Rita @atiryashak Twitter profile

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Rita

1 year

Today, on the International day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict @Sally_Keeble , @rowenakahsay and I have published a book on weaponized sexual violence in the Tigray Conflict. All proceeds go to the survivors of CRSV in Tigray.

christinalamb

@christinalamb

1 year

So moving to hear brave Rita & Rowena Kahsay talk abt rape of #Tigray women & catch up with Katrien Coppen of ⁦ @MukwegeFound ⁩ in ⁦ @UKParliament ⁩ on #International Day of Elimination of Sexual Violence - thank you ⁦ @helenhayes_ ⁩ Pls sign

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@atiryashak

3 years

Irob is exclusively in Tigray. #EritreanTroopsOutOfTigray

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@atiryashak

3 years

‘This war on Tigray in itself aims to destroy the entirety of the region, but the systemic attacks on the Irob and Kunama pose an especially dangerous threat as they seek to erase both groups. @IROBANINA asks the UK government to condemn the attacks against both minority groups.’

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@atiryashak

3 years

Tigrayans are not working sleepless, while grieving for fun, it’s literally a matter of life and death. We have sacrificed school, work, friends, sleep in the fight against #TigrayGenocide . Our words are not empty.

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@atiryashak

3 years

Irob has been under Eritrean occupation since the beginning of the war.

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@atiryashak

3 years

If any Tigrayans that have had their families or friends illegally detained and paid ransom for their release please get in touch.

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@atiryashak

3 months

“I was not martyred for this.” 💔 Women of Tigray marching against ongoing injustices. #Justice4TigraysWomenAndGirls

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@atiryashak

3 years

Why does Ethiopian Airlines - @flyethiopian - still have a membership at @staralliance while it takes a crucial part in a genocidal war, transporting tonnes of weapons on behalf of the Ethiopian regime?

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@atiryashak

3 years

In the midst of the war on our people, our culture, and heritage let’s not forget the importance of preserving our language and thus our identity. Learn Tigrigna with TYN and encourage others to do so. All proceeds go to Tigray. All are welcome⛱

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@atiryashak

3 years

ባንዴራና መሲሉኒ 😪

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@atiryashak

3 years

Successful protest in Leeds. ትገራይ ብደቃ ትኾርዕ። #1YearOfTigrayGenocide

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@atiryashak

1 year

I'm forever indebted to the many who have given their lives to allow me my right to exist as a black woman, as a Tigrayan, and as an Irob. Their sacrifice will not be in vain. Thank you @DefendDefenders for the honour of Human Rights Defender of the month.

Human Rights Defender of the month: Rita Kahsay - DefendDefenders

When the Ethiopian Federal Government representatives and those of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) signed a peace agreement in Pretoria, in November last year, the two parties were hailed...

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@atiryashak

4 years

May Tigray always revolt against her oppressors. Viva ወያነ።

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@atiryashak

1 year

Because of my many privileges, I arrived safely in London on Sunday after days of travel from refugee camps in Sudan, the people I spent the past year with can't go home, they are stuck in a war-torn Sudan. Neglected. Help support them this #worldrefugeeday , donate to @ISBHA04 .

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@atiryashak

2 years

Sister Lemlem Gidey, a woman who has spent her whole life serving the sick and vulnerable has been detained for being Tigrayan. Their claim is that she assisted a wounded TDF member (which in a sane place would have been a humanitarian obligation). Let’s demand her release.

Irob Anina Civil Society (IACS)

@IrobAnina

2 years

Many of the Tigrayans that were arrested in the ethnic-based mass arrests of Tigrayans by @PMEthiopia 's regime are still languishing in detentions without charges. Sr Lemlem Gidey, a #Catholic nun from the #UrsulineSisters in #Kobo , is one of them. @hrw @USCCB @StateDept @UN_HRC

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@atiryashak

4 years

ኣጆኺ ትግራይ

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@atiryashak

3 years

Good riddance 2021, may our Tigray see infinitely better years. A peaceful New Year to you all!

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@atiryashak

3 years

Please take action! #PeacePrizeForPeaceMakers

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@atiryashak

4 years

Their tears are not a mark of weakness but a messenger of immense grief. May the tears of our mothers drown those who caused them.

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@AFPphoto

4 years

People gather to mourn the victims of a massacre allegedly perpetrated by Eritrean Soldiers in the village of Dengolat, North of Mekele, the capital of Tigray. 📸 @edusoteras #AFP

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@atiryashak

3 years

Eternal rest to all the innocent lives including justice seekers lost to the brutal conflict in Ethiopia. May their aggressors be held accountable.

