-alleged-war-crimes
9. The ethnic cleansing in Tigray was perpetrated by Amhara militia, Eritrean soldiers & Ethiopian federal army. @EthioHRC is an Ethiopian governmental agency. #Tigray deserves an independent, @UN-led investigation into the #TigrayGenocide. @SamanthaJPower @EUCouncil
10. Everything has become uncertain since @AbiyAhmedAli took office. He is destabilizing east Africa as the war on Tigray continues. #UKParliament help to end this chaos! @DamianCollins @ElliotColburn @JamesDuddridge @JamesCleverly#TigrayGenocide https://www.reuters.com/article/ethiopia-conflict-manufacturing-idUSKBN28J0LG
11. Eritrean troops & Amhara militias are engaged in a campaign of ethnic cleansing in Tigray through the use of rape, torture & bloody massacres. #UKParliament help end the war crimes of the #TigrayGenocide. @ChrisClarksonMP @JamesDuddridge @LeeAndersonMP1 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/26/world/middleeast/ethiopia-tigray-ethnic-cleansing.html
The Other End of the Line
I received a phone call from my uncle sobbing uncontrollably, everything stopped. I was told my cousin had been raped by Eritrean forces and her husband was forced to watch.
Eritrean forces entered their home in Wukro, central Tigray, took hold of my cousin while another soldier tied her husband and forced him to watch as they took turns raping her. I felt sick. I couldn’t come to grips with what I was hearing. This wasn’t the headline of an article, this was my family.
“I received a phone call from my uncle sobbing uncontrollably, everything stopped. I was told my cousin had been raped by Eritrean forces and her husband was forced to watch.” #TigrayGenocide #WeaponizedRape
So many thoughts ran through my mind upon hearing this. My heart broke for my cousin and her husband. Their marriage was violated – something so sacred to their marriage was stripped away. She will carry the mental, emotional, and physical pains of this experience forever. She could be at risk of carrying an infection or pregnancy, which may then lead her to battle her beliefs should she decide not to continue the pregnancy. Her husband will have to live with the immense guilt and trauma of seeing what happened to his wife for the rest of his life.
I’ve since learned that she was able to get to a hospital to get treatment, although I have no idea how she is doing or what treatment she received.
I received the news four days after hearing a cousin of mine in Adwa, northern Tigray, had been killed by Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF). I remember watching a video of Eritrean soldiers captured by Tigray Defense Forces weeks beforehand – my assumption was that the ENDF took hold of the town and killed civilians in retribution. Hearing about the loss of my cousin’s life in the most gruesome and unnatural manner drove me to the depths of despair.
I am heartbroken – hearing deeply distressing stories about your family takes an immense toll on you. Thoughts of my cousins in Wukro occupy every waking second. My existence has become engulfed by images of their faces, imagining what they’re going through.
There are moments during the day where I find myself unable to navigate life and my seemingly ‘normal’ obligations. My profession involves tending to patients. The irony of life isn’t lost on me, knowing that I am unable to extend acts of compassion and care to my loved ones is a predicament I battle with on a daily basis.
“My profession involves tending to patients. The irony of life isn’t lost on me, knowing that I am unable to extend acts of compassion and care to my loved ones is a predicament I battle with on a daily basis.” #TigrayGenocide #WeaponizedRape
The sight of a plate of food leaves me overwhelmed with guilt. This idea of rest feels foreign and fundamentally undeserving. I long for the day I am able to pour my love into my home and my family.
