December 2023 - Speaking the unspeakable: In the aftermath of weaponized rape in
#Tigray
A documentary by social anthropologist Thera Mjaaland and journalist Kibrom Mebrahtom
The massive occurrence of rape during the war in Tigray (2020-22) is well documented in several reports…
"If there's any case in the contemporary world where the term "Genocide" is applicable, it would be
#Tigray
.
@StateDept
's investigation into what was happening in Tigray, report was completed 13 months ago, if that were to be unveiled I think we would probably see the conclusion.
'Woyane' Official Trailer
Woyane is a Documentary film by Jonny Stern that uncovers the World's Largest Humanitarian Crisis, and one of the Deadliest conflicts of this century - the hidden
#TigrayGenocide
in
#Ethiopia
.
#Tigray
1/3
"Millions have died, Hundreds of Thousands of women have experienced conflict related sexual violence which is Mass Rape, rape at a level that's so atrocious, it's genocidal.
-
#Eritrean
troops are still in
#Tigray
.
- Hundreds of thousands are still starving today."
@LEBEAM
My sweet lovely grandma in
#Shire
#Tigray
, My favorite, My memory.
I haven't spoken to her for almost 2 years, I don't even know whether she is dead or alive 💔
"There is good progress in resuming basic services, the only problem now is we see is the continued occupation of
#Tigray
by
#Eritrea
|n amy.
They're massacring civilians, they continue to massacre civilians & we believe that could affect the peace agreement"
-
@DrTedros
|
@WHO
Just got a phonecall from
#Tigray
In Shire, Kebele 02: Today a 15 years old girl was raped & then later shot dead by
#Eritrean
forces.
Forces from
#Eritrea
are still roaming around in Shire; looting, beating and arresting civilians from their houses.
#EritreaOutOfTigray
#Ethiopia
Today is a Good Day, a Historical Day in
#Axum
Tigray.
#Tigray
Orthodox Tewahedo Church the See of Selama Kesate Birhan ordained 10 Episcopates in Axum today.
God Bless Tigray and it's people.
26th April - We Stand with our
#Sudanese
brothers and sisters who deserve Peace.
Tigrayans in Washington DC Protested outside
@StateDept
against the ongoing war in
#Sudan
. They also demanded for the end of
#Tigray
Genocide and to pursue justice & accountability for the 900+ days…
Reporter: "Hey
@UN
, It's Day 6 since the "Peace Agreement" are people in
#Tigray
still being starved to death?
UN: "Yes they are dying, But our trucks are full & ready to go, we're just waiting for
#Ethiopia
to give us the green light. We've only been begging for two years now".
3rd November - Bethlehem Tesfay is one of the victims of the Genocidal War on
#Tigray
.
She lost both her legs when her home was bombarded by the 🇪🇹
#Ethiopian
airforce. In the airstrike, she lost her mother, brother and grandmother.
Bethlehem however remains hopefully because…
At today's
@WHO
briefing,
@DrTedros
urged for a stop to the siege & blockade of
#Tigray
, calling it "dreadful."
"Close to 7M [people have been] under siege for >18 months. There's no telecom, no banking services, no electricity, no medicine. [Only], a trickle of food and fuel."
8th April -
@UN
"On
#Ethiopia
, the U.N. and humanitarian partners have not been able to move any further aid into
#Tigray
by road since the convoy of some 20 trucks with food and nutrition supplies and one fuel tanker arrived between April 1st and 2nd."
#EndTigraySiege
#Ethiopia
3rd April -
@HRW
's
@LaetitiaBader
on The Need for Independent Investigations
❝While key trends have been documented, we do feel that because of the deliberate attempts to restrict real-time reporting; as we know the communication shutdown, internet shutdown, the restrictions on…
26th April - The Tragedy in
#Tigray
is Going to become the Norm Unless We Change Our Engagement Strategies.
Lise Grande from
@USIP
: ❝You've got a major Global power that says 'neutrality' is in fact 'non-interference'. If you're not worried about that, start to panic.
The…
18th January - Nima Elbagir,
@CNN
Chief International Investigative Correspondent on her horrific investigation that uncovered evidence of the torture, mass detention and execution of residents in the besiege
#Tigray
town of
#Humera
.
The
@StateDept
❝After spending three or four…
À l’heure actuelle, un nettoyage ethnique a lieu au Tigré.
La question de mon collègue
@trudel_denis
au gouvernement:
Quand imposera-t-il des sanctions au gouvernement éthiopien et exigera l’accès à l’aide humanitaire pour les Tigréens?
