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A MAIOR GUERRA DO MUNDO:
Conflito em Tigray, na África, completa dois anos e deixa:
600 mil mortos, sendo 200 mil por fome
120 mil mulheres estupradas por tropas da Eritreia
5,2 milhões com risco de morte por falta de alimentos
#StopWarOnTigray
Conflito em Tigray, na África, completa dois anos e deixa:
600 mil mortos, sendo 200 mil por fome
120 mil mulheres estupradas por tropas da Eritreia
5,2 milhões com risco de morte por falta de alimentos
#StopWarOnTigray
Os dados com as estimativas de morte são da Universidade de Ghent, na Bélgica. A tragédia humana supera a guerra na Ucrânia.
A Guerra do Tigre começou em 2020, quando a Etiópia decidiu depor integrantes da Frente de Libertação do Povo Tigré (FLPT). As forças locais reagiram. A situação se deteriorou ainda mais quando a Eritreia, um dos países mais secretos do mundo, se envolveu contra Tigray.
Hi Claire, I have now re-read your report in full, incl. Footnotes and Appendices and a lot of the links.
And I thank you for your willingness to engage on this.
I will do so in the manner that you have opened this discussion. Focusing on facts.
And I thank you for your willingness to engage on this.
I will do so in the manner that you have opened this discussion. Focusing on facts.
In terms of "extending and updating" your first investigation of this took place as the war broke out and resulted in this story in the Washington Post.on
November 17th - washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/…
November 17th - washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/…
And the conclusion in this initial story based on "my analysis of nearly 90,000 recent tweets, along with interviews with Ethiopia’s diaspora." Is the same as that in the final report. Namely that the SM information activity which accompanied the start of the war was "authentic."
Thread on the bipartisan resolution
Can those of you that are rallying against the bipartisan resolution please explain your reason? I am going to break this down, and I need a point by point response for these.
My reminder for all of you is that this is democracy in action, 1/
Can those of you that are rallying against the bipartisan resolution please explain your reason? I am going to break this down, and I need a point by point response for these.
My reminder for all of you is that this is democracy in action, 1/
While the executive side (Department of State) partially passed judgement regarding the situation in Ethiopia. The legislative wing has looked into the situation even more. So they pressed for cessation of hostilities as expected of any friendly country who doesn't want war 2/
When asking 4 cessation they asked for Eth Gov. +TPLF + other forces to all stop.They didn't just make it on one side, because in reality war happens between 2 or more groups. You can't ask just one side to stop. They mentioned all the back and forth for the 2 years b4 the war 3/
My friend with his arm around me has been murdered during the calculated genocide against the people of Tigray, Ethiopia happening now. I share this photo because it is important to see people (brothers, sisters, family) & not just numbers.
Please pay attention to this crisis!
Please pay attention to this crisis!
Hundreds of thousands are in danger of genocide and starvation and the news hardly talks about it. Thousands of innocent people have been murdered in the last 100+ days for no reason beyond where they’re from.
#StopWarOnTigray #TigrayGenocide #ReconnectTigray #Tigray2Tigray
#StopWarOnTigray #TigrayGenocide #ReconnectTigray #Tigray2Tigray
Here is a link to resources for education and donation compiled by some amazing friends. Many of whom have lost loved ones and/or cannot locate their families.
Thank you for caring 🇪🇹
docs.google.com/document/d/1px…
Thank you for caring 🇪🇹
docs.google.com/document/d/1px…
On VAW and rape in #Tigray:
A thread on how and why rape rises during conflict.
#StopWarOnTigray #WeaponizedRape
#TigrayCantWait
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A thread on how and why rape rises during conflict.
#StopWarOnTigray #WeaponizedRape
#TigrayCantWait
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We have endless examples of the impact of conflict on women and girls, & marginalized groups. It is already known that women and girls are at risk of violence and discrimination even during “peace” time. 1/18
#WeaponizedRape
#StopWarOnTigray
#TigrayCantWait
#WeaponizedRape
#StopWarOnTigray
#TigrayCantWait
When VAW occurs women that have nowhere to go, no access to justice or protection from community are the most at risk. And that is often the majority of women. But some structures attempt to protect women at least from the most obvious attacks. 2/18
#WeaponizedRape
#WeaponizedRape
On the humanitarian Situation in TIGRAY. What we know so far, why the Fed government is impeding access and what needs to be done.