“The sight of a plate of food leaves me overwhelmed with guilt. This idea of rest feels foreign and fundamentally undeserving. I long for the day I am able to pour my love into my home and my family.” #TigrayGenocide #WeaponizedRape
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3. The @UN must lead an independent investigation into war crimes in Tigray without the influence of the Ethiopian government. To partner with the @EthioHRC is to silence the people of Tigray. #TigrayGenocide #UNOnlyforTigray @mbachelet @PmTunisia @hrw https://news.yahoo.com/un-rights-chief-agrees-joint-033524783.html
13. In the past 3 yrs, the @EthioHRC selectively avoided investigating human rights violations. That is bias, selective outrage, & untrustworthiness. The @UN must reverse its decision to work with state-run @EthioHRC. @jakejsullivan @LindaT_G @SecBlinken @irishmissionun @SVG_UN
14. .@DanielBekele & @EthioHRC downplayed the atrocities in Tigray reported by @hrw & @amnesty. They cannot independently investigate #TigrayGenocide. This is an attempt to hide war crimes. #UNOnlyForTigray #TigrayGenocide @LindaT_G @YohannesAbraham https://twitter.com/mfaethiopia/status/1346942309015846918?s=20
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1. .@amnesty recommended that @EthioHRC “must be reformed to correct miscarriage of justice.”The same @EthioHRC which was part of the “miscarriage of justice” can’t be trusted to investigate ethnic cleansing. #UNOnlyForTigray @SecBlinken @LindaT_G @hrw https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2019/06/ethiopia-human-rights-commission-must-be-reformed-to-correct-miscarriage-of-justice/
3. .@DanielBekele of @EthioHRC issued a misleading report of findings for Mai Kadra massacre contrary to survivors of the massacre. @UN must reverse its decision to work with state-run @EthioHRC with a bad reputation.@FilippoGrandi @UNFPA #TigrayGenocide https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/12/survivors-recount-horrific-details-of-mai-kadra-massacre#:~:text=In%20the%20Sudanese%20refugee%20camps,members%20of%20an%20Amhara%
4. .@mbachelet this report generated by @EthioHRC was crafted to downplay the severity of crimes & culpability by Ethiopian Govt. Does this match reports coming out of your office? The @UN must stop working with state-run EHRC. #TigrayGenocide @SecBlinken https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oqIUi-artYwDyAv4Z0I3Ox7C0ipk3RyG/view
11. After @amnesty published a report accusing forces of committing 39 extrajudicial executions in Oromia, @DanielBekele unjustly rejected the reporting. He is biased & should not be trusted to investigate war crimes in Tigray. #UNOnlyForTigray @UN_HRC @hrw https://news.yahoo.com/ethiopia-human-rights-boss-raises-074142714.html
13. .@EthioHRC ID’d culprits of #MaikadraMassacre w/o refugee testimonies. Over a dozen Tigrayan refugees told the @AP they were targeted by ENDF & allied Amhara troops. @DanielBekele’s reporting is biased & can’t be trusted. @SecBlinken #UNOnlyForTigray https://apnews.com/article/sudan-ethiopia-massacres-d16a089f8dcb0511172b5662b9244f78
14. Tigrayan refugees told @AP it was vice versa: in strikingly similar stories, they said they were targeted by Ethiopian forces & allied Amhara regional troops. @DanielBekele’s reporting for @amnesty was dishonest. #UNOnlyForTigray @mbachelet @UN @UN_HRC https://apnews.com/article/sudan-ethiopia-massacres-d16a089f8dcb0511172b5662b9244f78
15. “Fano from the Amhara region came, then took us all out from our homes. We saw our neighbors killed..,” testimony disregarded by @EthioHRC. How can you trust this govt entity to honestly investigate #TigrayGenocide? @hickspeggy @UN_HRC #UNOnlyForTigray https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjpzqw/hes-planning-to-exterminate-us-all-ethiopians-speak-of-ethnic-massacres
17. .@SecBlinken said “the region needs a force that will not abuse the human rights of the people of Tigray or commit acts of ethnic cleansing, which we’ve seen in western Tigray. That has to stop.” @UN MUST INVESTIGATE #TigrayGenocide INDEPENDENTLY! https://apnews.com/article/world-news-race-and-ethnicity-antony-blinken-ethiopia-uganda-1e1b536ccc1cd686db75ae2040bbdfc0
19. The @EthioHRC has had a history of bias, shifting blame + questionable reporting. Today, history continues, in the midst of #TigrayGenocide. Their involvement would result in lack of sufficient justice for millions of Tigrayans. @UN_HRC #UNOnlyForTigrayhttps://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2019/06/ethiopia-human-rights-commission-must-be-reformed-to-correct-miscarriage-of-justice/
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11. Here is a man, @DanielBekele, appointed by Abiy & now working to “investigate” the crimes committed by his own government. @mbachelet @UNHumanRights @SecBlinken @USAmbUN Please stop this show & demand a real INDEPENDENT investigation now. #TigrayGenocide https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ethiopia-rights-idUSKBN1XR0GB