#Tigraygenocide
#StandWithTigray
Two Years ago today 💔 4th May 2021 -
@meazaG_
: ❝The war started well long ago. Right after
@AbiyAhmedAli
was selected by the EPRDF, he forged a military pact with a neighboring country (Isaias Afewerki). They have been working together to wage war against the people of
#Tigray
.…
Chris Tucker said "No one should die of hunger at this day of age" in his video in solidarity with the people of
#Tigray
.
Thank you, Sir!
@christuckerreal
Reporter: "Hey
@UN
, how's the "Peace Agreement" going? are people in
#Tigray
still dying.
United Nations: "Yes, people continue to die as we speak because
#Ethiopia
is still blocking Humanitain aid, But we'll still keep asking, we've only been begging for two years now".
4th April - EU and US monitoring implementation of peace in
#Tigray
@JosepBorrellF
: ❝The message to both the government of Ethiopia and the Tigrayans is to make them understand that we're watching the settling of conflict and we'll only normalize our relations in a gradual…
In memory of our martyrs, our heroes in
#Tigray
are brave and strong, They fought for justice all along. Their sacrifice, a beacon of hope.
In the name of freedom, they stood tall, Ready to answer the righteous call. Their memory lives, a timeless song, In our hearts, where they…
17th April -
@meazaG_
: ❝It's very interesting that
@OmerRedi
as, an "independent journalist" would completely ignore what the
#Amhara
forces have done in
#Tigray
the past 2+ years.
Clearly, according to reports from the
@StateDept
and other International Human Rights Groups,…
18th September - International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia Press Briefing
❝Despite the signing of the cessation of hostilities agreement in
#Pretoria
last November, more than ten months later, the situation in Ethiopia remains grave. The signing of the…
.
@LaetitiaBader
: Attempt to terminate the Int'l Commission of Human Rights Experts on
#Ethiopia
#ICHREE
mandate unprecedented & dangerous.
@HRW
's Laetitia Bader joins
@TghatMedia
's Teklai Gebremichael to discuss prospects of Justice & Accountability following the War on
#Tigray
.
Airstrikes - drones in
#Maichew
&
#Korem
kills 18 Civilians and injuring 11.
Fascist
#AbiyAhmed
today used drones from
#UAE
,
#China
and
#Turkey
to bombard the Endamariam church, Korem town, killing 15 civilians & injuring 4.
Similarly, im Maichew left 3 civilians dead & 7 injured
26th July - Ethnic Cleansing in
#Tigray
continues
"The
#Amhara
forces continue their atrocities against Tigrayans in the occupied land of Southern Tigray.
Amhara
#Fano
forces have been conducting house-to-house raids in
#Alamata
and surrounding areas of South Tigray since…
14th February 2023 -
#Eritrean
forces destroyed infrastructure and religious institutions in Sebeya area of Gulomahda woreda,
#Tigray
They're also Looting and destroying relics.
#EritreaOutOfTigray
1/2
28th April -
#Eritrean
forces are still in
#Tigray
committing atrocities; killings, lootings, kidnapping, rapping, and blocking Humanitarian aid.
Residents in Rama, bordering Eritrea, say they are under existential threat.
@Tigrai_TV
🔗
#Ethiopia
&…
17th September -
#Tigray
's Gudaf Tsegay Smashes the 5,000m World Record
Gudaf Tsegay smashed the women's 5,000 metres world record with a run of 14 minutes 00.21 seconds on Sunday at the Eugene Diamond League finale, breaking Kenyan Faith Kipyegon's previous mark set in June.…
Two years ago today 💔 - Tigrayans fleeing the brutal Ethnic Cleansing in
#WesternTigray
by
#Amhara
&
#Eritrean
forces.
This report also shows, on November 19th 2020, Eritrean soldiers destroyed Shimelba and Hitsats refugee camps in
#Tigray
that was hosting tens of thousands of…
A refugee camp in Shimelba offered shelter to some 11,500 Eritreans as guaranteed under international law, yet the sanctuary had been subjected to a terrifying assault.
Administrative buildings were burnt, the health facilities ransacked and medicines carted away
Both of them together
Yesterday, 06/01/2023
The Eritrean army and the Ethiopian army are together in
#Adwa
in this situation.
The Ethiopian government must withdraw the enemy Eritrean army from Tigray territory in accordance with the agreement.
#EritreaOutOfTigray
15th March -
@SecBlinken
's visit to Ethiopia comes as reports emerge of a massacre carried out by government-aligned forces around the
#Tigray
town of
#Adwa
just days before last November's peace deal was signed.