A thread —
#StopWarOnTigray
#TigrayCantWait
A thread —
#StopWarOnTigray
#TigrayCantWait
Ever since the Abiy Ahmed led government declared war in Tigray on Nov 3 - precious human lives have been lost, Tigray terrorized and infrastructure looted and destroyed. The impact has been devastating.
1/20
1/20
The humanitarian crisis in tigray has been discussed by many outside of Ethiopia but the federal government has remained silent and actively obstructed access. Starving the very people it claimed to be “saving” through this cruel war.
#Tigray
2/20
#Tigray
2/20
1/8
- #Mekele & #Adigrat - densely populated regions
- 1992-2012 (Meles)📉Infant Mortality by 36.5%
- #Ethiopia has a youthful population (60% is <25years old)
- Morality rate of mother while giving birth is high
- 42% lacked access to water
- 72% struggled to maintain sanitation
- #Mekele & #Adigrat - densely populated regions
- 1992-2012 (Meles)📉Infant Mortality by 36.5%
- #Ethiopia has a youthful population (60% is <25years old)
- Morality rate of mother while giving birth is high
- 42% lacked access to water
- 72% struggled to maintain sanitation
2/8 - #TigrayGenocide - Tigray:
- Remains w/out food & water
- Lack of medicine (looted/destroyed) - concern for sanitization & health +COVID-19
- Women giving birth on-route while seeking Asylum
- Current death # >9K
- Education & livelihood jeopardized
- Remains w/out food & water
- Lack of medicine (looted/destroyed) - concern for sanitization & health +COVID-19
- Women giving birth on-route while seeking Asylum
- Current death # >9K
- Education & livelihood jeopardized
3/8
Stats from Nov. 2020:
- >222K IDP
- Critical humanitarian aid needed
- Nov. 28-#Abiy claimed victory
Stats from end of 2020 (Ethnic profiling): #Tigrayans were
- Dismissed from their jobs
- Unable to leave #Ethiopia
- Detained| jailed - corruption of the justice system
Stats from Nov. 2020:
- >222K IDP
- Critical humanitarian aid needed
- Nov. 28-#Abiy claimed victory
Stats from end of 2020 (Ethnic profiling): #Tigrayans were
- Dismissed from their jobs
- Unable to leave #Ethiopia
- Detained| jailed - corruption of the justice system
(1/6) Thread: Who started the war on Tigray?
The fed gov't circulated this video from Tigrayan television seemingly to exhonorate themselves of initiating the war on Tigray.
They even went as far as circulating an English transcript ...
#TigrayGenocide #StopWarOnTigray
The fed gov't circulated this video from Tigrayan television seemingly to exhonorate themselves of initiating the war on Tigray.
They even went as far as circulating an English transcript ...
#TigrayGenocide #StopWarOnTigray
(2/6) See the transcript below (emphasis mine).
In it, the speaker alludes to an imminent threat from the south (Amhara region), from the north (Eritrea) and from within (from federal forces stationed there).
Therefore they deemed it necessary to take preemptive action.
In it, the speaker alludes to an imminent threat from the south (Amhara region), from the north (Eritrea) and from within (from federal forces stationed there).
Therefore they deemed it necessary to take preemptive action.
(3/6) On Dec 20, Abere Adamu, Chief Commissioner of Amhara Region Police revealed that the Amhara region had indeed deployed forces to their border right before the war.
This corroborates the transcript speaker's words indicating provocative troop deployments.
This corroborates the transcript speaker's words indicating provocative troop deployments.
