A misguided decision by a cabal of few army officers to take the law into their hands and dismantle state structures throughout Tigray the last few days has plunged the region into an uncharted territory, with civilians protesting these illegal moves being rounded up and shot at at random. Many casualties in Adigudom and parts of Mekelle. The rampage is part of a harebrained plan to install an illegal faction of TPLF into the position of power, a move that flies full in the face of the aspirations of the people of Tigray and if the Pretoria Agreement. It’s incumbent upon all the stakeholders to the Pretoria agreement to face down such a brazen move before it escalates into another round of devastating war on and against the people of Tigray. There is every reason to believe external forces are trying to take advantage of this crisis to stock up more violence throughout the region and beyond. As if the suffering of hundreds of thousands of people in IDP camps is not worse enough, the very officers who only recently put themselves in harm’s way in their people’s cause. Much as it pains me to break ranks with my erstwhile comrades, it’s altogether fitting and appropriate that we condemn such reckless acts of unmitigated violence in the service of a faction hell bent on grabbing power at all costs.
We call on the TIA:
To recognize that the required documentation & investigation of war crimes & crimes against humanity is incomplete & strengthen local & diaspora led initiatives dedicated to such endeavours
#Justice4Tigray@UN_HRC@SecBlinken@RJjst8 https://t.co/KCwaXuB7Ok
We call on the TIA:
To stop obstructing justice & accountability both in words & actions. We request public speeches & interviews to reflect commitment to justice & accountability.
#Justice4Tigray#TigrayGenocide@UN_HRC@SecBlinken@eu_eeas@RJjst8 https://t.co/KCwaXuB7Ok
We call on the TIA:
To recognize that there is no peace without justice and accountability & refrain from framing the quest for justice as an obstacle to the pursuit of peace.
#Justice4Tigray#TigrayGenocide@UN_HRC@SecBlinken@eu_eeas@RJjst8 https://t.co/KCwaXuB7Ok
We call on the Tigray Interim Administration:
To recognize that the wounds and trauma of the war victims have not healed yet & practise a measured & victim-centred politics of rapprochement.
#Justice4Tigray@UN_HRC@SecBlinken@eu_eeas@RJjst8 https://t.co/KCwaXuB7Ok
Tigray has witnessed a cycle of war& famine that has decimated its population&developments&left its future generation incapacitated& have waged genocidal campaigns againstTigrayans
#Justice4Tigray#TigrayGenocide@UN_HRC@SecBlinken@eu_eeas@saba_tesfay8 https://t.co/mRMCQG9ldt
We call on the TIA:
Notify the families of TDF members of the list of martyrs and source & allocate adequate funding to address the various needs of members of the defence force & their family members.
#Justice4Tigray@UN_HRC@SecBlinken@eu_eeas@Tigray212
They asked me to pay 300,000 ETB so that I could be released to [Sudan], not Tigray. They would say in front of us, all of you should be killed, you shouldn’t stay alive." reported by @hrw
So @JosepBorrellF@UN_HRC@UN act to #FreeAllTigray@TrRt37 https://t.co/BSXR4m2Qx2
Interviewees said that local authorities & Amhara forces held over a thousand Tigrayans in detention in #WesternTigray towns of
🚩Humera
🚩Rawyan&
🚩Adebai on the basis of their identity before forcibly expelling Tigrayans.
@UN#FreeAllTigray@TrRt37 https://t.co/WGSlHF0hPP
If the🇪🇹|n gov't is really serious about ensuring justice for abuses, then it should stop opposing independent investigations into the atrocities in #WesternTigray & hold abusive officials& commanders to account.”
@UN address #Justice4Tigray@TrRt37 https://t.co/JKsyRNKRdh