Campaigns

1. 7 months into the #TigrayGenocide & nearly 2 million displaced ppl later, the international community is still slow to act. The ppl of Tigray need more than thoughts & prayers, they deserve protection & justice. @IntlCrimCourt @UNGeneva #WorldRefugeeDay @GillianTriggs @hrw

2. .@ChrisCoons you witnessed the ethnic cleansing Ethiopia is committing in Tigray, & it’s still happening. How much longer before the perpetrators are held accountable & Tigrayan refugees are able to return home? @GCR2P #WorldRefugeeDay #TigrayGenocide https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/08/africa/ethiopia-tigray-refugees-sudan-border-intl/index.html

3. In any crisis, it’s important to center victims; and the case of #TigrayGenocide is no different. Tigrayans have been clear since November! Troops from Eritrea, Ethiopia & Amahara are committing mass rape & genocide on the ppl of Tigray. @HRF @hrw #WorldRefugeeDay

4. “I really don’t want to stay in this camp, but I know I can’t go back to Tigray either.” Refugees from Tigray are in dire need of assistance, they face genocide in Tigray & harsh living conditions in Sudan. #TigrayGenocide #WorldRefugeeDay @UNOCHA https://reliefweb.int/report/sudan/sudan-wind-and-rain-destroy-hundreds-tents-camp-refugees-tigray

5. On this #WorldRefugeeDay may we not continue to make the same mistakes of the past. Right now, millions of civilians in Tigray & over 70,000 Tigrayan refugees in Sudan need our help. Act now! @michaelmoller@antonioguterres @EU_Commission @eu_echo @USUN https://apnews.com/article/sudan-ethiopia-bab9935d0f82ff394c435b3d9d9553fe

6. Thousands of refugees from Tigray are now stuck in precarious conditions at the mercy of the rainy season in Al-Tenideba camp, Sudan. @KellyTClements @FilippoGrandi @RaoufMazou @GillianTriggs #TigrayGenocide #WorldRefugeeDay @UN_HRC https://tinyurl.com/284c2n9j

7. Tigrayans refugees were blocked from fleeing the embattled Tigray region into Sudan by Ethiopian forces. Nearly half the refugees are children. Thousands unaccompanied. @Refugees @UNICEFUSA @keepachildalive @PalomaUnicef #TigrayGenocide #WorldRefugeeDay https://tinyurl.com/jk88rzd4

8. Children caught up in #TigrayGenocide in cities such as Hawzen are suffering. Many admitted to Ayder Hospital Mekelle, as Eritrean troops camped at the only hospital of Hawzen after they looted & destroyed it. @PalomaUnicef @UN_Valovaya #WorldRefugeeDay https://tinyurl.com/2m7s3ft4

9. Some 10-12,000 refugees are still scattered in & around Hamdayet without proper shelter, & scant access to basic needs such as water, food, blankets, & sanitation. Please do more to protect @Refugees escaping #TigrayGenocide. #WorldRefugeeDay @UNHCRUSA https://tinyurl.com/2n4f4fks

10. #TigrayGenocide resulted in >2mil IDPs. 350,000 are facing famine. >30,000 children are malnourished. IDPs are mostly living in schools without basic necessities or safety. More must be done. #WorldRefugeeDay@FilippoGrandi @JanezLenarcic @PalomaUnicef https://tinyurl.com/vchj36wu

1. #TigrayGenocide has resulted in:

-alarming levels of sexual violence

-no access to health & protection services

-over 2.2 million IDPs in Tigray

-over 70, 000 refugees in Sudan

-man-made famine that puts over 5 million lives at risk. #WorldRefugeeDay @EU_Commission @RefugeesCE

2. “The war has spawned massacres, gang rapes and the widespread expulsion of people from their homes [….] Now, on top of those atrocities, Tigrayans face another urgent problem: hunger and starvation.” @JosepBorrellF @hrw #TigrayGenocide #WorldRefugeeDay https://apnews.com/article/only-on-ap-united-nations-africa-business-897bed43c6743c4575298ba5cf7bdd1c

3. What is happening in Tigray is genocide. “The conflict has left thousands dead and some two million displaced, with refugees pouring into neighbouring Sudan.“ @CoryBooker @SamanthaJPower @SenSchumer @RepJeffries #WorldRefugeeDay #TigrayGenocide https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-ethiopia-conflict-idUSKBN29B1N7

