Zewdi Abraha

#ሕብረትተጋሩንተጋሩ #UpholdPretoriaAgreement #ReturnhomeTigrayIDPs Always fighting for peace, stability and democracy of my people. #SaveTigray❗️

[Zewdi Abraha @DAT_TDF]

Over 1600 students in #Adwa #Tigray are at risk of missing schools amid shortage of classrooms & facilities. Schools were among vital infrastructures deliberately destroyed & looted during #TigrayGenocide.

@unic@unicefchief @ICRC_Africa @PowerUSAID @UNESCO
@DAT_TDF

[አብ-ሳላት @AbeSalat2025]

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Imagine surviving war… returning home… and being displaced again.

A peace where civilians cannot return home safely is not peace.

Why return is failing in post-conflict Tigray?

This should concern everyone.

#RightToReturn
@EmmanuelMacron @Keir_Starmer @vonderleyen

[አብ-ሳላት @AbeSalat2025]

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International law is clear: civilians cannot be repeatedly displaced.

Post-war displacement is becoming a pattern in Tigray.

This is not just humanitarian — it is legal exposure.

#RightToReturn
#ProtectReturnees

@StateDept @AsstSecStateAF @UNHCRUSA @SecRubio @POTUS

[አብ-ሳላት @AbeSalat2025]

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A peace where civilians cannot return home safely is not peace.

This is what ‘post-conflict’ looks like on the ground.

Where are the monitoring mechanisms?

#RightToReturn
#ProtectReturnees

@UN @Refugees @_AfricanUnion
@ymahmoudali
@antonioguterres @BarhamSalih

[አብ-ሳላት @AbeSalat2025]

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International law is clear: civilians cannot be repeatedly displaced.

Arbitrary detention of returnees violates #ICCPR protections.

Where are the monitoring mechanisms?

#RightToReturn
#ProtectReturnees

@EUCouncil
@EU_Commission
@eu_eeas @JosepBorrellF @vonderleyen

[አብ-ሳላት @AbeSalat2025]

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Return must be safe, voluntary, and dignified

Return must mean safety, not renewed risk.

protection of returnees is a legal obligation

#RightToReturn
#PostWarJustice
#ProtectReturnees
@_AfricanUnion @StateDept @eu_eeas @FCDOGovUK @CanadaFP @dfat

[አብ-ሳላት @AbeSalat2025]

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The situation comes amid ongoing insecurity and fragile post-conflict conditions in the region.

Peace requires safe return.

#RightToReturn
#ProtectReturnees
@BBCWorld @Reuters
@AJEnglish @Journal_UN_ONU @washingtonpost
@AP @guardian @FRANCE24 @amnestypress @EUCouncilPress

[አብ-ሳላት @AbeSalat2025]

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Civilians should not face repeated cycles of displacement after return.

The system is breaking return itself.

Can return exist without protection?

#RightToReturn
#ProtectReturnees
@Refugees @BarhamSalih @UNHumanRights @volker_turk @ICRC @achpr_cadhp

[አብ-ሳላት @AbeSalat2025]

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Over 21,000 individuals are reportedly affected, though figures require independent verification.

Human dignity remains non derogable.

#RightToReturn
#PostWarJustice
#ProtectReturnees

@Refugees @ICRCEthiopia @ICRC_Africa @UNDPPA @AUC_PAPS @hrw @ICRC

[አብ-ሳላት @AbeSalat2025]

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21,000 people reportedly displaced again after returning home.

They survived war. Then they were displaced again.

Return is no longer safe — and that changes everything.

#RightToReturn
#ProtectReturnees

@UKParliament @Keir_Starmer @DavidLammy @FCDOGovUK @FCDOHumanRights

[አብ-ሳላት @AbeSalat2025]

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Home is becoming the most dangerous place to return to.

Civilians are living in a cycle of uncertainty.

Return without safety is not recovery — it is continuation of crisis.

#RightToReturn
#PostWarJustice

@_AfricanUnion
@AfricaCDC @AUC_PAPS
@ymahmoudali @DCP_Haddadi

[አብ-ሳላት @AbeSalat2025]

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Under International Humanitarian Law, civilians are protected from:

forced displacement
arbitrary detention
collective punishment

When does displacement end?

#RightToReturn
#PostWarJustice

@UN @Refugees
@UNHumanRights
@antonioguterres @BarhamSalih
@hrw @ICRC
@amnesty

[አብ-ሳላት @AbeSalat2025]

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Return must be safe, voluntary, and protected — not a repeated cycle of displacement.

Civilians must not pay the price of instability.

#RightToReturn
#PostWarJustice
#ProtectReturnees
@BarhamSalih @Refugees @ICRC_Africa @UNHumanRights @antonioguterres

[አብ-ሳላት @AbeSalat2025]

If verified, this would suggest a deeply concerning pattern of repeated displacement even after return attempts.

Under Intl. Humanitarian Law, civilians are protected from:
forced displacement
arbitrary detention
collective punishment
@UNHumanRights @UN
https://t.co/Iuyeq7xf3d

[አብ-ሳላት @AbeSalat2025]

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If verified, this may engage international legal protections under humanitarian law regarding forced displacement and civilian protection.

Return is a right, not a risk.

#RightToReturn
#PostWarJustice
#ProtectReturnees @Refugees
@_AfricanUnion
@AfricaCDC
@ymahmoudali

[አብ-ሳላት @AbeSalat2025]

Stability must be measurable in human safety.

Return without safety is not recovery — it is continuation of crisis.

Independent verification is urgently needed from UN and human rights monitors.

#Tigray #EndImpunity
@antonioguterres @volker_turk @BarhamSalih @Refugees

[አብ-ሳላት @AbeSalat2025]

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According to the reports, civilians faced alleged:

harassment
detention
accusations of “participation in the war”

A concerning cycle is being reported.

#RightToReturn
#ProtectReturnees

@BBCWorld @Reuters
@AJEnglish @guardian
@washingtonpost
@AP @Journal_UN_ONU

[አብ-ሳላት @AbeSalat2025]

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What 21,000 displaced again actually means?

insecurity systems
governance gap
protection failure
families
return failure
psychological toll

This is no longer just humanitarian — it is legal.

#RightToReturn
#PostWarJustice
#ProtectReturnees
@POTUS @MarkJCarney @AlboMP

[አብ-ሳላት @AbeSalat2025]

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They came home. Then they were forced out again.

The cycle is repeating.

This is structural, not isolated.

Post-conflict does not mean post-protection.

#RightToReturn
#PostWarJustice
#ProtectReturnees

@POTUS @MarkJCarney @vonderleyen @Keir_Starmer @AlboMP @EmmanuelMacron

[አብ-ሳላት @AbeSalat2025]

Thread 🧵

🚨 BREAKING;

Reports aired by Tigrai TV allege that over 21,000 returnees in Tselemti, northwestern #Tigray have been displaced AGAIN after attempting to return home.

Protection is not optional.

#RightToReturn
#EndImpunity

@BarhamSalih @UN @Refugees @volker_turk

[አብ-ሳላት @AbeSalat2025]

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Reports from Tselemti, northwestern #Tigray indicate renewed displacement affecting returnees attempting to go home.

Stability must be measurable in human safety.
#RightToReturn
#ProtectReturnees
@UNDPPA @AUC_PAPS @AsstSecStateAF @EUinEthiopia @EUinEthiopia @UK_AfricanUnion