The New York Times, based on eyewitness testimony noted that #Tigray|ans are “caught between indiscriminate military shelling and a campaign of killing, rape, and looting by government-allied ethnic militias.” @UN @hrw @antonioguterres #StopWarOnTigray #TigrayGenocide
#ENDF, #AmharaFano , #EritreanArmy , and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) supplied by the #UAE are mercilessly mass-killing #Tigray|ans and destroying civilian infrastructures. @UN @hrw @USUN #DefundTigrayGenocide #TigrayGenocide #StopWarOnTigray
Genocides aren't on-goings of the past. There's an active genocide happening against ethnic #Tigray|ans being orchestrated by the #Ethiopia|n government and supported by #Eritrea. #TigrayGenocide #StopWarOnTigray
For 60 days, the international community has remained largely silent about the ongoing genocide against ethnic #Tigray|ans. Silence is easy. It takes courage to speak up. #TigrayGenocide #StopWarOnTigray @UN @antonioguterres
Results of #Ethiopia's genocidal campaign against #Tigray: deaths in the thousands, refugees in the tens of thousands, internal displacement in the hundreds of thousands, and destruction and the threat of hunger in the millions. #TigrayGenocide #StopWarOnTigray
Prior to November 4th, #Tigray was the most peaceful of #Ethiopia's 10 regional states. After November 4th, the federal government and allied militias waged a genocidal campaign against 7+ million Tigrayans causing mayhem. #TigrayGenocide #StopWarOnTigray
@AbiyAhmedAli's 2-year dehumanization campaign of ethnic #Tigray|ans has led many #Ethiopia|ns to feel numb towards the ongoing #TigrayGenocide. The international community must not succumb to the same numbness by inaction. @UN @antonioguterres #StopWarOnTigray
Connecting the dots as @sec_council continues to dither on the #WarOnTigray:
1/9 The 'hidden' war on #Tigray is active as well as the atrocities on #Tigray.
@reda_getachew also provided some insight from the ground.
1/9 The 'hidden' war on #Tigray is active as well as the atrocities on #Tigray.
@reda_getachew also provided some insight from the ground.
2/9 On top of all the weaponry, #Ethiopia is engaged in the mass starvation of the people of #Tigray. This is a war crime that warrants an immediate @UN intervention.
ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/…
ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/…
3/9 The failure to enforce international rules has given Abiy and Isaias a carte blanch to jail, kill, loot, destruct, commit genocide and war crimes. It’s reprehensible not to use all available leverage to stop such appalling violations.
Eritrea’s involvement is as certain as the sun rising in the east.
Who and why encouraging a doubt on this?
1/2 The deliberate inaction by the enablers of the #DuoDictators maintains the doubt, regardless of the humanitarian crisis and war crimes in #Tigray.
Who and why encouraging a doubt on this?
1/2 The deliberate inaction by the enablers of the #DuoDictators maintains the doubt, regardless of the humanitarian crisis and war crimes in #Tigray.
2/2 Condemning Eritrea means taking actions for breaching international law. This would then spoil the complex and grand plan for the Horn.
In 2020, it seems acceptable to commit war crimes whilst powerful forces provide the perfect cover!
No crocodile tears later please.
In 2020, it seems acceptable to commit war crimes whilst powerful forces provide the perfect cover!
No crocodile tears later please.
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What happened to moral?!
What happened to ethics?!
What happened to commonsense?!
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What happened to moral?!
What happened to ethics?!
What happened to commonsense?!
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#AbiyAhmedAli and Eritrean forces are using heavy artilleries and drones to kill Tigrayan civilians indiscriminately on a daily basis. The same forces are looting public and private properties in Tigray. 2/
Despite the total blackout, people on the ground are trying to report the facts as they see them. 3/
#AbiyAhmedAli, while seating hundreds miles away, denies non of that has happened.4/
#AbiyAhmedAli, while seating hundreds miles away, denies non of that has happened.4/
Update on #Tigray
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Strange things are happening in Tigray right now. The world is quiet either out of tacit approval or lack of knowledge
1. Isayas Afeworki has deployed 35 divisions of army in the war against Tigray. For all intents and purposes, the main
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Strange things are happening in Tigray right now. The world is quiet either out of tacit approval or lack of knowledge
1. Isayas Afeworki has deployed 35 divisions of army in the war against Tigray. For all intents and purposes, the main
fighting force now is the Eritrean army. There should be clarity on this fact.