4. #TigrayGenocide has left more than 2 mil Tigrayans internally displaced & over 70,000 refugees crossing the border into Sudan. Over 5 million now face state orchestrated famine. When will the @UN act with urgency? #TigrayGenocide #WorldRefugeeDay @IlhanMN @SAdamsR2P @SenSchumer

5. For refugees of #TigrayGenocide & internally displaced people, life changes in an instant. They leave everything behind; their family, friends, & homes. They lose their occupations, hope & health. Have you truly done all that you could to help? @eu_echo @hrw #WorldRefugeeDay

6. Deliberate attempt to starve the Tigrayan civilian population, 5.2m+ need food aid, 2.2+ mil IDPs, 150k civilians killed, 70k+ refugees in Sudan, & thousands raped. Does this sit right with you? @mbachelet @UNGeneva #TigrayGenocide #WorldRefugeeDay https://www.voanews.com/africa/un-forced-displacement-conflicts-soaring-despite-pandemic

7. “In May a storm created panic & destroyed 200 tents in Al-Tanideba, …3 weeks later on June 7, a second storm destroyed the remaining tents in the camp.” Refugees have the right to receive proper shelter. @Refugees @UNOCHA #TigrayGenocide #WorldRefugeeDay https://reliefweb.int/report/sudan/sudan-wind-and-rain-destroy-hundreds-tents-camp-refugees-tigray

8. Food, shelter & water is a universal right. It is also the @UN’s responsibility to end genocide & stop civilian displacement. There are 70k+ refugees in #Sudan, 2.2 internally displaced & 2.3 million children in need of assistance. @UNReliefChief #TigrayGenocide #WorldRefugeeDay

9. Sadly, 5.2+ mil population of Tigray needs humanitarian aid. 2.2+ mil of them are internally displaced. It is the @UN’s responsibility to protect civilians & to stop the #TigrayGenocide. #WorldRefugeeDay @EU_Commission @antonioguterres @mbachelet
https://www.voanews.com/africa/tens-thousands-tigray-children-face-imminent-death-unicef-warns

10. Thousands of refugees were blocked by Ethiopian & Amhara militias from fleeing the genocidal war. Thousands in western Tigray are currently lacking escape route & humanitarian aid. @Refugees @rajasingham_UN @JosepBorrellF #WorldRefugeeDay #TigrayGenocide https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/dec/02/tigray-war-refugees-ethiopia-sudan

1. The genocidal war on Tigray has already forced 70K+ to flee & the number of refugees is expected to rise. If @UN|SC doesn’t act to stop #TigrayGenocide, @EU_Commission could see an influx of migrants at its doorsteps + thousands more will perish. #WorldRefugeeDay @JosepBorrellF

2. “He is a surgeon & a father. Every morning, he wakes up under a plastic tarp & is reminded he is now a refugee, too.” The @UN has the responsibility to protect lives but refuses to do their job on #WorldRefugeeDay. #TigrayGenocide. @UNGeneva @USAmbUN https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2021/5/5/refugee-doctor-chronicles-tigrays-pain-as-he-treats-it

3. No running water or electricity, but still Dr. Tewodros & colleagues see well more than 100 patients a day in a refugee camp in Sudan. Everything is treated from baby deliveries to gunshot wounds. Choose to protect life.@unicefchief #WorldRefugeeDay https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2021/5/5/refugee-doctor-chronicles-tigrays-pain-as-he-treats-it

4. They stole X-ray & neonatal equipment, contents of an OB-GYN center, pharmaceuticals & even medical records. Civilians & IDPs are suffering in Tigray. Refugees that escaped #TigrayGenocide to Sudan are as well. #WorldRefugeeDay @RefugeesIntl @USAmbUN https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/16/opinion/ethiopia-tigray-crisis.html

5. Civilians fled #TigrayGenocide with nothing but their children. Families are facing threats of cholera, starvation, malaria, & hypothermia. Please provide better assistance & make conditions livable for all @Refugees escaping conflict. @RESCUEorg @UN_HRC pic.twitter.com/FIwxeYFlgS

