The bodies are buried on a small ravine just where they were killed. And in between the bushes, there’s dozens of bullets. What the family members are saying is that after they were killed, the bodies were left here for 20 days, and they had to beg the soldiers to come and let them bury their loved ones.
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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
Omna Tigray Contributor 03/22/2021
International Women’s Day
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Monday March 8, 2021
1. “Some girls & I managed to leave the village, but on the road we were caught by Eritrean soldiers,” Saba, a displaced woman from Mai Kadra, told @AJEnglish. Stop the #TigrayGenocide. @TaranaBurke @rupikaur_ @melindagates @humansofny @Alyssa_Milano https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/1/we-are-dying-tigrayans-speak-of-abuse-by-eritrean-troops
2. “I was bleeding for hours. Then, I had my arm amputated,” she says, before breaking down in tears. What did the girls of Tigray to do to deserve this? #TigrayGenocide #MonaLisaAbraha @endrapeinwar @UN_Women @phumzileunwomen @salmahayek @PalomaUnicef https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/1/we-are-dying-tigrayans-speak-of-abuse-by-eritrean-troops
3. SBGV crimes should never go hidden especially in times of war. Tigray needs international intervention to help end #WeaponizedRape in Tigray. We must protect these women and girls. #TigrayGenocide @KaavyaAsoka @UNDP @MeTooMVMT @violadavis @endrapeinwar https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2021/01/22/UN-official-says-rape-sexual-violence-rising-in-Ethiopias-Tigray-conflict/8021611325219/
4. Hospitals in Tigray have been looted & attacked by military, leaving many rape victims at risk of not receiving the proper medical care. #UNSCActNow to end crimes against women and young girls. #TigrayGenocide @VP @AOC @ladygaga @rihanna @aliciakeys https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ethiopia-conflict-health-idUSKBN2A80JZ
5. One woman was held captive for over 10 days, raped by 23 Eritrean soldiers, & left on the side of the road. Surgeons had to remove stones & nails that had been inserted inside her. This is a nightmare! #TigrayGenocide #MeToo @endrapeinwar @rihanna https://www.dw.com/en/anger-and-collective-trauma-scar-ethiopia-s-tigray-region/a-56794452
6. Sexual violence to brutalize women & girls in Tigray needs to be called out by the international community. Concrete steps must also be taken to end #WeaponizedRape in Tigray. #MeToo #TigrayGenocide @unwomenafrica @Atayeshe @IlhanMN @RepKarenBass https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2021/01/22/UN-official-says-rape-sexual-violence-rising-in-Ethiopias-Tigray-conflict/8021611325219/
7. They were sobbing silently, waiting for their turn; a dozen petrified women, seeking medical check-ups in Adigrat’s hospital after having been raped. None of them was willing to utter more than a few words. #MeToo #TigrayGenocide @aliciakeys @meenaharris https://www.dw.com/en/anger-and-collective-trauma-scar-ethiopia-s-tigray-region/a-56794452
8. 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. #MeToo #TigrayGenocide @tylerperry @Oprah @TamikaDMallory @hrw https://www.dw.com/en/anger-and-collective-trauma-scar-ethiopia-s-tigray-region/a-56794452
9. Survivors of these alleged attacks must not be seen as statistics. They are individual women & girls whose lives have been profoundly altered by the violations committed against them. #WeaponizedRape must end. #TigrayGenocide @unicefchief @UNFPA @UNDP https://apnews.com/article/international-news-violence-ethiopia-united-nations-kenya-166e4f47eaeeeeec6e424ba3b773c61e
10. #MonaLisaAbraha bravely resisted rape from invading troops, who then shot her in the hand & leg. She is now an amputee. The women and girls of Tigray must be protected & @AbiyAhmedAli must be held accountable. #TigrayGenocide #MeToo @UN_Women @heidiklum https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/1/we-are-dying-tigrayans-speak-of-abuse-by-eritrean-troops
11. #MonaLisaAbraha should have never been terrorized by troops in Tigray. Women’s bodies are not battlefields! We must speak up for women subjected to #WeaponizedRape around the world. #TigrayGenocide #MeToo @TamikaDMallory @warsan_shire @shaunking https://youtu.be/ajvOMr6bSBM
12. The collapse of health services in #Tigray due to hospitals & healthcare centers being looted & destroyed has made it nearly impossible for victims of #WeaponizedRape in to receive treatment. #TigrayGenocide #MeToo @endrapeinwar @warsan_shire @rupikaur_ https://www.voanews.com/africa/ethiopia-tigray/choose-i-kill-you-or-rape-you-abuse-accusations-surge-ethiopias-war
13. Innocent children, pregnant women & the elderly are at a high risk of sexual violence in the refugees camps in Sudan, as well as in Tigray where invading troops are terrorizing women. Please raise awareness. #TigrayGenocide @NaomiCampbell @violadavis https://www.sbs.com.au/news/disturbing-allegations-of-sexual-violence-emerge-in-ethiopia-s-conflict-hit-tigray-region
14. “They have bruises. Some are even gang-raped. One was constrained & raped for a week. She doesn’t even know herself. And there is no police, hence no justice at all,” the MD said.” Please be a voice for the voiceless. #MeToo #TigrayGenocide @aliciakeys https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-55832711