2. This is the 30th day since the war on Tigray started. Abiy Ahmed presented it as if he has finalized the war he called “a law enforcement operation”. As we speak, heavy and intensified fighting is
2. This is the 30th day since the war on Tigray started. Abiy Ahmed presented it as if he has finalized the war he called “a law enforcement operation”. As we speak, heavy and intensified fighting is
still going on five fronts, and different places. Only today, there were 4 Eritrean tanks captured; and 3 tanks destroyed.
3. The youth in the surrounding of Axum were very angry at the different looting and destructions being carried by the Eritrean army and went into
3. The youth in the surrounding of Axum were very angry at the different looting and destructions being carried by the Eritrean army and went into
This is a war crime against humanity being waged in a total darkness, but the international community is watching idly
Thousands of #Tigrayan children and parents have been victims of aerial bombardments and shelling perpetrated by @AbiyAhmedAli
Thousands of #Tigrayan children and parents have been victims of aerial bombardments and shelling perpetrated by @AbiyAhmedAli
and #IsaiasAfwerki with their ally’s the #UAE drones.
From last Saturday #Mekelle bombardment and shelling, documented reports show 27 deceased, including 4 yrs old baby and 78 yrs old grandpa, both parents and two children of a family, and 86 seriously wounded patients
From last Saturday #Mekelle bombardment and shelling, documented reports show 27 deceased, including 4 yrs old baby and 78 yrs old grandpa, both parents and two children of a family, and 86 seriously wounded patients
checked into Ayder Hospital #Mekelle with no power, generator, water, gas, phone/internet, medication or ambulance. This is a war crime against humanity being waged in a total darkness.
On top of daily bombardment and shelling by @AbiyAhmedAli , #IsaiasAfwerki, Somalia
On top of daily bombardment and shelling by @AbiyAhmedAli , #IsaiasAfwerki, Somalia
#TigrayTweeps
ፀላእትና መበገሲኡ ዘይፍለጥ፥ ዓቐን ዘይብሉ ፅልኢ ተሸኪሞም ንትግራዋይ ከበሳብሱ፥ ተኽኢሎም ድማ ዘርእና ከብርሱ፤ ኩለ መዳያዊ ኲናት ኣዊጆምልና ይርከቡ። ንዚ ብኹሉ መዳይ ዝተኸፈተልና ኲናት ንምምካት ድማ ብኹሉ መዳይ ክንቃለሶ ኢና።
ፀላእትና መበገሲኡ ዘይፍለጥ፥ ዓቐን ዘይብሉ ፅልኢ ተሸኪሞም ንትግራዋይ ከበሳብሱ፥ ተኽኢሎም ድማ ዘርእና ከብርሱ፤ ኩለ መዳያዊ ኲናት ኣዊጆምልና ይርከቡ። ንዚ ብኹሉ መዳይ ዝተኸፈተልና ኲናት ንምምካት ድማ ብኹሉ መዳይ ክንቃለሶ ኢና።
ስለዝኾነ ድማ ትዊተር ሓደ ዓብዪ መቃለሲ ሜዳ ሙኻኑ ተረዲእና ኣፀቢቕና ክነጥፈሉ ይግባእ። ፀላእትና ተኣኻኺቦም ኣብ ልዕለና ኲናት ዝኸፈትሉ "ምኽንያት" ዲሞክራሲያዊ መሰልና ተጠቒምና መረፃ ብምክያድና እኳ እንተኾነ ንዙይ ተጎዝጒዞም ዘርእና ከጥፍኡ
ይህንደዱ ከምዘለው ንዓለም ግልፂ ንገበሮ። እዙይ ንምግባር ትዊተር ፅቡቕ መድረኽ እዩ። ኣፀቢቕና ንጠቐመሉ።
እቲ ሓቂ ናትና፥ ተወረርቲ ንሕና፥ ዝስደድ፥ ዝሕረድ፥ ብዘርኡ ምኽንያት ዝእሰርን ዝበሳበስን ዘሎ ህዝብና ሙኻኑ ዓው'ልና ንዓለም ነፍልጥ።
እቲ ሓቂ ናትና፥ ተወረርቲ ንሕና፥ ዝስደድ፥ ዝሕረድ፥ ብዘርኡ ምኽንያት ዝእሰርን ዝበሳበስን ዘሎ ህዝብና ሙኻኑ ዓው'ልና ንዓለም ነፍልጥ።
Ethiopia's Civil War: A Geo-Political War
1/5 For the U.S.:
"U.S. policy, under Trump, has been to give free rein to its key allies in the region—Israel, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE"...including lifting sanctions against vicious Dictatorial regime in Eritrea.