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@atiryashak

4 years

The Irob minority in #Tigray have been at the boarder fighting for Ethiopia’s sovereignty, being the first target for enemies from the north without protest. Their only protest was for their land not to be taken by the 🇪🇷n government.

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@atiryashak

3 years

Sheer will and determination, Thank you UK Tegaru. #G7Summit2021

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@atiryashak

3 years

Why wasn’t Dori released while Eskinder Nega and other political prisoners walked free? @AbiyAhmedAli #FreeDoriAsgedom

Kibrom Zebib Sibhatleab (Sec-cox Tigra-Why)

@kibrom_zebib

3 years

Dori Asgedom is the leader of Asimba party. It is completely unfair, shameful and unjust that he has been languishing in prison for a year+ time now. Had there been any drop of justice, Dori and 10s of 1000s of Tigryans thrown to concentration camps would have been released. Sad.

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@atiryashak

4 years

ጓና ፡ ጓና እዩ። - a wise lady

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@atiryashak

3 years

“They say it’s against TPLF but Dori Asgedom was arrested, he was the leader of Assimba a competitor party against TPLF.” - @GualJeganu #FreeDoriAsgedom

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@atiryashak

5 months

I went to Zalambessa last week, this school was the only functional school it was led by volunteers, no one was free to speak, it was a ghost town still violently occupied by Eritrean troops. While I spend a joyful Easter,I can’t imagine how these children are spending today💔

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@atiryashak

3 years

Almeda textile factory in Adwa employed thousands. People I grew up with fed themselves & supported their family thanks to this factory. Now it’s destroyed. @AbiyAhmedAli has proclaimed & shown in action that he will do all he can to ensure the people of #Tigray don’t exist.

Getachew K Reda

@reda_getachew

3 years

#AbiyAhmed ’s Air Force did target a local hospital in #MayTsebri . Ironically, they also targeted what little is left of #AlmedaTextike in Adwa. The textile factory had been totally destroyed by Ethio-Eritrean forces months ago. No military targets of course. #TigrayShallPrevail

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@atiryashak

4 years

Eritrean forces are going village to village killing people in the Irob region of Tigray. #Tigray |ans are suffering everywhere. Please put an end to this and condemn the #TigrayGenocide . @JamesDuddridge @DominicRaab

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@atiryashak

3 years

ኢሮብ ኣጊሮ ✊🏾

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@atiryashak

4 years

The people of #Tigray are sharing the little food they have harvested with all the needy. These generous hearts are starving. To death. World leaders must ACT TODAY & demand full access to deliver humanitarian aid to #Tigray This cannot wait another day @EUatUN @EU_Commission

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@atiryashak

3 years

The war on Tigray began years before November the 4th 2020.

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@atiryashak

3 years

It’s important to remind ourselves the reason 🇪🇷n forces invaded #Tigray , carried out atrocities & still occupy areas like Irob & Western Tigray is due to @AbiyAhmedAli ’s regime. The people of Tigray are suffering as a result of the betrayal but their own leaders & countrymen.

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@atiryashak

1 year

Thank you @EwelinaUO for excellently organizing such an important event on the protection of minority communities from atrocity crimes worldwide and for allowing me to highlight the plight of the #Tigray minority in Ethiopia & minorities within Tigray, the #Irob & #Kunama .

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@atiryashak

3 years

Dori Asgedom, the chairman of Assimba Democratic Party, a party that oppose the TPLF, has been detained since January 2021 for saying Eritrean troops leave must Tigray. #FreeDoriAsgedom He once enjoyed having rights by celebrating his Irob roots. (Tall man in orange👇🏾)

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@atiryashak

3 years

The blood of innocent Tigrayans will not release those who spilled it ።

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@atiryashak

4 years

2 months since I last heard from my family. Hundreds of their neighbours have already been slaughtered. When will @antonioguterres decide their lives are valuable enough to spare? When will @UN intervene and stop #TigrayGenocide ?

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@atiryashak

3 years

UK, #CallItAGenocide .

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@atiryashak

4 years

The peace prize awarded to @AbiyAhmedAli in Germany is different from the #NobelPeacePrize . There is a possibility it can be revoked. @AbiyAhmedAli is a War Criminal. Peace prize for peacemakers. #RevokeThePeacePrize

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@atiryashak

2 years

A call for all lovers of Irob & Irob music!