6. Tigrayan refugees in Sudan experienced horrible flooding. Shelters destroyed & food contaminated. @Refugees have survived the deep tragedies of #TigrayGenocide & now face additional trauma. We must do better! @eu_echo @RefugeesIntl #WorldRefugeeDay pic.twitter.com/Co7AvuQcVl

7. .@Refugees in eastern Sudan are still struggling to fulfill their basic needs & live a dignified life in the face of what has amounted to a miserably inadequate response to their plight. More must be done. @UNReliefChief #WorldRefugeeDay #TigrayGenocidehttps://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/sudan-striving-for-humanitarian-care-where-no-one-cares/ar-AAL757I

8. “When the Fano saw me, they shot at me. They hit my hand, & I lost two fingers. I can’t think clearly. I keep having nightmares that I was killed.” This must stop or the influx of refugees escaping war & trauma will continue. @eu_echo #TigrayGenocidehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-ethiopia-conflict-expulsions-graphic-idUSKCN2DJ114

9. Ordinary civilians escaped #TigrayGenocide. How come powerful leaders & stable nations fail to figure out a humane way to handle the influx of @Refugees escaping persecution? Leaders must address the role they are playing in mass displacement. @EU_Commission#WorldRefugeeDay

10. The lack of urgency at refugee camps is enshrined in a “fast turnover emergency response operational model.” This is unrealistic & tragic. @UNRefugeeAgency, why are you still employing this strategy? @KellyTClements @FilippoGrandi #TigrayGenocidehttps://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/sudan-striving-for-humanitarian-care-where-no-one-cares/ar-AAL757I

11. “Refugees pass blazing days sprawled on plastic mats under shelters of woven straw. They stay perilously close to the border in the hope that missing loved ones will emerge from Tigray.” The trauma refugees endure is unimaginable. #TigrayGenocide @UN_HRChttps://apnews.com/article/ethiopia-tigray-minority-ethnic-cleansing-sudan-world-news-842741eebf9bf0984946619c0fc15023

12. Children are often the most affected by conflict. #TigrayGenocide has left thousands of children to be orphans, living in refugee and displacement camps. We need solutions. #WorldRefugeeDay @RepKarenBass @KellyTClements @hrw @JanezLenarcic @SecBlinkenhttps://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2021/6/6/children-suffer-as-fighting-in-ethiopias-tigray-drags-on

1. Deporting Tigrayan asylum seekers is a death sentence. @Haavisto stated “when I met the Ethiopian Leadership in February they used this kind of language, that they are going to destroy the #Tigray|ans.” @johanssonmorgan @Aftonbladet @dagensnyheter #TigrayGenocide

2. Currently, over 30 Tigrayan families, including children are facing deportation from Sweden to Ethiopia where they face death, torture, starvation, and rape. Protect Tigrayan asylum seekers. @socialdemokrat @johanssonmorgan #TigrayGenocide #WorldRefugeeDay https://bit.ly/35HMGZf

3. Core to Sweden’s commitment to the 1951 Refugee Convention is non-refoulement. However, today Tigrayan asylum seekers in Sweden are being deported to Ethiopia, despite the active #TigrayGenocide. They need protection! #WorldRefugeeDay @johanssonmorgan @Aftonbladet @dagensnyheter

4.Many Tigrayan families in Sweden are facing deportation to Ethiopia where they risk being victims of #TigrayGenocide. It is a violation and inhumane to deport asylum seekers under these conditions.@vonderleyen @TimmermansEU @vestager @JosepBorrellF https://bit.ly/35HMGZf

5. Asylum seekers fleeing persecution must be protected, not deported. There must be a global effort in place to make sure no Tigrayan is forced back into country like Ethiopia, that is guilty of genocide. #WorldRefugeeDay @USAmbUN @EU_Commission @eu_eeashttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-57226551

6. Grant asylum to Tigrayans! No part of Ethiopia is safe for Tigrayans when the Ethiopian government brazenly states to @Haavisto that “they are going to destroy the Tigrayans.” @dagensnyheter @johanssonmorgan #TigrayGenocide #WorldRefugeeDay @SweinEthiopiahttps://apnews.com/article/ethiopia-tigray-minority-ethnic-cleansing-sudan-world-news-842741eebf9bf0984946619c0fc15023