1/5 For the U.S.:
"U.S. policy, under Trump, has been to give free rein to its key allies in the region—Israel, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE"...including lifting sanctions against vicious Dictatorial regime in Eritrea.
2/5 For Egypt:
"Ethiopia in turmoil is something they desired. A strong Ethiopia challenges Egypt’s control over the Nile Waters and its agenda for influence in the region."
#AbiyMustGo
#StopWarOnTigray
#StopWarOnOromia
"Ethiopia in turmoil is something they desired. A strong Ethiopia challenges Egypt’s control over the Nile Waters and its agenda for influence in the region."
#AbiyMustGo
#StopWarOnTigray
#StopWarOnOromia
3/5 For the UAE:
"a weakened Ethiopia as a commercial-military dependent would fit in with its overall designs on the region."
#USDefundEthiopia #EUDefundEthiopia @antonioguterres @EUinEthiopia
@SenateGOP @StateDept
@JosepBorrellF @USEmbassyAddis
"a weakened Ethiopia as a commercial-military dependent would fit in with its overall designs on the region."
#USDefundEthiopia #EUDefundEthiopia @antonioguterres @EUinEthiopia
@SenateGOP @StateDept
@JosepBorrellF @USEmbassyAddis
5)
and to get the attention and support from the international community to help Ethiopia overcome the eminent danger of collapse it was and still is facing.But sadly,he used that opportunity to consolidate his political power at the expense of peace and stability of the country
and to get the attention and support from the international community to help Ethiopia overcome the eminent danger of collapse it was and still is facing.But sadly,he used that opportunity to consolidate his political power at the expense of peace and stability of the country
5)
I said, he never did anything notable to deserve such a prize. It may sound an outrageous claim but let me clarify
The “no peace, no war” condition that lasted for two decades was basically a reflection of the deeper conflict that existed for decades between two
I said, he never did anything notable to deserve such a prize. It may sound an outrageous claim but let me clarify
The “no peace, no war” condition that lasted for two decades was basically a reflection of the deeper conflict that existed for decades between two
6) dominant political parties: TPLF/Tigray and PDFJ/Eritrea. While in power TPLF called for peace on several occasions, but Eritrea has never been willing to answer such calls. PDFJ sees TPLF as an eternal enemy who ruined the dream of EPLF(former PDFJ)and young Issias to become
Thread on General Bacha's presser: an attempt to dehumanize Tigrayans, our gov’t & defense forces so that fascists could execute #TigrayGenocide unbothered.
@GenocideWatch1 @UN @EUCouncil @igadsecretariat @AJStream @BBCAfrica @BBGAfrica
#StopWarOnTigray
#IStandWithTigray
@GenocideWatch1 @UN @EUCouncil @igadsecretariat @AJStream @BBCAfrica @BBGAfrica
#StopWarOnTigray
#IStandWithTigray
1. What Gen. Bacha did in his presser yesterday is what his manic boss @AbiyAhmedAli hyped since his ascension to power. Demonizing Tigrigna speakers with the intent of justifying their eventual extermination through mob justice & State discrimination.
2. Sweeping measures in purging thousands of ethnic Tigrayans from all federal offices have occurred. The @ifrc shall be given immediate access to monitor their inhumane detention conditions under military barracks.