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@atiryashak

3 years

#KnowMore Irob fighters have always been of paramount importance in the fight against imperialism. They defended Ethiopias sovereignty time and time again and received atrocity and neglect in return.

Abel

@Behold_Abel

3 years

The Irob people live in a highland area in #Tigray . Despite their relatively small population, they have been at the forefront of African politics. During the Italian invasion, Irob patriots led an anti-Italian resistance movement from their base on Mount Asimba. #KnowMore [1/2]

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@atiryashak

8 months

I’m perpetually impressed by @TigrayUpdate ’s work. So much labour and will must go into keeping up with everything Tigray every day and to keeping us up to date. You deserve all the recognition and gratitude. Thank you, you’re truly exemplary.

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@atiryashak

3 years

Come and demand an end to #TigrayGenocide

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@atiryashak

3 years

Everything points to a final attack on the people of #Tigray . For the love of God do something other than express concern. @DominicRaab

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@atiryashak

1 month

Ashenda 🤍

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@atiryashak

4 years

Dawit Kebede ( @dawitawramba ) is one of seven Ethiopian journalists who were imprisoned as at December 1, 2020, according to CPJ’s most recent prison census. @AbiyAhmedAli does not want the truth on Ethiopia revealed. #TruthWillPrevail . #FreeDawitKebede

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@atiryashak

4 years

The atrocities committed in #Tigray can be investigated by @EthioHRC if criminals can investigate the crimes they committed. @mbachelet ’s decision is not only illogical it’s unlawful. #UNInvestigateTigray #OnlyUNForTigray

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@atiryashak

4 years

Criminal regimes in #Ethiopia & #Eritrea continue to belittle the int’l community’s call for an end to the hostilities in #Tigray . They are calling the masses to take part in the #TigrayGenocide . Over 100,000 NEW 🇪🇹|an, 🇪🇷|an & Amhara forces deployed. @DominicRaab @SecBlinken

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@atiryashak

3 years

How is it that @Haavisto was sitting on this kind of information for over 4 months since his visit while thousands of our people perish?! This is criminal. We have to fight tooth and nail. We can only depend on ourselves.

Meaza Gidey Gebremedhin

@meazaG_

3 years

In his briefing to the European Parliament, Finish FM @Haavisto said that Ethiopian leaders have told him that they wanted to wipe out Tigrayans for the next hundred years. @POTUS what else do you need to hear before you use force & stop the ongoing state-led #TigrayGenocide ?

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@atiryashak

3 years

@EmudyMoody @tigistAA Our Tigrayanness is what allowed us to identify as Ethiopians, Ethiopia’s betrayal of Tigray is why we can't identify as Ethiopians. My Ethiopianness never extended beyond my Tigrayanness. I was Ethiopian because of Tigray and now I am not, because of Tigray. Good riddance.

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@atiryashak

4 years

I urge @Canada to join the US’s action to press senior levels of #Eritrea ’s Gov’t to immediately withdraw its troops from #Tigray ! These soldiers are hunting down civilians and looting in #Tigray ! #TrudeauActNow #EritreaOutOfTigray

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@atiryashak

3 years

Today many Irob-Tegaru who have never been involved in politics including Salisian fathers, brothers, and aspirants have been arrested by @AbiyAhmedAli ’s government. We call on international communities & the Ethiopian Catholic Church to put pressure on condemn #TigrayMassArrests

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@atiryashak

2 years

Thank you @Sally_Keeble . May this beautiful Irobta never have to face the suffering of her parents. I encourage you all to follow and support @AsmlashGrantFdn , an organisation founded by a former refugee- @suzani_grant . Help us do more to assist the most vulnerable.

Sally Keeble

@Sally_Keeble

2 years

Happy event in one of the Sudanese camps for refugees fleeing the conflict in #Tigray . This beautiful baby born to an Irob mother. Welcome to the world Lemlem

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@atiryashak

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“Eight #Eritrean soldiers came into my house while a woman in uniform stood guard at the door. They told me that Tigrayans shouldn't live and that, as a #Tigray |an, I shouldn't have children. They then raped me in front of my five children.”