7. Deporting Tigrayan asylum seekers is inhumane. There is a genocidal campaign targeting Tigrayans, in Ethiopia. It would be a grave mistake for Sweden to send people, including children, into this nightmare. #WorldRefugeeDay @VeraJourova @VDombrovskishttps://apnews.com/article/ethiopia-tigray-minority-ethnic-cleansing-sudan-world-news-842741eebf9bf0984946619c0fc15023

8. Ethiopia is guilty of a genocide. World leaders should know better than to threaten Tigrayan asylum seekers with deportation, back into a country that will kill them.#WorldRefugeeDay @RefugeesIntl @SwedenGeneva @Haavisto @SecBlinken @GerrySimpsonHRWhttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-57226551

9. “They arrested me from the street because I spoke Tigrinya,” Nigusu told Reuters. “I saw 35 Tigrayans, & I told myself that this is not about the TPLF. It’s about the Tigrayan ppl.” This fate awaits deported Tigrayans. #TigrayGenocide @johanssonmorgan https://reut.rs/35A7qlJ

10. “Memories of dozens of bodies strewn on riverbanks. Fighters raping a woman one by one for speaking her own language. A child, weakened by hunger, left behind.” How could Sweden consider deporting asylum seekers during #TigrayGenocide? @SwedishPM @hrw https://apnews.com/article/ethiopia-tigray-minority-ethnic-cleansing-sudan-world-news-842741eebf9bf0984946619c0fc15023

11. .‪@SweinEthiopia Why are you helping a genocidal regime plan a sham election? ‬‪70K+ Refugees have fled to Sudan ‬‪2.2M+ Internally Displaced People ‬‪2.3M+ Children Need Assistance ‬@dagensnyheter @johanssonmorgan #TigrayGenocide #WorldRefugeeDay‬

12. .@SweinEthiopia How can you support Ethiopian elections when #Tigray|ans are not only excluded but being systematically murdered in #TigrayGenocide? ‪@dagensnyheter @johanssonmorgan @SwedenUN

13. .@Joanssonmorgan how can you deport Tigrayan asylum seekers in Sweden, when you are well aware that over 70K refugees fled to Sudan, over 2.2M Internally Displaced People, and 2.3M+ children in need of immediate assistance, because of the #TigrayGenocide? #WorldRefugeeDay

14. Your inaction to help stop the #TigrayGenocide is causing an influx of refugees who have lost everything. As a world leader, it is up to you to create ways to stop conflict in the age of mass displacement.@AmbafranceET @RemiMarechaux @EPhilippe_LHhttps://www.amnesty.fr/conflits-armes-et-populations/actualites/6-mois-dhorreur-ethiopie-tigre-la-crise-ignoree

15. The Ethiopian Govt should not be allowed to buy weapons from other countries, to continue the #TigrayGenocide. What are your thoughts on the mass displacement of civilians who are running for their lives to other countries? @EmmanuelMacron @ItalyMFA @PiazzapulitaLA7 @SpainMFA

16. Ethiopia & Eritrea have been callous in their actions, there needs to be an arms embargo. In addition, enforcement of a no-fly zone & humanitarian intervention in Tigray to protect civilians. #TigrayGenocide @EmmanuelMacron @JustinTrudeau @MinisteroDifesa @guerini_lorenzo

17. It is critical that NGOS like @UNRefugeeAgency humanize refugees living in deplorable conditions. Those fleeing persecution have endured immense trauma. They deserve compassion, respect & proper care. @WFPChief @UNHCRinSudan @hrw @EUatUN #WorldRefugeeDayhttps://apnews.com/article/ethiopia-tigray-minority-ethnic-cleansing-sudan-world-news-842741eebf9bf0984946619c0fc15023

18. Civilians fleeing #TigrayGenocide are living in tough conditions in @Refugees camps in Sudan. They are nursing the hope that they can return to a safe Tigray. World leaders – it’s time for an arms embargo. Stop encouraging Ethiopia & Eritrea to continue a war. @francediplo

19. We are very concerned about civilians lacking food, shelter, & protection in displacement camps throughout Tigray. We need a humanitarian intervention & an end to #TigrayGenocide. #WorldRefugeeDay@ChrisCoons @USAmbUN @vonderleyen @TimmermansEU @ItalyMFAhttps://www.reuters.com/world/africa/un-alarmed-soldiers-detaining-displaced-tigray-camps-2021-05-28/