Survivor recounts Tigray civilian …
"There's a tremendous focus on
#Ukraine
& rightly so but there are other areas in the world with zero access to life-saving interventions...
#Tigray
is the most acute at the moment in terms of getting even the most basic access to supplies and food."
@WHO
director Dr. mike Ryan
No International media outlets has broadcasted yesterday's grim press briefing by the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia
#ICHREE
🩸War Crimes
🩸Crimes Against Humanity
🩸International Humanitarian Law in
#Tigray
by Ethiopian, Eritrean and Amhara…
18th September - International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia Press Briefing
❝Despite the signing of the cessation of hostilities agreement in
#Pretoria
last November, more than ten months later, the situation in Ethiopia remains grave. The signing of the…
27th March - Cheerleaders of
#Tigray
Genocide say:
❝
@AbiyAhmedAli
, We're coming for you, we have plans in place. It doesn't matter who your friends are, whether in the
@WhiteHouse
, the back house, Woyanes, Onegs; you're DONE! Fenito Done.❞ -
#Amhara
…
A Year ago today Today 💔
@Amnesty
&
@HRW
Released Joint Investigations of Ethnic Cleansing in Western
#Tigray
❝We Will Erase You from This Land.❞
Crimes Against Humanity and Ethnic Cleansing in Ethiopia’s
#WesternTigray
Zone
Full Report: Human Rights Watch…
.
@amnesty
and
@HRW
have documented the ethnic cleansing campaign in Western
#Tigray
in our new report "We Will Erase You From This Land".
In the coming days, we will be posting threads about each period we have documented. Follow us to see our findings.
.
#Ethiopia
war in
#Tigray
:
#Eritrean
soldiers accused of rape despite peace deal
"Aid agencies & locals have told
@BBC
that attacks on civilians - in particular, sexual assaults on women - have continued"
@cathkemi
has been investigating this horrific atrocity.
-
@BBCOS
1/2
Ethiopia Screams "I am Guilty of
#TigrayGenocide
"
#Ethiopia
rejects enquiry by
@UN
Int'l Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia
#ICHREE
- Dep PM
@DemekeHasen
"We'll ensure accountability for every alleged Human Rights abuses".
How can a criminal govt investigate itself?
Awal Qirba, president of the
#Afar
region is clearly stating that he will not allow any aid to enter into
#Tigray
through Afar.
"To save them, to save their kids, is like killing my own kids, I won't allow even one single bread"
#TigrayGenocide
#EndTigraySiege
#TigrayFamine
Today:
#Eritrean
forces in Shire,
#Tigray
#Eritrea
has no plans to withdraw, they're all over Tigray torturing, killing, raping and looting people in towns and villages so especially those in the rural areas where there is no connectivity or reach to Humanitarian Aid agencies.
7th November -
#Tigray
❝Help the less fortunate people that displaced & suffering in the IDP camps, let's go entertain them with music.❞
-
#ChildrenOfTigray
Mikiyas Goitom - "Zero Zero" Cover | via @ yrgalemtesfay0
🔗
🔗
Original…
#Tigray
: Massive Protests was held by Internally Displaced People Across Tigray Region.
IDPs from Western, Southern, and parts of Southwestern Tigray, including Irob, Zelambesa, and sections of Gulomekeda, united in a widespread protest across Adigrat, Shire, and Mekelle.
#Tigray
"As we continue to see positive signs, incl withdrawal of
#Eritrean
forces, We are concerned by reports that Eritrean forces have committed Human Rights Abuses against civilians & continue to impede the delivery of much needed Humanitarian Assistance."
@StateDeptSpox
1/2
12th September - ❝Our brothers and sisters in
#Tigray
are suffering. They deserve to be treated with decency and respect. This is urgent, to alleviate the suffering of the
#Tigrayan
community which cannot be overstated. This is why I have authored a resolution with the County…
Remembering
#DedebitMassacre
💔
On 7 January 2022 (Orthodox Christmas)
#Ethiopian
Drone airstrike on a camp for internally displaced people in the town of
#Dedebit
,
#Tigray
.
@UN
aid workers say between 56 and 59 people were killed and at least 30 others were injured. 1/5
.
@WHO
- "There is access improvement in
#Tigray
. However access is limited in areas that are still occupied by
#Eritrean
forces, at the same time, we're seeing continued violations of Human Rights & Massacring of civilians in areas controlled by
#Eritrea
|n forces"
-
@DrTedros
A Year ago today 💔 - Helen & Berhe:
❝Dear our parents, If you're alive, come and get us. Please reach out. Mom & Dad, I'm in
#Mekelle
, come and visit me, we miss you 😭, We're starving and we have no clothes to wear.❞ -Helen and Berhe Fitwi
They were residents of
#Korarit
, in…
23rd September - Some lies by
@DemekeHasen
at the 78th
@UN
General Assembly
1. The
#Pretoria
Peace Agreement wasn't from "African Solutions to
#African
Problems".
𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬.
2.…
19th June - Over 9000 of
#Tigray
/ans have been held without trial in a makeshift prison camp at
#Semera
#Afar
.
They're kept in inhumane conditions in an open air of 45°C heat, skin & other diseases are spreading due to lack of sanitation.
@UN
said at least 17 people have died
18th April - ❝Justice of
#Tigray
❞ - Tigrayans in
#Belgium
Protested in Brussels urging for the full and speedy implementation of the 2022 Cessation of Hostilities Agreement (COHA)
Despite one year and half after the signing of the COHA -
#Amhara
and
#Eritrean
forces continue…
We finally got Babba Tesfamariam's Details. They lost everything in
#Tigray
, Please help with whatever little.
Bank of Abyssinia: Full Name
- Tesfamariam Woldebirhan
Account Number: 160885556
Registered M: 0929060757
His working mobile number is 0952036104
He lives near Shola…
15th September -
#Tigray
❝This coming Monday at 130PM in
#Geneva
The international Commission of Human Rights experts on Ethiopia
#ICHREE
will be giving a press conference regarding their latest reports to the
@UN_HRC
Human Rights Council.❞ -
@Pascal_Sim
#RenewICHREE
UNTV…
8th February -
#Tigray
Genocide: Everything you need to know.
"Joining me today is
@MeazaG_
, a brilliant human rights activist for Tigray. In 2020, Tigray experienced a Violent and Brutal Genocide that virtually no one discusses.
Meaza helped me understand how this Genocide…
Two years ago today 💔
@UN
says Women and Girls Subjected to Sexual Violence with Levels of Cruelty Beyond Comprehension
@UNICEF
's
@1James_Elder
: ❝It is real, I've had testimonies of women who were gang raped by multiple soldiers over multiple days, sometimes in front of…
The UN says the conflict in Northern Ethiopia’s Tigray region is far from over. This is despite a claim by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abey Ahmed that troops from neighbouring country Eritrea had withdrawn. James Elder has more details.
Watch:
#Newzroom405
The late Meles Zenawi's Legacy
#GERD
Ethiopians Protested against the building on
#GERD
by
#TPLF
led EPRDF, Tigrayans and abroad put much of the funding needed to kick off the project. Now they all say "It's my Dam". The worst part is
#Ethiopian
state media is saying "The project…
"Diaspora against hunger we thank you for life saving support. It’s $50(2,700) for one child, we hope to raise 10 million birr( $185,000) before Easter. We call all our donors help raise"
- Mother Tsega
Please Donate 👇🏿
Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE)
Name : Emohey Tsega…
Hypocrites! "where were you when
#Tigrayans
were getting slaughtered?"
As
#Ethiopia
protest against new formation of independent
#Oromia
Orthodox Church.
#EthiopianOrthodox
Church is not only guilty of silence but of openly "blessing" the Genocidal War on
#Tigray
.
1/2
3rd May -
#Tigrayan
Civilians Were The Target of a 'Relentless Ethnic Cleansing Campaign'
@TouzeSebastien
: ❝Since November 2020, the authorities and the
#Amhara
security forces have been waging a merciless campaign of what you might call ethnic cleansing to try and drive out…
#Eritrean
Regime Starts Singing Like a Canary.
1. We told Abiy not to completely withdraw its forces from
#Tigray
after having been beaten by "Operation Alula".
2. He secretly started talking to TPLF in
#Djibouti
, that's when we lost trust in him.
1. Since 2018, we've been…
I've just confirmed this horrific story, a credible witness who wishes to remain anonymous says "a group of men on a patrol pulled and killed Zewdu, her skull fractured and her brain spilled on the road, the patrol car did not have a license plate.
It happened at a busy…
💔Zewdu Haftu was brutally killed by military personnel in Mekelle for refusing sexual advances on August 22, 2023
She was with her friend Semhal Geberezgher, now at Ayder and being harassed by military & security officials who want to bury evidence
@reda_getachew
@ProfKindeya
22nd June - EU urges Ethiopia to lift fuel restrictions to
#Tigray
@JanezLenarcic
on how fuel shortages due to govt's restrictions have severely limited access to life-saving supplies, he also emphasized on the need to restore basic services such as banking services
@africanews
Day 10 Since the "Peace Agreement" Was Signed,
@UN
is still waiting for the Genocidal Regime of
#Ethiopia
to allow Humanitarian Aid into
#Tigray
"We're fully mobilized, to deliver aid once we get the approval to go ahead"
A Clear Violation of International Humanitarian Law.