3. The women of Tigray are raped, massacred, displaced & unable to give birth in hospitals. Children are dying of starvation & many killed. On March 8, we want the world to know about the atrocities committed against them. #MeToo #MonaLisaAbraha @VP @IlhanMNhttps://www.dw.com/en/anger-and-collective-trauma-scar-ethiopias-tigray-region/a-56794452
4. Women in Tigray are not fortunate enough to celebrate March 8. Adigrat Hospital has received over 174 rape survivors. Among them, one woman was raped by 23 Eritrean soldiers for 10 days. #TigrayGenocide #IWD #MeToo @hrw @UN_Women @mbachelet https://www.dw.com/en/anger-and-collective-trauma-scar-ethiopias-tigray-region/a-56794452
7. Though we are in 21 century, one woman was raped by 23 Eritrean soldiers, then left on the side of the road. Surgeons had to remove stones & nails that had been inserted inside her genitals. We must be voice for these victims. #TigrayGenocide #MeToo https://www.dw.com/en/anger-and-collective-trauma-scar-ethiopias-tigray-region/a-56794452
1. A #Tigray|an 18 year old MonaLisa, another @Malala, retained her dignity bravely resisting an armed soldier who tried to rape her on #TigrayGenocide. She deserves an honour on this IWD.@UN_Women @AnnLinde @VP @hrw @MichelleObama#MeToo #MonaLisaAbraha https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-africa-55832711
2. 23 Eritrean soldiers raped one #Tigray|an woman for over 10 days & inserted stones and nails to her genitals on #TigrayGenocide. Surgeons had to remove the stones & nails. This is beyond inhumanity ????Stop #WeaponizedRape #MeToo@AWID @UN_Women @VP @hrw https://www.dw.com/en/anger-and-collective-trauma-scar-ethiopias-tigray-region/a-56794452
3. The soldier, she says, took the old man outside and shot him in the shoulders and the thigh and then returned to her, saying that he had killed him.#TigrayGenocide #MonaLisaAbraha@awdf01 @AWID @UN_Women @Keah_Maria @kerrywashingtom @6Gems @Malala https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-55832711
4. Because ‘it is war and things like that happen’ is a statement that justifies rape and sexual violence by #Ethiopia. Rape is a punishable war crime. #MeToo #MonaLisaAbraha @UN_Women @NationalNOW @woman_kind @aliciagarza @amandlastenberg @AmericaFerrera https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-ethiopia-conflict-idUSKBN2AC0WQ
11. Girls as young as 8 years old are raped by #Eritrea|n and #Ethiopia|n soldiers in #Tigray. When we celebrate #march8th, let’s remember those who are bearing the brunt of war. #MeToo @UNHumanRights @hrw @UN_Women @mbachelet @phumzileunwomen @SecBlinken @IlhanMN @VP @Oprah
12. According to #UN representative on sexual violence in conflict, there has been a high number of reported rapes in Tigray. #MeToo @TaranaBurke @UNHumanRights @hrw @UN_Women @mbachelet @phumzileunwomen @SecBlinken @IlhanMN @VP @Oprah 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/
13. ‘Choose – I kill you or rape you’: abuse accusations surge in #Ethiopia’s war #MeToo @TaranaBurke @UNHumanRights @hrw @UN_Women @mbachelet @phumzileunwomen @SecBlinken @antonioguterres @IlhanMN @VP @Oprah https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-ethiopia-conflict-rape/choose-i-kill-you-or-rape-you-abuse-accusations-surge-in-ethiopias-war-idUSKBN29S0BG
14. Women shouldn’t be forced to choose between their life and dignity. They are entitled to both. #MeToo @TaranaBurke @UNHumanRights @hrw @UN_Women @mbachelet @phumzileunwomen @SecBlinken @antonioguterres @IlhanMN @VP @Oprah https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-ethiopia-conflict-rape/choose-i-kill-you-or-rape-you-abuse-accusations-surge-in-ethiopias-war-idUSKBN29S0BG
15. Countless women had been sexually abused and raped individually or in acts of gang rape. Some are brutally shot or mutilated with knives.#TigrayGenocide #Metoo #MonaLisaAbraha #EritreaOutOfTigray@Malala @monaeltahawy @EmmaWatsonhttps://www.eepa.be//wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Situation-Report-EEPA-Horn-No.-45-4-January-2021.pdf
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Monday March 8, 2021
1. Una mujer violada por 23 soldados eritreos y abandonada en la carretera. Los cirujanos tuvieron que extraerle piedras y clavos que los agresores habían mentido adentro. #TigrayGenocide #MeToo Eva Longoria@CatherineForNV @AOC @RepEscobar @HaleIndyhttps://www.dw.com/en/anger-and-collective-trauma-scar-ethiopia-s-tigray-region/a-56794452
2. El colapso de los servicios sanitarios en #Tigray por el saqueo y destrucción de centros de salud ha hecho casi imposible que las víctimas de violacion sexual reciban tratamiento #TigrayGenocide #MeToo @CatherineForNV @AOC @RepEscobar @HaleIndyhttps://www.voanews.com/africa/ethiopia-tigray/choose-i-kill-you-or-rape-you-abuse-accusations-surge-ethiopias-war
3. El médico dijo que las mujeres son violadas en grupo, drogadas y gravemente heridas en los asaltos. #TigrayGenocide #MeToo @un, @josepBorrellF, @mbachelet @asuntosex @MAECgob, @USAenEspanol @Pontifex_it @CatherineForNV @AOC @RepEscobar @HaleIndy https://www.dw.com/en/anger-and-collective-trauma-scar-ethiopia-s-tigray-region/a-56794452
5. 52 casos de violación en Mekele, 22 en Adigrat, 7 en Wukro y 27 en Ayder se han reportado en los últimos dos meses”, señala el informe. La mayoria de casos no se reportan #TigrayGenocide #MeToo @CatherineForNV @AOC @RepEscobar @HaleIndyhttps://www.swissinfo.ch/spa/etiop%C3%ADa-conflicto_m%C3%A1s-de-cien-mujeres-fueron-violadas-en-dos-meses-en-la-guerra-de-tigray/46364478
