Sexual violence is deliberately used to terrorize, dehumanize and devastate communities, as happened in Tigray.
Many were deliberately infected with STDs including HIV. Others have fallen pregnant.
#Justice4TigraysWomenAndGirls@UN_Women@WHO@DrTedros@Hiyab_se
"In Adigrat hospital, there were more patients than beds, and we watched the staff treating gunshot wounds and shrapnel blasts and the after-effects of beatings in the #war", MSF members told.
#Justice4TigraysWomenAndGirls@POTUS@UN@UN_HRC@Hiyab_se https://t.co/LiYjPM0zMh
The physical damage inflicted by 🇪🇹|n &🇪🇷|n troops made a strong impression on the Adigrat hospital but the trauma and distress was difficult to handle for there is so much pain in this dilapidated building
#Justice4TigraysWomenAndGirls@UN_Women@Hiyab_se https://t.co/LiYjPM0zMh
Dr.Hagos told,"I have never read about this kind of rape.Rape can happen, but I have not seen this, I have never heard about this rape. Are these soldiers human beings? How can a human being do such a thing?"
#Justice4TigraysWomenAndGirls@WomenintheWorld
https://t.co/J0HKDjj1zy
Dr Hagos operated on "Sara" told he was shaken by her condition.
"When I examined the injured girl, what I saw was very terrible, it was difficult to believe there were nails & plastics inside”
#Justice4TigraysWomenAndGirls@UN_Women@WomensHealthMag
https://t.co/J0HKDjj1zy
Civilian objects; pillage; rape; sexual slavery; sexual violence; intentionally using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare.
+130k women's gang raped & +818k lives killed in Tigray.
#Justice4TigraysWomenAndGirls@StateDept@UN@eu_eeas
@gmt1OJ
https://t.co/9BTRqNFjBu
"Sara" added, When 23 soldiers raped me there was a lot of bleeding,however they inserted plastic bags and a plastic syringe inside. finally "They threw me away so I would suffer as I died.
#Justice4TigraysWomenAndGirls@unwomenafrica@UN_Women@DrTedros
https://t.co/J0HKDjj1zy
The physical damage inflicted by 🇪🇹|n &🇪🇷|n troops made a strong impression on the Adigrat hospital but the trauma and distress was difficult to handle for there is so much pain in this dilapidated building.
#Justice4TigraysWomenAndGirls@UN_Women,, https://t.co/krLRomJkZL
They tied me up in the field and 5-soldiers raped me for 3-days.
I crawled out of there because I couldn't walk anymore. On the field there was nothing to eat. I was eating leaves."Mariam" said
#Justice4TigraysWomenAndGirls@POTUS@UN@eu_eeas, https://t.co/Qxzsi6GXze
Civilian objects; pillage; rape; sexual slavery; sexual violence; intentionally using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare.
+130k women's gang raped & +818k lives killed in Tigray.
#Justice4TigraysWomenAndGirls@StateDept@UN@eu_eeas, https://t.co/xLAVGfltUM