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5. #UN asking @EthioHRC for joint investigations will massively impact the result of the war crime investigation on Tigray given EHRC is an entity that’s neither independent or impartial. its state funded and responds to the state. @USUN @Atayeshe @ASteinerhttps://news.yahoo.com/un-rights-chief-agrees-joint-033524783.html
6. Ethiopian proverb: “You won’t find your lost donkey, if you enlist the very thief to help you find it”. Including state-run @EthioHRC will taint the investigation. #UnOnlyForTigray @UNHumanRights @mbachelet @UNSCO_MEPP @UKUN_NewYork @GermanyUNVienna https://www.roberthjackson.org/speech-and-writing/the-influence-of-the-nuremberg-trial-on-international-criminal-law/
7. UN asking @EthioHRC’s @DanielBekele to help investigate war crimes committed in Tigray is to allow @AbiyAhmedAli & Isaias Afwerki “get away with murder”. A @UN-led ONLY investigation can be credible to uncover the #TigrayGenocide. #UNOnlyForTigray @mbachelet @UNGeneva @UNDP
8. .@EthioHRC is state funded. They can only be trusted to falsify the role of the Ethiopian Govt in the #TigrayGenocide. We ask that you do not abandon the principle of objectivity by involving this party. #UNOnlyForTigray @UN_HRC @hickspeggy @SecBlinken https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-ethiopia-rights-idUKKBN1XR0GD
11. This is what @DanielBekele of @EthioHRC had to say about ethnic cleansing & war crimes against humanity in Tigray. Allowing his organization to be part of the investigation is like adding salt in to the wound of Tigray. #UNOnlyForTigray #TigrayGenocidehttps://twitter.com/harnet_t/status/1372554837133553668?s=20
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5. .@mbachelet No abandone su principio de objetividad al implicar al Estado parte en un conflicto (claro conflicto de intereses) para empañar su investigación y su toma de decisiones. @JosepBorrellF @PalomaUnicef @alferdez #UNOnlyForTigray #TigrayGenocide @lopezobrador_
6. .@EthioHRC está financiado por el Estado. Sólo se puede confiar en ellos para falsear el papel del Gobierno etíope en el @JosepBorrellF @MexOnu @g20org #UNOnlyForTigray #TigrayGenocide https://www.elperiodico.com/es/internacional/20210309/mujeres-tigray-violaciones-soldados-guerra-11567626?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=btn-share
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1. U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said “Eritrean troops as well as fighters from Amhara need to come out” @UN MUST INVESTIGATE INDEPENDENTLY! #UNOnlyForTigray #TigrayGenocide@Haavisto @SenateForeign @mbachelet @EUCouncil https://apnews.com/article/world-news-race-and-ethnicity-antony-blinken-ethiopia-uganda-1e1b536ccc1cd686db75ae2040bbdfc0
7. Don’t forget to sign the petition! #UNOnlyForTigray #TigrayGenocide https://omnatigray.org/petition2unhrc/
8. Bodies w/ gunshot wounds lay in the streets for days in the Holy city Axum. Residents forbidden by Eritrean troops from burying their dead, & yet the Ethiopian Govt. still denies the presence of Eritrean forces. #UNOnlyForTigray @mbachelet @AmbMKimani https://apnews.com/article/witnesses-recall-massacre-axum-ethiopia-fa1b531fea069aed6768409bd1d20bfa
9. U.S. Sec of State @SecBlinken has, without a doubt, stated that “ethnic cleansing has happened in western Tigray.” @UN MUST INVESTIGATE INDEPENDENTLY! #UNOnlyForTigray #TigrayGenocide @UNHumanRights @hickspeggy @IntlCrimCourthttps://apnews.com/article/world-news-race-and-ethnicity-antony-blinken-ethiopia-uganda-1e1b536ccc1cd686db75ae2040bbdfc0
10. .@SecBlinken said “the region needs a force that will not abuse the human rights of the people of Tigray or commit acts of ethnic cleansing, which we’ve seen in Tigray.” @EthioHRC is biased & should not be “investigating.” #UNOnlyForTigray @HouseForeign https://apnews.com/article/world-news-race-and-ethnicity-antony-blinken-ethiopia-uganda-1e1b536ccc1cd686db75ae2040bbdfc0
11. The Ethiopian government is disputing charges of ethnic cleansing in the Tigray conflict, calling allegations by the United States unfounded.” @UN you can’t trust the Ethiopian government. #UNOnlyForTigray #TigrayGenocide @Haavisto @mbachelet @VP https://apnews.com/article/world-news-race-and-ethnicity-antony-blinken-ethiopia-uganda-1e1b536ccc1cd686db75ae2040bbdfc0
13. Some 800 people were killed in #AxumMassacre and around the city, & thousands in Axum have died in all. The killing continues. @UN MUST INVESTIGATE INDEPENDENTLY! You cannot trust @EthioHRC to get Tigray justice. #UNOnlyForTigray #TigrayGenocide https://apnews.com/article/witnesses-recall-massacre-axum-ethiopia-fa1b531fea069aed6768409bd1d20bfa
14. The foreign ministry acknowledged that “rape, plunder, callous & intentional mass killings could occur in a conflict where many are illegally armed.” Blaming victims in war exposes corruption. @UN pay attention. #UNOnlyForTigray @UNReliefChief https://apnews.com/article/witnesses-recall-massacre-axum-ethiopia-fa1b531fea069aed6768409bd1d20bfa
15. Sign the petition and let our voices be heard. Tigray deserves an independent investigation, led only by the United Nations.Pass it on.