7. #Tigray necesita la intervención internacional. Debemos proteger a estas mujeres y niñas de violacion sexual. #TigrayGenocide #TigrayGenocide #MeToo @un, @mbachelet @CatherineForNV @AOC @RepEscobar @HaleIndy 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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Monday March 8, 2021
5. Överlevare berättar hur eritreanska soldater plundrade deras hem, dödade pojkar och män och sexuellt utnyttjade kvinnorna. #WeaponizedRape #TigrayGenocide #MonaLisaAbraha https://www.democracynow.org/2021/1/26/headlines/eritrean_soldiers_in_ethiopias_tigray_region_accused_of_murder_looting_and_sexual_assault
1. FN påstod möjliga brott mot mänskligheten i Etiopiens #Tigray-region, inklusive #Eritrean-trupper, eftersom de uppmanades till ett tillbakadragande av grannlandet, som förnekar inblandning. #UNSCActNow #MonaLisaAbraha @IntlCrimCourtAnnLinde @SwedishPMhttps://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2021/3/5/un-alleges-war-crimes-in-ethiopias-tigray-urges-eritrea-pullout
2. Han sa: ”Välj, antingen jag dödar dig eller våldtar dig”, sa 25-åringen till Reuters vid Hamdayets flyktingläger i Sudan dit hon hade flytt från konflikten i Etiopiens Tigray-region. #MonaLisaAbraha #TigrayGenocide @IntlCrimCourt @AnnLine https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-ethiopia-conflict-rape-idUSKBN29S0BG
3. Som en #Tigray|an har mina mödrar, systrar och vänner våldtagits, de har mördats, de har svältas ihjäl, deras egendom har plundrats – de har inget kvar. #TigrayGenocide #MonaLisaAbraha #MeToo #WomensHistoryMonth #UNSCActNow @POTUS “VP @AnnLinde @SwedishPMhttps://www.tghat.com/2021/02/17/a-woman-speaking-truth-to-lethal-power-in-mekelle-an-audio-transcript/?fbclid=IwAR0vTDQhYoQ7QMkXuvYCDq73RH7Cdjd-FWeNJ1w1ZgBbk9NT0os4DfPvCrY
4. Brutala sexuella övergrepp av Eritreiska soldater i Etiopiens Tigray-region konflikt. #TigrayGenocide #MonaLisaAbraha #MeToo #WomensHistoryMonth #UNSCActNow@AnnLinde @SwedishPM @awdf01 @AWID @UN_Women @NationalNOW @woman_kind @womankindmaghttps://www.democracynow.org/2021/1/26/headlines/eritrean_soldiers_in_ethiopias_tigray_region_accused_of_murder_looting_and_sexual_assault
5. 13-year-old Nahom was struck by shrapnel in #Tigray in Nov, losing his right foot and vision in his right eye. “The gov’t is doing nothing while people are affected by the war,” his father Halefom Gebremariam said.” #UNSCActNow #TigrayGenocide @MexOnuhttps://www.yahoo.com/now/blanket-sadness-covers-conflict-hit-091706070.html
6. US govt report about the situation in western #Tigray “documents in vivid terms what it describes as an apparent campaign to force out the ethnic Tigrayan population under the cover of war.” #UNSCActNow @RussiaUN @NorwayUN @USUN @LindaT_G #TigrayGenocide https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/26/world/middleeast/ethiopia-tigray-ethnic-cleansing.html
7. Tigray’s population is being starved. “At least 4.5 million people in the region urgently need food aid.” #UNSCActNow #TigrayGenocide @VietNam_UN @irishmissionun @UKUN_NewYork@franceonu @IntlCrimCourt @KarimKhanQC @UNReliefChief @UNOCHA @SecBlinkenhttps://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/26/world/middleeast/ethiopia-tigray-ethnic-cleansing.html
8. Saba, a displaced woman from Mai Kadra, told @AJENews “More than 10 soldiers took turns raping us.” Tigray needs @UN led investigations into the war crimes! #TigrayGenocide #UNSCActNow @IntlCrimCourt @EstoniaUN @MexOnu @LindaT_G @RepAnnWagner @Niger_ONUhttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/1/we-are-dying-tigrayans-speak-of-abuse-by-eritrean-troops
9. .@how reported that Ethiopian forces carried out indiscriminate shelling of urban areas in Tigray targeting homes, hospitals, schools, & markets in violation of the laws of war. #UNSCActNow & take @AbiyAhmedAli & Isaias to @IntlCrimCourt @irishmissionun https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/02/11/ethiopia-unlawful-shelling-tigray-urban-areas
10. Eritrean troops and Amhara militias are engaged in a campaign of ethnic cleansing in the Tigray region of Ethiopia through the use of rape, plunder and massacres. #UNSCActNow to end the war crimes and #TigrayGenocide @USUN @KarimKhanQC @MexOnu https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/26/world/middleeast/ethiopia-tigray-ethnic-cleansing.html
11. Eritrean soldiers opened fire on churchgoers in Tigray while celebrating mass & as people tried to flee, troops followed “spraying the mountainside with bullets”. #UNSCActNow & force these troops out & end #TigrayGenocide @KenyaMissionUN @RussiaUN @GCR2P https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/26/africa/ethiopia-tigray-dengelat-massacre-intl/index.html
12. All human rights are suspended in Tigray. Journalists reporting on #TigrayGenocide & war crimes by Ethiopian and Eritrean forces have been illegally detained by the @AbiyAhmedAli’s regime. #UNSCActNow @ChrisCoonsCMUNC @USUN @IntlCrimCourt @SenBooker https://cpj.org/2021/03/ethiopian-military-detains-bbc-reporter-translators-for-afp-and-ft/