20th March -
@SecBlinken
on War Crimes Determination
Members of the
#Ethiopian
,
#Eritrean
and
#Amhara
forces also committed crimes against humanity, “including murder, rape and other forms of sexual violence, and persecution,” Blinken said. “Members of …
Two years ago today 💔 9th May 2021 - Abune Mathias: ❝ I am not clear why they want to declare Genocide on the people of
#Tigray
, I do not know why they want to wipe the people of Tigray from the surface of the earth.❞
Abune Mathias said that he had previously tried to speak…
Classified report: the Ethiopian government refused to allow the UN Secretary-General to visit Tigray. It was the only such refusal he had ever received in his UN tenure. He was outraged, and the government later apologized.
"Yesterday (6th April) - The
#Amhara
Special Forces launched a surprise attack on the National Defense Forces in Kobo and Lago areas. The Defense Forces fled to
#Tigray
and received protection from the Tigray Army.
- High officials of the region, including the President of…
The situation in
#Tigray
getting from bad to worse
❝The impact of 2 yrs of war has led Hospitals to be either closed, looted or destroyed. I visited one of the Primary Healthcare centers we constructed a few years back, that indeed is dysfunctional today❞
-
@PYoussefICRC
1/2
24th September - ❝It is clear that a majority in the
@UN
Human Rights Council didn't not support the extension of the
#ICHREE
mandate.❝ - Martin Witteveen
Journalist: "Why Not?"
❝When it comes to politics, I think there are actually two main causes: first of all, you have…
ICHREE Termination
ICHREE to be terminated says Martin Witteveen, who worked an advisor for the ICHREE. "Ethnic cleansing, possibly even genocide", but ICHREE is being terminated because of US's & European interests & lack of African support.
Today is
#Lekatit11
Here is Meles Zenawi's speech from 1992
---------------------
On 18th February 1975, a handful of Tigrayans with four outdated rifles launched a revolt against the Derg, Ethiopia's military government, in the remote town of
#Dedebit
in
#WesternTigray
. This…
No willingness to have accountability
"Ethiopia had gone so far off the tracks & has become embroiled in collective disaster which cost hundreds of thousands of lives, displaced Million.
I'm sorry it's nowhere far from concluding because now Pandora's Box is open."
-
@mrubin1971
17th April -
@HodgesJoanne
, Alliance of Genocide Victim Communities Calls on the Government of
#Canada
🇨🇦 to acknowledge the ongoing Genocide against the
#Hazaras
in
#Afghanistan
and the people of
#Tigray
in Ethiopia.
Please sign this petition by the Alliance of Genocide Victim…
Dear Tegaru & friends in Canada 🇨🇦, please sign this petition by the Alliance of Genocide Victim Communities to combat mass atrocities:
Also, watch SJTC chair Makeda Leul take the mic on short notice at our press conference and represent Tigray👏
21st November - Tegaru Rebuild Tigray Foundation
#TRTF
raised 700,000 Birr to assist five Schools in
#Tigray
TRTF supplied 60 blackboards, desktop computers, printers, copiers and stationery materials impacting over 6,000 elementary school students.
----------------------…
Mesfin Bezu: "There'll be more dangerous situations than we saw in
#Tigray
, if there's no solution to the
#EOTC
Coup d'état"
@StateDeptSpox
: "We are aware that
#Eritrean
forces are withdrawing from
#Ethiopia
. We are going to continue to attempt to build on the progress on that".
26th January -
#Ethiopian
Govt cut off Humanitarian Aid for Over two Years to Millions in
#Tigray
❞The situation is really, really bad, These are these old ladies there and their face is sunken because they haven't had any food and there are mothers with little kids, their hair…
In Nov 2020 Tigrayans fled to seek refuge - Today over 80,000 refugees remain in Sudan after
#Ethiopia
's gov off access on
#Tigray
-
#Sudan
boarder.
Doctors, farmers, students, traders & families in
#WesternTigray
fled the ethnic cleansing & massacres by
#Amhara
#Eritrea
's forces.
22nd December - "We are focused now on making sure we can get Independent Human Rights Monitors into
#Tigray
to verify that there are no longer ongoing atrocities even as we're looking for accountability for what has already taken place"
-
@SecBlinken
|
@StateDept
#Ethiopia