#Justice4TigrayWomen
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Twitter Campaign – A Global Call to End Tigray Genocide – May 08, 2021
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#TigrayGenocide – 1
1. Rape & sexual violence is rife at the hands of invading forces. They are weaponizing sexual violence. It’s used as an additional tool to pronounce the occupational territory. The reports are alarming & speak to the war crimes occurring in Tigray. #TigrayGenocide @PreetKGillMP
2. “Claim to be Amhara & we’ll give you back your house & find you a husband. But if you claim to be #Tigray|an, we will come & rape you again.” #Tigray|ans are being punished for their identity. #TigrayCantWait #TigrayGenocide @CarolineLucas @EmilyThornberry https://apnews.com/article/world-news-sudan-ethiopia-only-on-ap-842741eebf9bf0984946619c0fc15023
3. “…they’ve come there to cleanse the blood line, “ a Doctor explains the ethnic cleansing & weaponized rape campaign against women & girls in Tigray. @BWoodward_UN @NataliePalmerUK @UNWomenUK #TigrayGenocide #TigrayCantWait https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/19/africa/ethiopia-tigray-rape-investigation-cmd-intl/index.html
5. Sexual violence is being used to pursue political & military goals. “They are deliberately & systematically organized, targeted, ethnically based, & they are intended to terrorize, humiliate & brutalize.” #TigrayGenocide @UNWomen @MarshadeCordova https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/un-rape-used-for-political-military-goals-in-tigray/2222518
7. A young mother was taken off a minibus by soldiers & repeatedly raped by 23 soldiers for 11 days. They forced nails & rocks into her vagina. She is amongst thousands that’ve been subjected to horrific sexual violence. #TigrayCantWait @BWoodward_UN https://www.reuters.com/world/special-report-health-official-alleges-sexual-slavery-tigray-women-blame-2021-04-15/
8. Women and girls are facing the brunt of the conflict in Tigray. Sexual violence in times of conflict serves to use the bodies of women as an extension of the battlefield. Rape is a war crime & must be condemned. #TigrayGenocide @TomWoodroffeUK https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/21/a-tigrayan-womb-should-never-give-birth-rape-in-ethiopia-tigray
9. The @UN warned that sexual violence is being used as a weapon of war in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. Women have been the target of systematic rape and sexual violence at the hands of invading forces. #TigrayGenocide @MarshadeCordova @AnnelieseDoddshttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/21/a-tigrayan-womb-should-never-give-birth-rape-in-ethiopia-tigray
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3. .@BBCAfrica reported on graphic video of Ethiopian forces extrajudicially killing civilians and then throwing the bodies off a cliff. We urge the @UN to lead an independent investigation into the many massacres that have been reported. #TigrayCantWait https://twitter.com/BBCAfrica/status/1377906761320046592?s=19
4. .@EU_Commission how long before you begin to put an end to extrajudicial killings of #Tigray|an civilians? Your PR statements of “deep concerns” are meaningless without practical actions being taken thereafter. #TigrayCantWait #EUActNow @JosepBorrellF https://twitter.com/cnni/status/1377762938929446917?s=19
5. “…France did not do enough to halt the 1994 [#Rwanda] killings.” @EmmanuelMacron will you take the chance to spot history repeating itself and take proper action? PLEASE do not just standby and do nothing. #TigrayGenocide #TigrayCantWait #EUActNow https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/26/france-was-not-complicit-in-rwandan-genocide-macron-commission-claims
7. Tigray needs support from the world. Innocent people are dying. The current reality is, the Ethiopian govt. is using rape & hunger as weapons of war. Please help us amplify the voices of those suffering in the dark. #TigrayCantWait @lisanandy @EUatUN https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/19/africa/ethiopia-tigray-rape-investigation-cmd-intl/index.html