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1. “80% of the Tigray is unreachable at this particular time.” It is about time @AbiyAhmedAli end #WeaponizedStarvation and #AllowAccessToTigray in its entirety. Starving a population in order to control & kill them is inhumane.@KenyaMissionUN @shaunkinghttps://ph.news.yahoo.com/ethiopian-red-cross-says-80-154843483.html
3. “People are dying of starvation. In Adwa, people are dying while they are sleeping. It’s also the same in other zones in the region”Starvation is being used as a method of warfare.#TigrayGenocide #WeaponizedStarvation @UN @KenyaMissionUN https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/19/ethiopia-hesitant-to-allow-aid-agencies-into-tigray
4. “The troops have reportedly looted & torched two of the camps, abducting many of the refugees & forcing them back to Eritrea. Relief agencies have been barred from entering the two camps.” #TigrayGenocide @UNReliefChief @LindaT_G #WeaponizedStarvation https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-refugee-camps-are-torched-and-hospitals-looted-as-starvation-looms-in/
5. The Int’l community must understand hunger is deliberately being weaponized by @AbiyAhmedAli. After 4 months, aid is still not reaching ALL civilians. You should at least stand against #WeaponizedStarvation! @IndiaUNNewYork @Chinamission2un @RussiaUN https://www.nrc.no/news/2021/february/statement-on-tigray/
7. Destroying grain stores, burning crops, slaughtering livestocks. This is a manufactured famine by @AbiyAhmedAli to #WeaponizeStarvation in Tigray. Your silence is violence. #UNSCActNow @IndiaUNNewYork @Chinamission2un @RussiaUN #TigrayGenocide https://www.economist.com/leaders/2021/01/23/ethiopias-government-appears-to-be-wielding-hunger-as-a-weapon
8. Currently, 4.5 million of Tigray’s roughly 6 million people need food assistance, with much of the area inaccessible. This is weaponized starvation. #UNSCActNow #TigrayGenocide @SecBlinken @jakejsullivan @IndiaUNNewYork @Chinamission2un @RussiaUN https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ethiopia-tigray-eritrea-united-nations-security-council-united-states-atrocities/
9. With harvests & markets disrupted by the conflict, he said “food insecurity is rising,” citing “anecdotal reports of starvation” but saying “the worst is still avoidable.” Please understand that ppl should NEVER be starved. Time for #UNSCActNow @USAmbUN https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ethiopia-tigray-eritrea-united-nations-security-council-united-states-atrocities/
10. In addition to #WeaponizedStarvation, the population of Tigray is at a risk of diseases due to lack of access to water, hygiene & sanitation services across the region. How many meetings before #UNSC understands Tigray needs intervention?! @LindaT_G @VP https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-04/un-security-council-warned-of-dire-crisis-in-ethiopia-s-tigray
11. The #Irob community, a minority in #Tigray, is deliberately massacred by #Ethiopia|n + #Eritrea|n forces. A community that makes less than 1%, is at highest risk of extinction. #IrobMassacre #WeaponizedStarvation #TigrayGenocide #UNSCActNow @JosepBorrellF @simoncoveney @LindaT_G
12. The #Irob minority in #Tigray is particularly vulnerable+ face an existential threat as their livestocks are taken away, crops are burnt to the ground by #Eritrea|n troops. #WeaponizedStarvation #TigrayGenocide #UNSCActNow @shaunking @LindaT_G @RussiaUN https://www.economist.com/leaders/2021/01/23/ethiopias-government-appears-to-be-wielding-hunger-as-a-weapon
13. #IrobMassacre is one of the most affected and most ignored part of the conflict in #Tigray. Barely recovered from ’98-00 war, they face extinction under brutal invading #Eritrea|n forces. #WeaponizedStarvation #TigrayGenocide @LindaT_G @JosepBorrellFhttps://foreignpolicy.com/2021/03/03/eritrea-afwerki-tigray-authoritarian-lessons/
14. #Irob was the first location to be systematically killed+starved to death by #Eritrea|n forces. They are paying a heavy price as they face extermination as a minority in #Tigray. #WeaponizedStarvation #TigrayGenocide @ABlinken @LindaT_G @JosepBorrellFhttps://atalayar.com/en/content/ethiopian-government-uses-hunger-weapon-war
15. Weaponized starvation is deliberately used on #Tigray|ans. #Eritrea|n + #Ethiopia|n forces reportedly burnt down fields, looted+destroyed food+livestocks. How can you ignore people starving? #TigrayGenocide #WeaponizedStarvation @RussiaUN @IndiaUNNewYork https://apnews.com/article/ethiopia-united-nations-kenya-ef0b6b2db2994d4c3042cf19f3d92a2a
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3. Ms Pramila Patten:‘there are disturbing reports of individuals allegedly forced to rape members of their own family..forced by military elements to have sex in exchange for basic commodities’. #WeaponizedRape by invading forces. @phumzileunwomen@UN_Womenhttps://bit.ly/36JU6fI
4. ‘I Kill you or Rape You’, a 25 year old woman shares her harrowing experience of rape or life by a soldier. #WeaponizedRape is a tool of the occupational territory. Violating women is a means to assert the presence of invading forces. @unwomenafricahttps://www.reuters.com/article/uk-ethiopia-conflict-rape-idUSKBN29S0BG
5. A statement from @SavetheChildren stated the worrying number of unaccompanied children arriving in Sudan. They run the risk of exploitation & sexual abuse. This is alongside reports of traffickers operating along the border. #WeaponizedRape @unicefchiefhttps://www.savethechildren.org/us/about-us/media-and-news/2020-press-releases/ethiopian-child-refugees-arriving-in-sudan-at-risk-of-exploitation-abuse