https://omnatigray.org/petition2unhrc/
16. Ethiopian army & Amhara forces reportedly took control of Humera, killed civilians & looted a hospital, banks, businesses, supermarkets & private houses.” Tigray deserves an independent @UN-led investigation, not more injustices. #UNOnlyForTigray @UN_HRC https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=26623&LangID=E
17. “Based on multiple accounts, the Amhara “Fano” militia have reportedly committed human rights abuses.” @UN MUST INVESTIGATE INDEPENDENTLY. Don’t put salt on an open wound by involving the same perpetrators of #TigrayGenocide . #UNOnlyForTigray @mbachelet https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=26623&LangID=E
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The truth about #TigrayGenocide must be revealed and it cannot be done by state-sponsored @EthioHRC. Tigray deserves justice not ongoing coverups by @AbiyAhmedAli & his regime. #UNOnlyForTigray #TigrayGenocide @hickspeggy @SecBlinken @mbachelet @UNOCHA https://www.channel4.com/news/the-horrors-of-the-hidden-war-inside-the-tigray-conflict-in-ethiopia
The @UN must lead an honest & independent investigation into war crimes in Tigray without the involvement of the Ethiopian Govt. It’s a travesty to justice to silence the innocent once again by involving the perpetrators. @mbachelet @hrw #UNOnlyForTigrayhttps://www.channel4.com/news/the-horrors-of-the-hidden-war-inside-the-tigray-conflict-in-ethiopia
Calling the @UN to conduct an authentic independent investigation on war crimes committed in Tigray. It’s an insult that @_AfricanUnion & @EthioHRC were even considered. How can we trust either when they won’t even condemn #TigrayGenocide? @SecBlinken https://au.int/en/pressreleases/20210311/statement-african-union-commission-chairperson-he-moussa-faki-mahamat-meeting
Its imperative that a @UN-led investigation of Tigray does not include @AUC_MoussaFaki or @AbiyAhmedAli. These two culprits are trying to cover up the #TigrayGenocide. @mbachelet it was wrong to even consider @EthioHRC. #UNOnlyForTigray @RepGregoryMeeks https://au.int/en/pressreleases/20210311/statement-african-union-commission-chairperson-he-moussa-faki-mahamat-meeting
Its imperative that a @UN-led investigation of Tigray does not include @AUC_MoussaFaki or @AbiyAhmedAli. These two culprits are trying to cover up the #TigrayGenocide. @mbachelet it was wrong to even consider @EthioHRC. #UNOnlyForTigray @RepGregoryMeeks https://au.int/en/pressreleases/20210311/statement-african-union-commission-chairperson-he-moussa-faki-mahamat-meeting
The @_AfricanUnion has failed Tigray. @AUC_MoussaFaki needs to be investigated for his failure to condemn a war. He & @achpr_cadhp have blood on their hands & should never be considered to jointly investigate Tigray. #UNOnlyForTigray @mbachelet @LindaT_Ghttps://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2020-12-21/african-union-says-ethiopia-acted-legitimately-in-tigray
In its ethnically-biased reports, @EthioHRC fails to interview Tigrayan victims. It’s not an accident @DanielBekele has echoed the state narrative that criminalizes refugees and blames survivors & victims. The agency is biased. #UNOnlyForTigray@LindaT_G https://twitter.com/getachew_temare/status/1371202765096124416/video/1
Due to @DanielBekele’s ethnic-bias, @EthioHRC didn’t investigate the #MaikadraMassacre that countless reports and human reports have revealed. The joint investigation will be compromised and won’t be credible.@LindaT_G@KenyaMissionUN #UNOnlyForTigrayhttps://au.news.yahoo.com/amphtml/terrified-survivors-recount-attacks-civilians-030108107.html
The ethnic cleansing in Tigray was not investigated by @EthioHRC despite sending a team to the affected areas. The team interviews the perpetrators instead of survivors. Its involvement will derail credible UN-led investigations.@LindaT_G #UNOnlyForTigray https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/26/world/middleeast/ethiopia-tigray-ethnic-cleansing.html