9. .@USAID official stated approx. “950,000 to 1.25 million people are inaccessible to humanitarians”. This man-made famine committed by @AbiyAhmedAli & #IsaiasAfwerki is resulting in millions starving in Tigray. #TigrayGenocide @AngelaRayner @Keir_Starmer https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/30/politics/usaid-tigray-dart/index.html
10. Despite promising to leave Tigray, Eritrean troops continue to “block[ing] & looting food aid” as well as committing mass-killings alongside Ethiopian forces. @UKParliament must demand confirmed withdrawal of foreign forces. #TigrayGenocide @DominicRaab https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210427-eritrean-troops-block-loot-food-aid-in-tigray-documents
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1. Approx. 70% “of hospitals & health centers have…been partially or fully damaged”. This is a war crime amongst many! Until the Intl. community acts now & ensures withdrawal of invading forces. many will cont. to suffer. #TigrayGenocide @FCDOGovUK @UNDP https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/ethiopia-tigray-women-rape-sexual-exploitation-b1841368.html
2. .@SarahChampionMP – “…the UK must take urgent action..it is our moral duty to help find a solution and an end to the misery and fear.” @FCDOGovUK @DominicRaab along with @UKParliament must take action & uphold their moral responsibility #TigrayGenocide https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/apr/30/ending-tigray-conflict-ethiopia-will-test-uks-claim-to-be-force-for-good
3. As the genocidal war continues, war crimes mount up with “widespread reports of rape, massacres and attacks on health facilities”. When will it be enough to take concrete action to end #TigrayGenocide? @DavidLammy @JohnHealey_MP @UKMissionGeneva https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/apr/30/ending-tigray-conflict-ethiopia-will-test-uks-claim-to-be-force-for-good
4. As @SarahChampionMP said “The FCDO must do everything in its power to ensure humanitarian access, & bring sanctions against those who try to obstruct delivery of vital food, water, healthcare & shelter,” @FCDOGovUK – when will you act? #TigrayGenocide https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/apr/30/ending-tigray-conflict-ethiopia-will-test-uks-claim-to-be-force-for-good
5. Concerns without actions are the reason that “six months into Ethiopia’s ‘dirty’ Tigray conflict, there’s still no end in sight.” @UKParliament @FCDOGovUK @DominicRaab what will you do now to ensure the suffering in #TigrayGenocide comes to an urgent end?https://www.sbs.com.au/news/six-months-into-ethiopia-s-dirty-tigray-conflict-there-s-still-no-end-in-sight
6. Many reports of “Both men & women recounted multiple stories of rape. One woman told me: ‘…five or more troops would rape each woman. Some of them were left for dead.’ Take action against weaponized rape! #TigrayGenocide @UNWomenUK @UNDP https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/ethiopia-tigray-women-rape-sexual-exploitation-b1841368.html
7. Ethiopian federal forces fired artillery into Tigray’s urban areas in an indiscriminate manner that was bound to cause civilian casualties & property damage. These attacks have shattered civilian lives & displaced thousands.” #TigrayGenocide @FCDOGovUK https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/02/11/ethiopia-unlawful-shelling-tigray-urban-areas
8. 36 years ago, media attention & the ensuing public outcry helped ease the suffering of famine victims in Tigray. At the moment, millions are on the brink of starving to death. Many have already died. #TigrayGenocide @tariqahmadbt @trussliz @helenhayes_ https://www.wfpusa.org/news-release/wfp-seeks-170m-for-food-in-ethiopia-tigray/