11. Several accounts have emerged of federal government forces and allies actively raping women and children in #Tigray, with “shortages of rape kits and HIV drugs amid restrictions on humanitarian access”. #WeaponizedRape #TigrayGenocide @endrapeinwarhttps://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/un-warns-of-serious-rape-charges-in-ethiopias-tigray/
13. “Choose, either I kill you or rape you”. Coerced by federal forces, a #Tigray|an woman in her 20s depicts her experiences of sexual violence before fleeing #Tigray to a refugee camp in neighbouring Sudan. @UN_Women #WeaponizedRape #TigrayGenocide https://meketetigray.uk/2021/01/27/war-crimes-rape-and-sexual-violence-in-tigray/
14. The @UN has received “disturbing” details of ongoing rape and sexual-based violence in #Tigray. The international community needs to act now to avert from more stories emerging. #WeaponizedRape #TigrayGenocide @endrapeinwar @ASteiner @UNFPA @UN_Women https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/22/disturbing-rape-allegations-in-ethiopias-tigray-conflict-un
15. Ethiopia’s Federal govt. & its allies are exploiting sexual-based violence as a weapon of war. Testaments on the cruelties met in the ongoing war in Tigray depict what women and children are coerced to endure.#WeaponizedRape #TigrayGenocide @endrapeinwar https://www.eepa.be//wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Situation-Report-EEPA-Horn-No.-73-01-Februray-2021.pdf
16. International agencies have emphasized fears of the ongoing lawlessness surrounding sexual-based violence in Tigray.We need the world to act now to end #WeaponizedRape and the #TigrayGenocide. @UNPeacekeeping @UN_Women @PalomaUnicef @UNReliefChief upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2021/01/22/UN-official-says-rape-sexual-violence-rising-in-Ethiopias-Tigray-conflict/8021611325219/
17. The premeditated blackout in #Tigray is being utilized to vindicate the federal govt. from engaging in acts that blatantly violate international law. Cases of sexual-based violence will only continue to grow if there is 0 effective intervention.#WeaponizedRape #TigrayGenocide
18. “increase in the demand for emergency contraception and testing for sexually transmitted infections” these are the consequences of #SGBV in Tigray https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/un-warns-of-serious-allegations-of-sexual-violence-in-ethiopia-s-tigray-1.5277683 The rest of the world can’t look away, not again. #WeaponizedRape #TigrayGenocide @GCR2P @UN_GP_RtoP
“forced by military elements to have sex in exchange for basic commodities.” This is wrong & inhumane to say the least. @AbiyAhmedAli must #AllowAccessToTigray & stop #WeaponizedRape on men, women & children. @DubravkaSRVAW @Blklivesmatter @tylerperry https://www.sbs.com.au/news/disturbing-allegations-of-sexual-violence-emerge-in-ethiopia-s-conflict-hit-tigray-region
1. “There are also disturbing reports of individuals allegedly forced to rape members of their own family, under threats of imminent violence,” Pramila Patten said in a statement. #TigrayGenocide #WeaponizedRape @endrapeinwar @UNOCHA @KamalaHarris @UN_Women https://apnews.com/article/international-news-violence-ethiopia-united-nations-kenya-166e4f47eaeeeeec6e424ba3b773c61e
3. “The soldier…forced a gun on her and raped her.” Harrowing stories of sexual violence continue to plague the Tigray region as @AbiyAhmedAli wages war on innocent civilians. #TigrayGenocide #WeaponizedRape @IntlCrimCourt @UN_Women @UNFPA @hrw https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-ethiopia-conflict-rape-idUSKBN29S0BG
4. “There are also disturbing reports of individuals allegedly forced to rape members of their own family, under threats of imminent violence.” Sickening stories reveal dire conditions in Tigray.@Atayeshe @UN_Women @UNFPA #TigrayGenocide #WeaponizedRape https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/un-warns-of-serious-rape-charges-in-ethiopias-tigray/
5. Disturbing accounts of Ethiopian & Eritrean forces raping #Tigray|an women have traumatized the Tigray region. Serious allegations of #WeaponizedRape must be condemned by international actors. @UNFPA @ahunnaeziakonwa @unicefchief #TigrayGenocide https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/22/disturbing-rape-allegations-in-ethiopias-tigray-conflict-un
7. Numerous accounts of Ethiopian & Eritrean forces raping Tigrayan women leave indelible scars that possess risks for PTSD, anxiety and/or suicide. The Intl. community must impose sanctions on Ethiopian govt. #TigrayGenocide #WeaponizedRape @Niger_ONU @PmTunisia @KenyaMissionUN
8. In Ethiopia, it is estimated that 4.2 percent of the urban population & 0.6 percent of the rural population are HIV+. The horrific reports of gender-based violence will exacerbate the risk of HIV. #WeaponizedRape #TigrayGenocide @phumzileunwomenhttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/283875405_HIV_transmission_as_a_form_of_gender-based_violence_Experiences_of_women_in_Tigray_Ethiopia
9. An Ethiopian army official admitted to the raping of Mekelle women. These are war crimes. What is the international community waiting for? #TigrayGenocide #WeaponizedRape @Atayeshe @UNDP @endrapeinwar @GCR2P @UNHumanRightshttps://www.sbs.com.au/news/disturbing-allegations-of-sexual-violence-emerge-in-ethiopia-s-conflict-hit-tigray-region
