"Regional authorities in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region have been abducting and unlawfully recruiting civilians, including children as young as 15, for their forces since at least April 2026, Human Rights Watch said today."
https://t.co/1P5lM4ddOw.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Statement Issued by the National Congress of Great Tigray (Baytona)
Tigrayan Youth Must Not Be Forced, Sold, or Sacrificed in Sudan’s Civil War.
#Tigray remains suspended between war and peace, strangled between resilience and fragility. Grim survival for both people and environment is the game, its political project fatally broken as also the lofty ambitions of #Ethiopia. Tragic for all https://t.co/6VsSz7oHoT
We appeal to international organizations, International Human Right organizations, and all bodies with influence to apply every available measure of pressure and accountability. The forced conscription of our youth must end. It must end now.
Dr. Depression—pardon, Debretsion—has his priorities crystal clear: settle the bills for the likes of Haile Dedeb (sorry, Dedebit) first, civil servants can keep waiting.
The self-fulfilling prophecy by #Ethiopia's federal gov"t and some western states has come to pass.
Through their neglect of the Pretoria agreement, they strengthened #TPLF's control and stature in #Tigray.
There is still time to change course.
People say Tigray has the best honey in Ethiopia.
I got this honey from a Chinese friend who's been working at Mekelle University for 20 years and was recently promoted as the uni's vice president.
He has contributed a lot to Sino-Ethiopia cooperation, esp in education sector.
@NatnaelMekonne7 Why treat TPLF and FANO by double standards? Direct your threats towards the leadership TPLF. “Armageddon” rhetoric is reckless and cruel. Claiming precision weapons demands precise, lawful operations — not indiscriminate harm or collective threats.
Those who courageously defended their people and resisted aggression right up to the Pretoria Agreement deserve full respect, recognition, and equitable treatment. Their service should never be discredited merely for choosing not to go along TPLF's political agendas.
Sad to hear about the detention of Shewit Wudassie, an academic, public commentator, and Salsay Woyane representative. I encourage the regional authorities in Tigray to immediately release Shewit, or make public the charges against him and provide a due process of law.
Who is starving to death the people of Western #Tigray in #Ethiopia and, in effect, continuing to ethnically cleanse them? Answer: everyone through a conspiracy of federal punishment and infighting among Tigrayan authorities. What a betrayal! https://t.co/MK5FYhWHLD
@Habtishgreat Mass arrests by ethnic profiling? That's not justice—it's ethnic cleansing in disguise, and it reeks of the same hatred that fueled atrocities. Show mercy. You should know better. Less genocidal talk = better mental health for you and peace for all of us. #Ethiopia#Tigray
@KassaHMariam Let's call a spade a spade: Tigray's major existential threat comes from within. The current politico-military leadership is uncompromising, prioritizing personal power over our people—holding their own population hostage to selfish interests. #Tigray