Campaigns
Tigray Can’t Wait – May 15, 2021
1. CNN investigation revealed that Eritrean troops were coordinating with Ethiopian forces to cut off critical aid routes in Tigray which is now confirmed by the @UN .#StopStarvingTigray #TigrayGenocide @BarackObama@CoryBooker @RaoufMazou @RepJeffrieshttps://www.cnn.com/2021/05/13/africa/ethiopia-tigray-un-confirms-military-aid-blockade-intl/index.html
2. In accordance with international humanitarian law, Ethiopian authorities must allow full humanitarian access to Tigray. Food aid is being blocked & @UN must pressure @AbiyAhmedAli to #StopStarvingTigray. #UNSCActNow @NorwayUN @USUN @LindaT_G @POTUShttps://www.amnesty.org/en/get-involved/take-action/demand-full-humanitarian-access-into-tigray/
3. There are several accounts of soldiers intentionally destroying food sources & killing livestock. “One eyewitness described an act of petty deprivation: an Eritrean soldier crushed baby chicks under his foot.” #StopStarvingTigray @HouseForeign @UNhttps://sites.tufts.edu/wpf/files/2021/04/Starving-Tigray-report-final.pdf
4. “Efforts to prevent the entry of seeds & stopping farming have no other message than perhaps, ‘Let the people of Tigray perish with starvation.“ We must stop weaponized starvation! #StopStarvingTigray@UNGeneva @UNOSAPG @SAdamsR2P @SamanthaJPower @hrwhttps://news.yahoo.com/anti-farming-campaign-underway-tigray-113539985.html
5. Latebrahan was being treated for malnourishment at an Axum hospital. Aid was being blocked near her home so her father had to travel a long, dangerous and costly trip to get help. Eritrean troops must leave Tigray! #TigrayGenocide @SecBlinken @SecYellenhttps://www.cnn.com/2021/05/12/africa/tigray-axum-aid-blockade-cmd-intl/index.html
6. In Tigray, 91% of the popu. need urgent food assistance. Calling for an end to starvation war crimes in Tigray. When will intl. leaders step in? @ChrisVanHollen @SenatorRisch @marcorubio @SVG_UN @EstoniaUN @VietNam_UN#StopStarvingTigray #TigrayGenocidehttps://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/in-ethiopia-camp-displaced-tigrayans-live-with-hunger-fear/ar-BB1gomB2
7. The situation in Tigray is dire. @AbiyAhmedAli isweaponizing hunger. Innocent children & the elderly are starving to death. Young girls are still being raped by invading forces. Please intervene. #TigrayCantWait@UKParliament @UN @EUCouncil @GCR2P https://imgur.com/FmgEX9T
8. Tigrayans are clinging to a marginal existence after fleeing their homes amid an ethnic cleansing occupation waged by @AbiyAhmedAli. Countless are displaced, starved, raped or dead. @johnlegend @The_Real_IMAN @Malala#StopStarvingTigray #TigrayGenocide https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/in-ethiopia-camp-displaced-tigrayans-live-with-hunger-fear/ar-BB1gomB2#image=19
9. Eritrean troops are operating with total impunity; killing, raping & blocking humanitarian aid. @AbiyAhmedAli promised these troops would leave Tigray, but still they remain. Hold him accountable.#TigrayCantWait @SecBlinken @UNReliefChief @SecYellenhttps://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/tigray-eritrean-troops-disguised-as-ethiopian-military-are-blocking-critical-aid/ar-BB1gD7e9
10. It was reported that 80% of Tigray was inaccessible 3 months after war began. At 6 months, not much has changed. @UN take action to end weaponized starvation. #TigrayCantWait another day! #StopStarvingTigray @PmTunisia @KenyaMissionUN @MexOnu @Niger_ONUhttps://ph.news.yahoo.com/ethiopian-red-cross-says-80-154843483.html
11. .@UN, when will you ACT “concerned?” It is well over 6 months since a war was waged on Tigray, & the situation continues to worsen. It is your Responsibility to Protect. #TigrayCantWait @SecBlinken @USAmbUN @antonioguterres @JosepBorrellF @GCR2P @hrw https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/tigray-eritrean-troops-disguised-as-ethiopian-military-are-blocking-critical-aid/ar-BB1gD7e9
12. Birhanu lost his land. His house in western Tigray has been occupied by ethnic Amhara who now claim the area as their own. His wife and two children are now refugees in Sudan. Two nephews were killed. #TigrayGenocide@IlhanMN @RepJeffries @SpeakerPelosihttps://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/in-ethiopia-camp-displaced-tigrayans-live-with-hunger-fear/ar-BB1gomB2#image=19
13. Anti-farming campaign is under way in Tigray. Vehicles transporting seeds are being blocked from moving beyond a certain point. Food is being used as a weapon of war.When will Intl. leaders intervene? @VietNam_UN @irishmissionun @EUatUN #TigrayGenocide https://news.yahoo.com/anti-farming-campaign-underway-tigray-113539985.html