13. “There are also disturbing reports of individuals allegedly forced to rape their own family. Action must be taken to stop #WeaponizedRape in #Tigray. Will #UNSCActNow ?? #TigrayGenocide @IndiaUNNewYork @irishmissionun @MexOnu @endrapeinwar @WHO https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/un-warns-of-serious-rape-charges-in-ethiopias-tigray/%3famp=1
14. Some women have reportedly been forced by military elements to have sex in exchange for basic commodities. #WeaponizedRape in #Tigray must end. #UNSCActNow #TigrayGenocide @SamanthaJPower @Niger_ONU @PmTunisia @KenyaMissionUN @Chinamission2un https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2021/1/22/disturbing-rape-allegations-in-ethiopias-tigray-conflict-un
15. In #Tigray thousands of women & girls have been raped by Eritrean, Ethiopian troops & Amhara militias. No medical support is being provided to the victims due lack of medicine. #WeaponizedRape #TigrayGenocide @WHO @UN_Women @LindaT_G @endrapeinwarhttps://www.globalr2p.org/publications/joint-ngo-letter-ethiopia/
16. The rise of sexual abuse against #Tigray/an women & girls should strictly be condemned & perpetrators Must be held accountable. #Eritrea/n & #Ethiopia/n troops are raping 100s daily.#WeaponizedRape #TigrayGenocide https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN29U0JE @SamanthaJPower @UN_Women @hrw @LindaT_G
17. Survivors of these alleged attacks must not be seen as statistics but as individual women & girls whose lives have been profoundly altered by the violations committed against them.#UNSCActNow @UNReliefChief @AmbMKimani @UN #WeaponizedRape #TigrayGenocide https://apnews.com/article/international-news-violence-ethiopia-united-nations-kenya-166e4f47eaeeeeec6e424ba3b773c61e
18. #Ethiopia/n military personnel says “It wouldn’t be shocking if it happened during the war because it is not manageable and could be expected for such a thing to happen. #WeaponizedRape should NEVER happen, anytime. #TigrayGenocide @UNFPA @UNPeacekeeping https://www.google.com/amp/s/mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN29F06F
Innocent children, pregnant women, mothers & the elderly are at a high risk of sexual violence in the refugees camps in Sudan. Immediate action must take place. Protect our women & children. #WeaponizedRape #TigrayGenocide @NaomiCampbell @BiancaJagger https://www.sbs.com.au/news/disturbing-allegations-of-sexual-violence-emerge-in-ethiopia-s-conflict-hit-tigray-region
- .@ChrisMurphyCT @SenatorLeahy @SenatorCardin said “over the last few months, the Ethiopian government has increasingly engaged in a pattern of intimidation against journalists” #BidenActNow to preserve freedom of the press. #WeaponizedRapehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-ethiopia-journalists/u-s-senators-call-for-release-of-journalists-in-ethiopia-idUSKBN29I2L6
3. EEPA reports, ENDF militants excused the rape of six girls & forbade them from seeking medical attention.When the girls asked why must you rape us? ENDF replied, “your father is Dr. Debretsion & ours is Dr. Abiy. We are not all the same.” #WeaponizedRape https://www.eepa.be//wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Situation-Report-EEPA-Horn-No.-73-01-Februray-2021.pdf
5. Unelected PM @AbiyAhmedAli declared that ‘Tigriyan mothers will cry’ in the weeks leading to the war. In Shire, Eritrean soldiers raped a 60 y/o mother after killing her 14-year-old daughter & raping & killing her 20 y/o autistic daughter. #WeaponizedRape #TigrayGenocide @UNDP
6. The situation in Tigray is dire with some women reportedly being “forced by military elements to have sex in exchange for basic commodities.”#WeaponizedRape in the ongoing #WarOnTigray is tragic and frequent. #TigrayGenocide @endrapeinwar @UN_Women @UNFPA https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/22/disturbing-rape-allegations-in-ethiopias-tigray-conflict-un
7. Increase demand in #Tigray for emergency contraception and STI testing is “an indicator of sexual violence in conflict.” International actors must protect women and girls against #WeaponizedRape. #TigrayGenocide @ABlinken @UNFPA @Atayeshe @unwomenafrica https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/22/disturbing-rape-allegations-in-ethiopias-tigray-conflict-un
8. Constrained humanitarian access has “reduced the availability of essential health care and assistance for survivors of sexual violence.” Unhindered humanitarian access must be granted in #Tigray to help victims of #WeaponizedRape. #TigrayGenocide @UNOCHAhttps://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/
9. The frequent reports of sexual violence & rape in #Tigray, #Ethiopia from conflict must be addressed and handled immediately by the int’l community. #WeaponizedRape should not be left unchecked. #TigrayGenocide #StopWarOnTigray @jakejsullivan @UNOCHA @hrw 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/
10. The collapse of health services in #Tigray due to hospitals and healthcare centers being looted and destroyed has made it nearly impossible for victims of #WeaponizedRape in the ongoing #WarOnTigray to get treatment.#StopWarOnTigray #TigrayGenocide @GCR2P https://www.voanews.com/africa/ethiopia-tigray/choose-i-kill-you-or-rape-you-abuse-accusations-surge-ethiopias-war