Ethiopia’s slow path to recovery for rape victims in Tigray

More than 120,000 women were sexually abused during the war in the Ethiopian province of Tigray between 2020 and 2022. Despite efforts from NGOs, healthcare professionals, and lawyers, many victims...

international.la-croix.com

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@atiryashak

6 months

147 Birr is what I am supposed to pay to travel from Mekelle to Adwa. Instead, I was given this ticket & was told to pay 500 Birr, more than 3x the actual price. The majority of the population (subsistence farmers) of Tigray don’t have a salary. 500 is extortionate and unjust.

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@atiryashak

4 years

Ethiopian journalist Dawit Kebede ( @dawitawramba ) detained without charge since November 30. ~His crime? Journalism. Fight @AbiyAhmedAli 's propaganda. #FreeDawitKebede .

Ethiopian journalist Dawit Kebede detained without charge since November 30 - Committee to Protect...

Nairobi, December 18, 2020 – Ethiopian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release journalist Dawit Kebede and stop harassing members of the press, the Committee to Protect Journalists...

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@atiryashak

3 years

Why the beating around the bush? He said it loud and clear on video, he isn't “accused” he stood up and called for Genocide. He incited Genocide and has not been held accountable by the British government. @vickyford @DavidAltonHL

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@atiryashak

3 years

Tigrayans literally do not have the capacity to extend niceties. If you receive any be grateful and move on. If you don't get over it and move on. Stop policing everything we do at a time of immense grief.

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@atiryashak

4 years

This genocidal war will beget a country of the determined. Tigray will prevail and our nation will be born against all odds.

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@atiryashak

3 years

- @jeremycorbyn asked for a halt to arms-sales to Ethiopian Troops. @JamesDuddridge why on earth are you still working with state terrorists like @AbiyAhmedAli ?

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@atiryashak

3 years

In any Genocide there has to be a clear perpetrator and a clear victim. There has to be a group threatened enough by another groups existence to want and commit its eradication. Stop whataboutism and bothsidesism in the midst of #genocide .

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@atiryashak

3 years

A very important article on our minorities via @YetAgainUK by our @roherboat . @vickyford @DominicRaab #KnowMore and do more to defend the existences of these minorities. 👇🏾

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@atiryashak

4 years

Tigrayans celebrate christmas by attending a church service followed by a feast shared with loved ones. Today, their loved ones have been massacred and their sacred places of worship have been looted and destroyed. On #TigrayChristmas , #Tigray is mourning.

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@atiryashak

3 years

Happy Ashenda! እኳዕ ኣብፀሐና። I invite you all to read the best captions, ever.

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@atiryashak

4 years

The @UN has received “disturbing” details of ongoing rape and sexual-based violence in #Tigray . Stop funding #TigrayGenocide , #BoycottEthiopianRoses . @AldiUk @KKR_Co @DHLAfrica @staralliance

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@atiryashak

3 years

The British countryside was graced with our beloved flag today ♥️

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@atiryashak

4 years

Multiple sources have contradicted claims by @AbiyAhmedAli that deny Eritrea’s involvement in the war in Tigray, including foreign government officials, aid workers, & refugees in Sudan. Eritrea must withdraw its troops. #TigrayGenocide #UNSCActNow @FilippoGrandi @USUN @LindaT_G

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@atiryashak

4 years

- @flyethiopian a member of @staralliance has purged its Tigrayan employees because of their ethnicity. They cannot and should not get away with human right violations. #BoycottEthiopianAirlines

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@atiryashak

3 years

Thank you, @alexsobel . You gave an excellent speech stating your support for independent investigations in Tigray. 1/Since then, another MP that has made us feel heard, @helenhayes_ , tabled a motion calling the Government to press the UN Security Council for a ceasefire with..

Alex Sobel MP for Leeds Central and Headingley

@alexsobel

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@purplelionness @RichardBurgon @FabianLeedsNE @RachelReevesMP @hilarybennmp @AlecShelbrooke I spoke at the demonstration. 100% solidarity with Tigray

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@atiryashak

3 years

- @vickyford now you have acknowledged there is a Genocide happening in Tigray, you have a responsibility to protect. Use the UK’s permanent place in the UNSC to help enact R2P.