The reason Ethiopian government officials & pro-government supporters endorse @EthioHRC is because they’re confident @DanielBekele is biased in their favor. An EHRC joint investigation will not be credible. @LindaT_G@JosepBorrellF #UNOnlyForTigray https://twitter.com/mfaethiopia/status/1346942309015846918
Ethiopia took “legitimate” military action in Tigray to preserve unity & stability, said @AUC_MoussaFaki. Now he’s expressing involvement in a Tigray probe. @UN read between the lines. Do not trust @EthioHRC nor @achpr_cadhp #UNOnlyForTigray @SecBlinken https://newsghana.com.gh/au-chairperson-says-horn-of-africa-in-very-particular-situation-faces-tough-challenges/
.@AUC_MoussaFaki is dishonest about Ethiopian politics, as is @AbiyAhmedAli. The two along w/ @achpr_cadhp & @EthioHRC cannot be trusted to fairly report on crimes in Tigray. An @UN-led ONLY investigation must be carried out. #UNOnlyForTigray @EUCouncil https://borkena.com/2020/12/20/ethiopia-law-enforcement-in-tigray-region-legitimate-says-au-chairperson/
.@AUC_MoussaFaki is so desperate to stay in office that he will sacrifice the people of Tigray to appease unelected dictators like @AbiyAhmedAli. Both must stay out of investigations on Tigray. @hickspeggy @SecBlinken #UNOnlyForTigray #TigrayGenocide https://newsghana.com.gh/au-chairperson-says-horn-of-africa-in-very-particular-situation-faces-tough-challenges/
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13. #AusGovActNow & condemn actions of the unelected PM @AbiyAhmedAli for the state-sponsored #TigrayGenocide. Over 130 days of extrajudicial killings, SGBV, destruction & looting of infrastructure. 800k Rwandans were killed in 100 days, the world said ‘never again’ yet here we are.
14. #AusGovActNow & demand an independent investigation into war crimes in #TigrayGenocide. The extent of damage is yet to be verified, & the eye-witness accounts coming out of Tigray are disturbing to hear. @SenatorRyan @davidhurleyHS @JoshFrydenberg @hrw https://www.dw.com/en/ethiopia-un-officials-allege-war-crimes-in-tigray/a-56777495
15. #AusGovActNow & condemn crimes against humanity in #TigrayGenocide committed by unelected PM @AbiyAhmedAli. Aus Gov’t. has an international moral obligation to demand unfettered humanitarian aid & the cessation of hostiles. #TigrayCantWait @SenatorWong https://www.dw.com/en/ethiopias-tigray-region-war-behind-a-steel-wall/a-56737354
16. #AusGovActNow & demand the immediate removal of ???????? & ???????? soldiers in Tigray committing crimes against humanity. The harrowing witness accounts coming out are deeply disturbing. @ALeighMP @inside_canberra @GladysB @Marshall_stevenn #TigrayGenocide https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/03/05/ethiopia-eritrean-forces-massacre-tigray-civilians
17. #TigrayGenocide ‘soaring death tolls’ need to be ringing alarm bells among #AusGov. The same ???????? gov waging war in Tigray will not be the one to end this. #AusGovActNow & condemn the actions of @AbiyAhmedAli orchestrating this state-sponsored conflict. https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/02/ethiopia-eritrean-troops-massacre-of-hundreds-of-axum-civilians-may-amount-to-crime-against-humanity/
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Leaving Addis Ababa for the US
My dad was diagnosed with cancer last year, he undertook treatment in the US. Unfortunately, he did not respond well to the treatment. When he realized the chemotherapy wasn’t working he decided it would be best to return home, to Ethiopia to pass away in his homeland.
I received a call informing me his health was drastically deteriorating and to prepare myself for the worst. I had initially made plans for my father to return home, but given the change in his health I decided to fly to the US to spend his last moments together, alongside my mother and son. This was around November 10, 2020 – the war on Tigray had already begun and the Tigray region was in total darkness.