13. “It’s difficult to find one-time rape victims; even those who have been raped have been raped again … To them, this is law.” #WeaponizedRape#EritreaOutOfTigray stop #TigrayGenocide @phumzileunwomen @unwomenafrica @Niger_ONU @UN_Women @PmTunisiahttps://bit.ly/3tsOyzX
14. These past few months have been a nightmare for #Tigray|ans, & that’s especially true for women & girls who have to deal with the high amount of rape & sexual violence committed by Eritrean & Ethiopian troops. @UNHumanRights @UN_Women #WeaponizedRape https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2021/01/22/UN-official-says-rape-sexual-violence-rising-in-Ethiopias-Tigray-conflict/8021611325219/
15. Stories of forced rape continue to be told as the war on Tigray continues. The blackout in #Tigray has allowed #EritreanTroops, amhara militia & #Ethiopia’s federal troops to commit crimes against humanity without consequence. @UN_Women #WeaponizedRape https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/22/un-warns-of-serious-rape-charges-in-ethiopias-tigr/
1. What kind of genuine reforms can Ethiopia possibly have @SecBlinken, when @AbiyAhmedAli waged war on his own country for conducting an election? Now #WeaponizedRape is taking place in Tigray. What’s your position on these war crimes? @UN_Women @UNFPA https://reut.rs/3jqpNzJ
2. “There are increasing reports of sexual violence against women & girls.” They are also facing shortages of HIV drugs amid @AbiyAhmedAli’s restrictions on humanitarian access to Tigray. This is unacceptable.@CaritasAust@IntNeeds_Aus @BritishRedCross https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/un-warns-of-serious-allegations-of-sexual-violence-in-ethiopia-s-tigray-1.5277683
3. An increase in the demand for emergency contraception and testing for sexually transmitted infections,” The sexual violence is increasing in numbers during the execution of #Tigraygenocide #WeaponizedRape must end! @CAREAustralia @PlanUK @UN_Women https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/22/disturbing-rape-allegations-in-ethiopias-tigray-conflict-un
4. “ violence is common in humanitarian settings… it occurs at every stage of a conflict.Victims are usually women & adolescents, whose vulnerability is exacerbated in the chaos of a crisis. Stand against #WeaponizedRape in Tigray. @endrapeinwar @UNFPAhttps://www.unfpa.org/resources/gender-based-violence-humanitarian-settings
5. “Breakdown in law & order mean that perpetrators often abuse with impunity & in many conflicts, women’s bodies become battlegrounds, with rape used as a tactic to humiliate, dominate or disrupt social ties.” Help stop #WeaponizedRape in Tigray. @UN_Women https://www.unfpa.org/resources/gender-based-violence-humanitarian-settings
6. Survivors of these alleged attacks must not be seen as statistics but as individual women & girls whose lives have been profoundly altered by the violations committed against them.#WeaponizedRape #TigrayGenocide @TaranaBurke @fidh_en @metooMVMT @iwda https://apnews.com/article/international-news-violence-ethiopia-united-nations-kenya-166e4f47eaeeeeec6e424ba3b773c61e
7. SBGV crimes should never go hidden especially in times of war. Tigray needs action to end #WeaponizedRape, access to humanitarian aid, independent investigations & withdrawal of foreign troops. @unwomenafrica @KaavyaAsoka @GCRFGenderHub @MeTooMVMT https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2021/01/22/UN-official-says-rape-sexual-violence-rising-in-Ethiopias-Tigray-conflict/8021611325219/
1. Credible reports of looting, sexual violence, assaults in refugee camps, & other human rights violations are taking place in the #TigrayGenocide. Please help us stop #WeaponizedRape ????????@violadavis @rihanna @Alyssa_Milano @ladygaga@aliciakeys @Oprah https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ethiopia-conflict-idUSKBN29W1V4
2. Civilians are forced to rape their own family, or threatened with death. This tactic of #WeaponizedRape is what men, women and children are facing in the #TigrayGenocide. Please be a voice for the voiceless. #BLM @KimKardashian @kourtneykardash @lala https://www.sbs.com.au/news/disturbing-allegations-of-sexual-violence-emerge-in-ethiopia-s-conflict-hit-tigray-region
3. The civilians of Tigray need their voices amplified. Women are facing #WeaponizedRape in the middle of a cruel civil war. Collective punishment of the people for holding regional elections. @shaunking @rihanna @TamikaDMallory @TaranaBurke @ladygaga https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-ethiopia-conflict-rape-idUSKBN29U0JE
4. The civilians of Tigray need their voices amplified. Women & children are facing #WeaponizedRape by local & foreign troops. A war is being fought in the dark with no end in sight. #BLM @OsopePatrisse @opalayo @aliciagarza @Blklivesmatter @angela_rye https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-ethiopia-conflict-rape-idUSKBN29U0JE
5. Displaced refugees, #WeaponizedRape, traumatized children. Over 50,000 civilians killed. Lack of health services. Extreme chaos. There is a genocide looming in the dark in Tigray region of Ethiopia. @KimKardashian @MsBKB @JessicaJackson #TigrayGenocide https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/5/un-warns-situation-in-ethiopias-tigray-now-extremely-alarming