9. If Intl. leaders continue to let #TigrayGenocide happen; the massacres, weaponized rape & starvation will continue. It’s time to intervene and back words with solid action. @UKParliament @NickTorfaen @RachelReevesMP @DavidLammy @MattJacksonUK @UNDP https://www.tghat.com/2021/05/03/massacre-in-the-church-of-medhanie-alem-guetelo-on-the-parishs-most-important-day-of-the-year-the-festival-of-jesus-the-savior-of-guetolo/
10. Of the 106 facilities assessed in Tigray, 87% were no longer functioning or fully functioning. Looting of facilities is widespread & the once well-functioning healthcare system has almost completely collapsed. #EUActNow #TigrayGenocide @FCDOGovUK https://www.msf.org/ethiopia-tigray-crisis-update
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1. In one account of Eritrean troops blocking civilian food aid, soldiers forced aid workers out of multiple parts of Tigray, including Samre & Gijet towns & looted the supplies. #TigrayGenocide @SecBlinken @FCDOGovUK @JohnHealey_MP @NickTorfaen https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210427-eritrean-troops-block-loot-food-aid-in-tigray-documents?ref=tw
2. .@AbiyAhmedAli acknowledged that he has locked high-level Tigrayan military officials, but detentions are far more sweeping in scope & more arbitrary; ethnic profiling extending even to priests & office workers. #TigrayGenocide @EUatUN @EU_Commission https://apnews.com/article/africa-ethiopia-race-and-ethnicity-health-coronavirus-5f22a5aea128cbd659fbf4f810aac973?fbclid=IwAR10RcVyHq29keixGKgEiamGvTLp1T4_WZJ0N3Y8MV-cKrBxCOyKj3wJmvQ
3. Rocks, nails & other objects have been forced inside the bodies of women. Men have been forced to rape family members under threat of violence. This is unacceptable. Intl. leaders must act now! #TigrayGenocide @RachelReevesMP @Keir_Starmer @AngelaRayner https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/01/world/africa/ethiopia-tigray-sexual-assault.html?s=04#click=https://t.co/r3GuULpXiC
4. “..residents said pro-TPLF fighters had fled the area long before pro-government soldiers arrived. They also said Eritrean soldiers had looted the mosque compound.” These war crimes are to break the Tigrayan spirit. #TigrayGenocide @IntlCrimCourt @EUatUN https://news.yahoo.com/no-more-sacred-places-heritage-054549797.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly90LmNvLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAMNLA71CUhUiRCUXKNUsuEpwMYA-qD-5llvt7pM5JAnV7aLgtXQT0R-z2Y3hm0m9p7GER4onCPqXNLPzXFOo5zeWeTDh5zxroitSGn-ExsYuvigeQviAVJgHul7yhKznLgQh_7k6x7wZ8IK2bhergT9AaFaPIB_jqShzPInpnEA5
5. “because of the information blackout in Tigray, the [Mai Kadra] @amnesty report dominated the initial narrative of the war. It had the unintended consequence of legitimizing @AbiyAhmedAli’s ethnic cleansing in Tigray..” #TigrayGenocide @MattJacksonUK http://bostonreview.net/global-justice/alex-de-waal-we-can-no-longer-deny-atrocities-ethiopia
6. “The mass detentions & house arrests are an extension of the war in the Tigray region marked by massacres, gang rapes, expulsions & forced starvation, which witnesses call a systematic effort to destroy the Tigrayan minority.” #TigrayGenocide @trusslizhttps://apnews.com/article/africa-ethiopia-race-and-ethnicity-health-coronavirus-5f22a5aea128cbd659fbf4f810aac973?utm_source=Twitter&utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_medium=AP
7. “there is no doubt that sexual violence is being used in this conflict as a weapon of war, as a means to humiliate, terrorize, and traumatize an entire population today & into the next generation.” What will you do now? @EU_Commission #TigrayGenocide https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/04/27/in-tigray-sexual-violence-has-become-a-weapon-of-war/
9. Rocks, nails & other objects have been forced inside the bodies of women by invading soldiers. As if being gang raped wasn’t enough. These war crimes are barbaric & Intl. leaders must intervene! #TigrayGenocide @IntlCrimCourt @KarimKhanQC @endrapeinwar https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/01/world/africa/ethiopia-tigray-sexual-assault.html?s=04#click=https://t.co/r3GuULpXiC