“I heard stories of mass imprisonment, home searches, planting incriminating evidence in homes; ploys to humiliate and dehumanize Tigrayans.” #TigrayGenocide #StopWarOntigray
Although I live in the capital of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, the majority of my family are based in Tigray. I was deeply concerned for the events unfolding in Tigray and shocked to see my neighbors celebrating and cheering the devastation. I became increasingly aware of the ethnic profiling of ethnic Tigrayans. I heard stories of mass imprisonment, home searches, planting incriminating evidence in homes; ploys to humiliate and dehumanize Tigrayans. It became clear the attacks on Tigrayans weren’t isolated to the region, but extended to those living in wider Ethiopia. This was a startling realization, that the country I called home was no longer a safe space.
The day of my flight to the US, I was denied entry. I knew ethnic Tigrayans were facing difficulty leaving the country so I braced myself for the inevitable. I was asked for my ID, unlike many other ID cards my ethnic group isn’t clearly outlined. Security officers began calling me by my surname, I assumed this was because my first name isn’t a typical Tigrayan name. I was asked if I was Eritrean, I didn’t know why I was being asked this. My ID and passport both show that I am Ethiopian. I answered and told them I was Ethiopian.
“There was a breastfeeding woman to the left of me, countless other women crying, enraged men and confused children. We were treated like criminals and with very little regard.” #TigrayGenocide #StopWarOnTigray
I was then instructed to stand to the side, alongside other ethnic Tigrayans who were denied entry. I stood there for an hour and a half. There was a breastfeeding woman to the left of me, countless other women crying, enraged men and confused children. We were treated like criminals and with very little regard. I vividly remember a security officer offering the breastfeeding mother a chair so she could comfortably feed her child, this enraged one of his colleagues and led to an argument between the two. We were stripped of our humanity, treated like criminals.
Shortly after this, I was then called by a security officer, who took me inside the airport – a man who I am sure is Eritrean began questioning me. I was fearful of what this man could want with me; he may have known my father, a fighter in the 17 year armed struggle against the Derg regime. The way security officers spoke to me was belittling and humiliating, I was shocked.
They asked me ‘Where was your Grandfather born?’ – I didn’t know.
I knew he lived in Asmara, Eritrea so it made the most sense to assume he was born there. Following that, I was denied entry onto my flight. I knew my father was dying at this point, once I was refused entry, I had no choice but to return home.
My mother and son were due to board a flight to the US the next day. They faced countless interrogation and security checks, but eventually made it in time.
Two days after my initial denial I decided to try again. It was a heartbreaking realization knowing I wouldn’t be able to see my father before his death. I showed security officers pictures of my father, letters from the Hospital all highlighting his poor health but was denied entry for the second time.
“Prior to my third attempt to leave Ethiopia, I received a phone call from someone that knew my father. I was informed that I would be arrested if I were to go to the airport. I cancelled my flight.
My father died the next day.” #TigrayGenocide #StopWarOnTigray
My father died the next day.” #TigrayGenocide #StopWarOnTigray
Prior to my third attempt to leave Ethiopia, I received a phone call from someone that knew my father. I was informed that I would be arrested if I were to go to the airport. I cancelled my flight.
My father died the next day.
The majority of my family live in Tigray, besides my mother, son and a few other relatives who are based in Addis Ababa. I had to organize a lekso – the grieving process. I was forced to grieve a monumental loss, alone.
I continued my efforts to leave Ethiopia, I called any and everybody for their help or advice. Nobody was able to assist me.
This changed when I received a phone call from a stranger, I didn’t know who it was at the time – but he instructed me to go to the airport and try again. I was escorted through the airport because I kept getting stopped. Just as I was about to board my flight I was pulled aside by security officers for further questioning.
At this point, I lost my temper. I began shouting. I didn’t know what to do. I showed them pictures, letters proving his death. I pleaded with them to let me at least bury my father.
I was eventually allowed to board the flight. Although I didn’t see a point anymore, I wasn’t able to see my father before he died; my whole life is in Addis Ababa, I began thinking ‘I might not ever be able to return’. My businesses, livelihood and my son’s home are all rooted in Addis Ababa.
“They robbed me of my last moments with my father. I avoid talking about the ordeal, it’s too painful.” #TigrayGenocide #StopWarOnTigray
The day Mekelle, the capital of Tigray faced heavy shelling my entire neighborhood celebrated and cheered the offenses in the region. I was at a loss for words. These were people I lived amongst. The realization that the death of Tigrayans was celebrated left me depleted. As if grieving the loss of my father was not enough, coupled with the loss and damage to my home region I lost faith in humanity.
They robbed me of my last moments with my father. I avoid talking about the ordeal, it’s too painful.
Omna Tigray Contributor 03/17/2021