6. Sexual violence to hurt & humiliate women & children in Tigray is a clear violation of the law. The #UNSC must exercise their Responsibility to Protect. Please take a stand against #WeaponizedRape and the #TigrayGenocide @violadavis @rihanna @Oprah https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2021/01/22/UN-official-says-rape-sexual-violence-rising-in-Ethiopias-Tigray-conflict/8021611325219/
7. Credible reports of looting, sexual violence, assaults in refugee camps, & other human rights violations are taking place in the #TigrayGenocide. Please help us stop #WeaponizedRape ???????? @violadavis @rihanna @Alyssa_Milano @ladygaga @aliciakeys @UN_Women https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ethiopia-conflict-idUSKBN29W1V4
8. The civilians of Tigray need their voices amplified. Thank you @SenBooker for making an effort to have their voices heard & for being clear with your requests to the @POTUS admin. Women are sadly also facing #WeaponizedRape in Tigray. @UNFPA @violadavis https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-ethiopia-conflict-rape-idUSKBN29U0JE
3. To @SecBlinken – Tigray held its local election which was constitutional, and now cilivians are being collectively punished. What is your take on #WeaponizedRape and political starvation which are two pressing issues in the Tigray conflict? @LindaT_G @UNFPA #TigrayGenocide
4. Sexual violence against innocent women & girls in Tigray is a tactic to hurt & humiliate them. Enough of the talks & more action. @AbiyAhmedAli needs to be held accountable for such war crimes. #WeaponizedRape must be condemned. @SecBlinken @LindaT_G 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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REUTERS: ‘Choose – I kill you or rape you’: abuse accusations surge in Ethiopia’s war
“The soldier … forced a gun on her and raped her,” Limeuh, who was volunteering with the Sudanese Red Crescent, said the woman told him. “She asked him if he had a condom and he said ‘why would I need a condom?’”
Among a “high number” of allegations, particularly disturbing reports have emerged of people being forced to rape relatives or have sex in exchange for basic supplies, the U.N. Office of the Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict said in a statement on Thursday.
AP: UN warns of ‘serious’ rape charges in Ethiopia’s Tigray
The U.N. special representative on sexual violence in conflict says “serious allegations of sexual violence” have emerged in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region, while women and girls face shortages of rape kits and HIV drugs amid restrictions on humanitarian access.
New arrivals in camps for refugees and internally displaced people are reporting sexual violence, and “there are increasing reports of sexual violence against women and girls” inside the camps, Patten’s statement said.
UN: Urges all parties to prohibit the use of sexual violence and cease hostilities in the Tigray
United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Ms. Pramila Patten: “I am greatly concerned by serious allegations of sexual violence in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, including a high number of alleged rapes in the capital, Mekelle. There are also disturbing reports of individuals allegedly forced to rape members of their own family, under threats of imminent violence. Some women have also reportedly been forced by military elements to have sex in exchange for basic commodities, while medical centres have indicated an increase in the demand for emergency contraception and testing for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) which is often an indicator of sexual violence in conflict. In addition, there are increasing reports of sexual violence against women and girls in a number of refugee camps.”
EEPA: Situation Report EEPA HORN No. 42
Reports of rape of Tigray women as part of the violence carried out on civilians in Tigray.
Aid agencies say that they are still largely unable to access the rest of Tigray. No communications, damaged infrastructure and government restrictions have stopped them from reaching most areas in Tigray. The Ethiopian government is still refusing full access.
The report noted that “crimes against humanity of this nature combined with the current national context are signs that the risk of atrocity crimes, including genocide, is increasing”. They call for investigation and “a lasting institutional solution.”
ABC News: Ethiopia’s hidden war in Tigray threatens return to ethnic violence and instability
Tens of thousands of people have fled the ongoing conflict in Tigray, crossing Ethiopia’s border into Sudan and arriving at refugee camps. Abu Obeida El Siddig Mohamed, chief field officer for the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund in Kassala, eastern Sudan, said the Tigrayan refugees he’s screened — many women and children — are “exhausted,” “traumatized” and “in dire need of assistance.”
“I am an activist and we have some activists on the ground who try to feed us with some information from time to time,” Gidey told ABC News. “But the the one thing that we’re hearing predominantly is the cities that are controlled by forces loyal to Abiy Ahmed are going through horrific, horrific experiences. Mothers are being raped, properties and houses are being looted. The young generation, particularly those who are believed to have the capacity to mobilize the youths, are being shot at.”
