Twitter Campaign – UK Parliament meeting – March 25, 2021

UK – 1
  1. 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

UK – 2
  1. 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

UK – 3

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

2. Tigrayans are being held hostage in their homes by invading forces. They are hindered from entering Sudan to escape persecution. This is a WAR CRIME under International law. We urge #UKGovernment to take action to stop #TigrayGenocide @JamesDuddridge @GregClarkMP @Sally_Keeble

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

7. March 23rd, the Ethiopian army extrajudicially killed at least four men who were dragged off public buses and shot while @MSF staff members helplessly watched. This is a glimpse of daily violence in Tigray.#UKGovernment #TigrayGenocide @JamesDuddridge @GregClarkMP @Sally_Keeble

8. “People were killed by bullets. Heavy weapons and the tanks were firing & the houses were burnt. This is when the people fled. If they caught them, they killed them. It was the Eritrean army doing this.” We urge #UKGovernment to take action NOW! #TigrayGenocide @JamesDuddridge

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

UK – 4

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/

4. U.S. Sec. of State @SecBlinken called for independent investigations into the #TigrayGenocide. The @UN needs to reverse its decision to work with state-run @EthioHRC & instead conduct UN-led investigations. #TigrayGenocide @JamesDuddridge @GregClarkMP @Sally_Keeble

5. Hunger is being used as a weapon on the ppl of Tigray. War crimes need an independent investigation, excluding @EthioHRC led by Abiy appointed official, @DanielBekele.@mbachelet @UNHumanRights @SecBlinken #TigrayGenocide https://tinyurl.com/ygdpj46y

6. Hunger is being used as a weapon on the people of Tigray. War crimes need an independent investigation, excluding @EthioHRC led by Abiy appointed official, @DanielBekele. #TigrayGenocide@mariacaulfield @AlexChalkChelt @Jochurchill4 @JamesDuddridge https://tinyurl.com/ygdpj46y

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

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