Redae Nigus Girmay

Father/ Husband/ Lawyer/ Part-time lecturer of Law.

[Redae Nigus Girmay @RedaeNigus]

The contested 7th Ethiopian election by imagination.
A staged drama !

[Kenneth Roth @KenRoth]

When Ethiopia's Abiy Ahmed took office he promised a historic transition to democracy." Instead, "at the polls next week voters will be offered no real choice. Nor is there any reason to trust that [he] will step down after two terms, as he once promised." https://t.co/hoe95WFqqs

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

Ethiopia’s prime minister aspires to what he calls national “sovereignty”, by which he means an economy less exposed to outside pressures. That still looks distant https://t.co/f1l3qY9P8v

[Crisis Group @CrisisGroup]

For many Syrians and outsiders alike, it is unclear whether foreign fighters in the new government’s state forces are being leashed or unleashed. https://t.co/F5N2q2CSBX

[Chatham House @ChathamHouse]

Ethiopia's election is overshadowed by tensions in the Tigray and Amhara regions, closely connected to Ethiopia’s strained relations with Eritrea and Sudan.

Read @AhmedSolHoA and @Abele_a's (@AfricaProg) latest analysis on 🇪🇹 for Chatham House⤵️
https://t.co/MRGQFjKZnE

[Kenneth Roth @KenRoth]

Survivors describe how their family and neighbors were slaughtered by the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan, as they committed genocide with arms and soldiers supplied by the amoral United Arab Emirates. https://t.co/dmnoT5HgG7

[Atlantic Council @AtlanticCouncil]

Eight years into Abiy Ahmed’s tenure as prime minister, Ethiopia’s regional tensions are intensifying.

There is a real risk that the current war of words between Ethiopia and Eritrea spirals out of control, writes François Christophe:
https://t.co/IQ7n1SGk4M

[Redae Nigus Girmay @RedaeNigus]

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[Redae Nigus Girmay @RedaeNigus]

Moral integrity!

[Hailu Kebede @HailuKebede_]

As in the years before the genocidal war, it would have been appropriate for me to wish the people of Eritrea a Happy Independence Day.

But, I cannot bring myself to do so.

Considering what the Eritrean regime has done to my people, not only its active participation in the genocidal war that claimed the lives of more than a million Tigrayans, but also its continued ideological denial of the Tigrayan people, our rightful existence, and our right to self-determination.
I cannot separate the occasion from that painful reality.

What happened did not begin in 2018. The Eritrean regime had long (starting from its armed struggle) cultivated and implemented hostility toward Tigrayans, preparing and indoctrinating generations through narratives rooted in hatred and denial.

For that reason, and until a better time comes both for Eritreans themselves and for a genuine change in attitude toward us, I am choosing to refrain from offering a congratulatory message.

This should not be misunderstood as a rejection of Eritrea’s independence itself. Neither this should be considered a support to the Ethiopian regimes’ “sovereign access” to someone else’s territories.

Eritrean independence was a just cause and a hard-fought reality that should not be undermined or denied by anyone.

[Martin Plaut @martinplaut]

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has become one of the most aggressive external actors in African conflicts, from Ethiopia, Libya and Somalia to Sudan. The leadership in Abu Dhabi obstinately denies its support for belligerents, yet it has maintained it. https://t.co/zal40gi4Ed

[Crisis Group @CrisisGroup]

Regional dynamics are increasing the stakes for Addis Ababa in the new showdown over Tigray. We explain why tensions are high in Ethiopia. https://t.co/gT1HNTme7z

[Redae Nigus Girmay @RedaeNigus]

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[Redae Nigus Girmay @RedaeNigus]

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[Redae Nigus Girmay @RedaeNigus]

@CHR_HumanRights What about the recent attacks in South Africa,that waged against other Africans ? 😆

[UN Human Rights @UNHumanRights]

#Tunisia: Decisions to suspend Tunisian League for Human Rights & other prominent NGOs is very concerning. This impacts critical legal & social assistance to victims, women’s rights, work on social & economic inequalities, & monitoring human rights, incl. in places of detention.

These suspensions contribute to environment of intimidation & risk serious chilling effects on exercise of freedom of association, assembly & expression, & participation in public affairs.

We urge authorities to halt immediately all such suspensions.

[Emergency Lawyers @EmergncyLawyers]

RSF releases from Dagris Prison are tied to family extortion and occur without oversight, potentially amounting to human trafficking. We urge ICRC intervention to protect detainees and ensure their safe return, including those forcibly disappeared in RSF-controlled areas.

[FRANCE 24 @FRANCE24]

Eye on Africa - Human rights watch releases a new report detailing the quote “unrelenting persecution of Tigrayans”
➡️ https://t.co/owQ3YqIfEA

[Kenneth Roth @KenRoth]

Almost four years since a peace agreement signed between the Tigray People's Liberation Front and the Ethiopian government, hundreds of thousands of Tigrayans are still displaced and cannot return to their homes. https://t.co/SijvGGT6Ui

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

Scores of Ethiopian journalists have been arrested, beaten or forced into exile. Many foreign reporters have been expelled. The government promises more persecution https://t.co/oX6UytD8xN

[Laetitia Bader @LaetitiaBader]

Sudan’s war is no longer just a Sudanese tragedy. It is a continental stress test and it is unfolding largely without decisive African leadership. This has to change write @justrutz & myself write in the @mailandguardian https://t.co/nPO7iyCO4g