Freedom is a fundamental right inherent to all human beings. The basic elements of life,should never be restricted or used as instruments of control.
There are growing concerns that the people of Tigray continue to face severe limitations in accessing these essential needs.
Tigray’s Children Are Denied School Again- Call for Action
What is happening in Tigray today is intolerable and it must be called out with absolute moral clarity.
After three years of war (2020-22) that already interrupted every child’s education, the Ethiopian government is once again choking Tigray’s school system and pushing an entire generation further into darkness.
Across Tigray, members of the education community held protests to sound the alarm: severe budget restrictions are crippling schools, starving teachers, and denying children their basic right to learn. Their message is painfully clear:
“Teachers shall not teach us while starving.”
And they are right.
No education system can function when:
- Civil servants go months without pay
- Banks remain closed or restricted, blocking families from accessing their own money
- Businesses and commodities are strangled at checkpoints, preventing school supplies and daily essentials from reaching communities
- Fuel is restricted, making school transport, power, and basic logistics impossible
These are not administrative inconveniences. They are deliberate policy choices, choices that punish children, parents, and educators who have already endured a genocide, a complete blackout, and years of trauma.
A government that denies children their right to education is not protecting stability; it is manufacturing future instability, poverty, and despair.
Tigray’s children have already lost more than three years of schooling during the 2020–22 war. To disrupt their learning again, through economic blockades, salary suspensions, and financial strangulation, is an assault on their future and a clear violation of their human rights.
Education is not a privilege to be weaponized.
It is a right, non‑negotiable, universal, and protected under international law.
The world cannot remain silent while Tigray’s children are pushed out of the classroom once again. Their teachers cannot teach while starving. Their parents cannot support them under economic suffocation. And their communities cannot rebuild without a functioning education system.
Tigray’s children deserve better. They deserve dignity, stability, and a future, not another man‑made barrier standing between them and a classroom.
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#SchoolsNotTargets
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#Ethiopia: More than 1,300 IDPs died of hunger in #Tigray camps, official says
More than 1,300 internally displaced persons (#IDPs) have died from hunger and lack of medical care in camps across Ethiopia’s Tigray region over the past three years, according to a regional official cited by AFP.
Gebreselassie Tareke, a director at Tigray’s Social Affairs Office, told AFP that at least 1,309 people had died in IDP camps, warning that conditions are deteriorating amid declining humanitarian assistance.
“The situation is getting worse,” he said, noting reduced support from both the federal government and international aid organizations. He added that one of the most affected camps hosts around 150,000 people, with many others at risk.
Recent reporting by Addis Standard points to similar conditions on the ground. On 19 March 2026, it reported that at least 333 IDPs had died at the #Hitsats camp since May 2025 due to hunger and lack of medicine, while 125 deaths were recorded in Adwa since October 2025.
Displaced residents and camp coordinators described shrinking aid, worsening shortages, and continued arrivals as key drivers of the crisis. “People are wasting away; people are dying,” said Abrha Mebrahtom, coordinator of the Hitsats IDP center.
The accounts echo earlier Addis Standard reports documenting deteriorating conditions in IDP centers across Tigray, including Abiy Addi, where returnees from Sudan reported receiving no assistance for months, alongside prior warnings of hunger-related deaths in Hitsats.
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In light of rapidly escalating developments, #TDRF issues this urgent statement calling for immediate de-escalation to prevent another deadly #war in #Tigray & Horn of Africa. We encourage all those committed to peace and the #protection of civilians to stand with us.
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Day 1892 of the #TigrayGenocide:
For millions of displaced #Tigrayans, this season arrives amid hunger, illness, and uncertainty—now five years into displacement without durable relief.
A ceasefire alone cannot end a genocide when its mechanisms remain intact.
#TigrayCantWait