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@Jeremy_Hunt

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Time to stop the forgotten genocide in Tigray. My question to Foreign Office Minister @vickyford

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@atiryashak

3 years

- @ProfMulugeta reported the number of fully functioning Healthcare facilities decreased from 1007 before the war to 36 last June. Since June, many of the existing 36 have ran out of much needed medicine because of the blockade enforced by @AbiyAhmedAli . @LucyMPowell

Mulugeta Gebregziabher, PhD

@ProfMulugeta

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ኣገልጋሎትን ትካላትን ጥዕና ትግራይ The health crisis of war on #Tigray My conversation with @DadeDesta - 01 - 09 - 22 - T M H via @YouTube @HPN4Tigray @SJTigray @GlobalGsts @zemensberhe @DrTedros @DrRedda @dr_negash @drhailayabrha @mehrethaile

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@atiryashak

4 years

- @meazaG_ a gem through and through; deserves every award in the world.

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@atiryashak

3 years

Thank you to @PaulBlomfieldMP , @angelaeagle , @GradySNP , @hilarybennmp and @Wera_Hobhouse for sponsoring the motion and @jeremycorbyn along with 36 other Members of parliament for signing it! We appreciate your sincere efforts to end the horrors in #Tigray & beyond.

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@atiryashak

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Thank you, @alexsobel . You gave an excellent speech stating your support for independent investigations in Tigray. 1/Since then, another MP that has made us feel heard, @helenhayes_ , tabled a motion calling the Government to press the UN Security Council for a ceasefire with..

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@atiryashak

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Ensure you sign up to this event so you can directly interact with our panelists. Otherwise, it will be live streamed on @OmnaTigray ’s Facebook page and @tigrayyouthntwk ’s youtube channe! @meazaG_ @awolallo @zittokabwe @RAbdiAnalyst

African Solutions Series: Elections and Authoritarianism in East Africa

Electoral Suppression and Authoritarianism in East Africa panel discussion.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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@atiryashak

3 years

I cannot stress how dangerous and misleading the headline 'Accept our rule of no ceasefire, rebels say' is. The elected government of Tigray has fought next to the people to free the land of genocidal invaders who looted, massacred and raped Tigray! BBC, narrate the truth.

Martin Plaut

@martinplaut

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Ethiopia's #Tigray crisis: Why is the BBC calling the elected government “rebels”? This is a value judgment. They were elected. This is adopting the government’s perspective in this conflict

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This has been used to gaslight the hundreds of thousands of Tigrayan women + girls who endured unimaginable horrors on their bodies by Ethiopian+Eritrean troops. This will not be a tool for those who spew genocidal rhetoric. It is a testament to the relentless pursuit of justice.

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@atiryashak

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“I was not martyred for this.” 💔 Women of Tigray marching against ongoing injustices. #Justice4TigraysWomenAndGirls

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Bordering Eritrea, the Irob people are especially at risk of extinction as they are a minority within a minority. The massacres carried out by Eritrean forces + the blockage of aid is detrimental to their entire existence. #IrobMassacre #StopTigrayFamine @UN_HRC @hrw @UNOCHA

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@atiryashak

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We are relieved to hear @kibrom_zebib has been released, but why did he have to suffer through a lawless arrest to begin with? What about the thousands of other innocent Tigrayan abductees who’s names we don’t know? Where are they? @DominicRaab #TigrayMassArrests

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@atiryashak

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If you knew me and you really knew yourself, you wouldn’t kill me - a Genocide survivor

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@atiryashak

3 years

Why has @Meron_Geb been suspended? @TwitterSafety @Twitter have you declared some sort of war against Tigrayan accounts to seem unbiased? She’s a responsible member you your community. Reinstate her account.

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@atiryashak

4 years

The #Ethiopia has become a state with no press freedom. Many have been arrested this past year. @dawitawramba , an award winning journalist, has been in prison since November 30th because he spoke the truth. #JournalismIsNotACrime #TigrayGenocide #BidenTakeAction

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@atiryashak

3 years

Tigrayans living in many parts of #Ethiopia , including Addis Ababa, Bahir Dar, Gondar, Nazeret, Arbaminch, Awash Arba, Dire Dawa, Kombolicha, Benshangul, and Gambella, are being hunted, abducted and killed. What are you doing to stop it? @CanadaEthiopia @BelgiumAddis @AusEmbET

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@atiryashak

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Every #Tigray |an has a brave Uncle, Aunt, Cousin,Brother, Sister, Mother or Father fighting in TDF. Farmers,Teachers, Doctors, Artists Politicians + Academics all committing to immense suffering without being able to foresee survival to taste victory. It's necessity not luxury.

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3 years

When #Tigray calls, every Tigrayan becomes a warrior in a moment’s notice.

