Happy New Year! Here is a super easy petition to sign to kickstart advocacy this year. Recognition of #TigrayGenocide is long overdue. #HumanRights#cdnpoli https://t.co/R7oVLaejNK
Memory is our strength. As we observe 4th anniversary of the #TigrayGenocide, let’s pledge to remember & demand justice. Join us in solidarity to honor the past & build a hopeful future. #TigrayRemembers#NeverAgain
Date: Nov 2, 2024
Time: 2:30 LT
📍: Axum Hotel, Mekelle, Tigray
We saw the HIV epidemic take off also in the Rwanda genocide when 0.5 million women were raped. Genocidal violence doesn’t just end when fighting stops #Tigray. Why genocide is called a crime against humanity is partly because it’s legacy continues to shape/alter generations.
In Ethiopia, PHR partnered with @O_JAH_ to document medical evidence of ongoing conflict-related sexual violence in #Tigray, even after the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement.
Report now available in Amharic & Tigrigna🔽 #16Days
https://t.co/dCeA2MLzJk
The regime, emboldened by #Western powers's preoccupation with #DDR & weakened leadership in #Tigray, is now openly threatening to use force. It demands complete surrender without fulfilling its obligations under the #Pretoria agreement, mainly restoring the constitutional order.
Worth reading: Neonatal mortality during the war in Tigray: a cross- sectional community-based survey. The figure indicated that the neonatal mortality in Tigray was increased from 10 per 1000 livebirths pre war to 28.2 per 1000 livebirths during the war. https://t.co/Cw8Jiy13f8
🧵This #WorldHealthDay2024, “My health, my right” is championed as everyone, everywhere, has the right to access quality health services. For the people of #Tigray, their right to health has been consistently violated since the beginning of the #TigrayGenocide in November 2020.👇🏾
👋🏽 From Tigray I am in for 2 tickets 🎟️… who is with me? This goes a long way, it goes beyond your & my lifetime.
Saving a Life is Saving Tigray.
Buy your ticket 🎟️ today 🤞🏽 win a painting 🖼️ 🙏🏽 ever better, Give a Future @HPN4Tigray#Portrait4Hope
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A shocking video clip (with English translation) ⬇️ out from the violently occupied #Irob district, Eastern Zone of #Tigray, confirms only what we already know: The #Eritrean regime is forcing a false Eritrean identity on the indigenous #Irob minority people with denial of aid & essential services & threatening them to comply with its compulsory 🇪🇷|n national military service (known as an indefinite slavery program) as they have forcibly been annexed to Eritrea. The video was filmed at a locality called #Alakalo, at Masi-Dage (junior high school) in Adgadi-Are/Edalgeda (northern subdistrict of Irob).
#EritreaOutOfTigray
@StateDept@CanadaFP@FCDOGovUK@eu_eeas@MikeHammerUSA@reda_getachew@PMEthiopia@_AfricanUnion@4thPresidentKE@UNHumanRights@hrw@amnesty
Here is the English translation of the video clip in Tigrinya:
“As Eritreans, you too have to support the struggle of Eritreans and the Eritrean government. We are all Eritreans; there isn’t a distinction between you and us.
• All Eritreans must know that the Eritrean government was forced into the struggle and the suffering that is being faced; it had no desire to take part in it.
• Weyane (TPLF) is an agent; it doesn’t have the strength to challenge the Eritrean government. Both in the past (Ethio-Eritrean war) and presently, it is doing the bidding of other forces which are backing it.
• The struggle of the people and government of Eritrea is also your struggle. You should be proud of it. You should understand that the Eritrean government is winning by enduring all the sanctions and challenges not against the TPLF but the world. You should be proud of it if you are Eritrean.
• One elderly man has said, “We (the people of Irob) have gotten used to unlimited democracy under the TPLF leadership. Now you are telling us that we are under your administration. But you won’t be able to tolerate our ways.” This talk is what continues to be propagated. When we tread on this land of martyrs, we tread on it softly. But what has been coming from this side (TPLF) is very much despicable. You are people. But this is Eritrean territory. If you are Eritreans, you have to defend against what comes from the other side and collaborate with the Eritrean army.
• What is being reported is that there is no one from Irob who is providing information or collaborating with the Eritrean army. We will investigate it.
• The other thing is, it is being said that the Irob, although they consider themselves as Eritreans, have disagreements with the Eritrean government regarding humanitarian aid and the national service. But if you are Eritreans, whether you like it or not, you will have to go through the things that every Eritrean experiences.
• During the armed struggle, fighters who joined the Eritrean struggle from Irob have done their national duty and been martyred. Although, during the war, the land (of Irob) may, at different times, have switched hands between Eritrea and the TPLF, you know that your children and brothers have paid sacrifices for Eritrea during the armed struggle.
• If there is anyone who believes they are Ethiopian, the Eritrean government will not force anyone to remain here. But this territory belongs to Eritrea. And Eritreans reside on Eritrean territory. And Eritreans must abide by Eritrean rule like the other (Eritrean) people. If there is famine, you should starve like everyone else. If a few grains come, then you divide it with them and live like that. There will not be any preference.
• Regarding security in particular, lawlessness has been prevailing. They come from Adigrat and spend the night here; they go from here and spend the night in Senafe. And you don’t report this to us. Unless you provide information, the social service that you have been asking will not be provided. If you defend your homeland and your area, adequate social service will be provided as it will be able to continue preserving its peace. If you don’t collaborate, however, your demands will not be addressed. So, who is going to suffer? It is you who will suffer.” 1/2👇
👏🏽Today, we have submitted evidence to @UN_HRC regarding Gross Violations of Human Rights, War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity & Genocide in #Tigray, Ethiopia. I would like to express my gratitude to all those who contributed. It took us 3mons of hard work to gather this evidence
Mr. @wallacemick 's dedication to amplifying the voices of those affected by the prolonged humanitarian crisis in Tigray deserves sincere appreciation. Wishing you a Happy New Year to you and your family. #ThankYouWallacemick#HappyNewYear ❤🙏