"Two translators working for AFP and Financial Times held in TigrayAuthorities confirm arrests shortly after a state-approved reporting trip to the north Ethiopian region." #TigrayGenocide@POTUS@VP@SecBlinken@EU_Commission@hrw@UN
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When authorities committing or tolerating genocidal atrocities detain journalists we know that they have shabby things to hide & they are vulnerable to defeat from facts coming out. In such cases it becomes a duty of all citizens to shed light on the darkness. #Ethiopia#Tigray
#MonalisaAbrha, #Tigray|ans across the world send you to love and prayer for your soul to heal from the wounds it sustained at the hands of #EritreanTroops. We promise to fight for you and the thousands suffering in silence to stop #TigrayGenocide.
🚨Disturbing reports are emerging from western #Tigray particularly in #Himora & it’s vicinities,the #Amahara militias are killing civilians & dragging their bodies into the #Tekeze river in retaliation of the statement issued by @ABlinken. They’re pleading for help ASAP
The cruel irony is, the junior partners in this game, the expansionist #Amhara elite, is providing the cannon fodders in the hope that it can regain 'its past glory', whatever that is. And who pays the price for #Abiy and #Isaias' genocidal adventure in Tigray?
So far based on reports:
AFP translator Fitsum Berhane, Financial Times Translator Alula Akalu Kassa and BBC reporter reporter in Girmay Gebru have all been arrested in Tigray. #ethiopia
#Ethiopia: The BBC’s reporter in Mekelle Girmay Gebru has been detained by security forces. Eye witnesses say he was picked up from a local cafe by soldiers. No reason has been given for his detention. The BBC has received reports that he’s been taken to a military camp.