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@atiryashak

3 years

Kunama are the smallest ethnic group in Tigray with a population of less than 10,000. #KunamaStarvation is having devastating effects on these innocent people.

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@atiryashak

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Report! Members of the Eritrean Diaspora are contributing to genocide by raising money for troops who destroyed and looted public facilities in Tigray. They made their way through the region r*ping and murdering innocent people in the most horrific ways.

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@atiryashak

2 years

Dawit Nega sang the Tigrigna section of @un @Refugees ’s award winning song: @DangerCrossings . He continued to highlight suffering in the Horn this year with songs on #TigrayGenocide + his yearning for his besieged home. His contributions to the world should never be forgotten.

Dangerous Crossings

@DangerCrossings

6 years

Fantastic news! Dangerous Crossings was awarded Best Music Video for the Open World Toronto Film Festival @OWTFF Check the full music video on our Facebook page:

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@atiryashak

3 years

The people of Adwa were massacred, raped and starved as Ethiopians stole and paraded celebrations that did not belong to them. Victory can never belong to an army who prey on civilians and call it war. Victory belongs to the people of Adwa, then and now.

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@atiryashak

3 years

Since the cruel murder of Maria, Tedros and Yohannes, MSF made a difficult decision to suspend the work in Abi Adi, Adigrat & Axum, in central & eastern Tigray. Vulnerable Tigrayans who depended heavily on @MSF have died. Their murderers have stolen lives directly and indirectly.

MSF International

@MSF

3 years

Today marks six months since the brutal murder of our colleagues Maria, Tedros and Yohannes, who were providing much-needed assistance to people in Tigray, Ethiopia.

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@atiryashak

2 years

Relevant recommendations to the @achpr_cadhp I wasn’t allowed to finish: -The siege on Tigray to be lifted immediately as a matter of international law, & not leveraged nor considered as a precondition - The Irob and Kunama minorities in Tigray to be acknowledged and protected

Omna Tigray

@OmnaTigray

2 years

On Tuesday, Omna Tigray had the opportunity to shed light on the ongoing war on #Tigray at The 73rd Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human & Peoples’ Rights. “The #Ethiopia |n government has attempted to frame this war as a domestic security issue.” 1/2

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@atiryashak

3 years

These 2 wonderful women were my mothers students. My mother is another Tigrayan woman who is a formidable, loving leader in our family & beyond. We are proud of our roots and secure in our ability & identity because of her.

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@atiryashak

3 years

What did many of you say/ think you would do if you were alive during historic genocides like the Holocaust? Did you think you’d be a by stander? Did you think you’d do what you’re doing now as #TigrayGenocide happens? You have a chance to be on the right side of history.

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@atiryashak

2 years

It was an honour to be able to shed light on a glimpse of the suffering of the Women of Tigray and highlight the UK government’s responsibility to include Tigrayan women and girls in its prevention sexual violence in conflict initiative. @lynbrownmp @Lord_Collins @BrendanOHaraMP

Christina Adane

@ChristinaAdane

2 years

Rita Kahsay on her experiences supporting Tigray refugees in Sudan - “the global inaction on the weaponised sexual violence in Tigray doubly victimises survivors”

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@atiryashak

3 months

Register and join us on Saturday virtually or in person as we discuss: Can the law prevent violence against women in conflict? #Tigray #CRSV @LSEnews @LSE_WPS

Can the law prevent violence against women in conflict?

5pm Sat 15 June | Fatou Bensouda, Rita Kahsay, Iliana Sarafian | Free event at the LSE Festival: Power and Politics | Ticket required

www.lse.ac.uk

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@atiryashak

3 years

- @RewinaHagerna a beautiful and extremely competent Tigrayan woman!

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@atiryashak

3 years

These wonderful people have been opening a space encouraging educated advocacy & campaign participation against #TigrayGenocide every single day over the past year. They deserve eternal gratitude for their dedication through what has been the most agonizing year. We love you!

Martha - Duck of Tigray & Gojjam 🦆🦆 quack quack

@Martha_Aregay

3 years

I'm discussing “Morning Tweet 4 Tigray: #FreeTigray ” with @Daniidk , Amora, @FreeTigray4ever , winta, @HelenMeresa , @Fortunaka25 , @aelaf_t , @rebel_tigray , @Gualadwa2 , @ezzabdelma , Sara, & Geza Tegaru. Tomorrow, Jan 2 at 9:00 AM EST in @clubhouse . Join us!

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