Helmneh Sineshaw

[Helmneh Sineshaw @helmneh]

No one has a monopoly of power to decide the fate of so many fighting for existence and freedom!
Better to coordinate and fight together than suffer and/or die gradually and separately!
A hypothetical cooperation that should be coming…

[Helmneh Sineshaw @helmneh]

@reda_getachew No one wants war. However, no one also wants a genocide by a fascist government to continue! It must be stopped!

[Global Christian Relief @GC_Relief]

Christians are being killed in Ethiopia. This is not a distant tragedy. We have walked alongside believers in Nigeria who know this grief intimately. Communities wiped out, churches burned, families shattered. The persecution is real. The need for the world to wake up is urgent.

[Helmneh Sineshaw @helmneh]

A silent genocide is happening on #Ethiopia’n Orthodox Tewahedo Church while the Church leadership is under the grip of fascist @AbiyAhmedAli Those who conducted their spiritual obligations by being voices are either killed, imprisoned, persecuted, or disappeared by the regime!

[ነብዩ @neby_G]

🚨 @AbiyAhmedAli 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟓𝟑 𝐎𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐨𝐱 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐎𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐚 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚

According to local sources, Ethiopian authorities have started arresting prominent Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church clergy and religious teachers in what observers believe is a crackdown on voices that publicly condemned the recent massacre of Orthodox Christians in Asko Woreda of East Arsi Zone, Oromia Region.

The arrests follow reports that more than 53 Orthodox Christians were killed, over 280 remain missing, hundreds of homes were destroyed, and the historic 101-year-old Telata Chefa St. Gabriel Church was burned during a large-scale attack allegedly carried out by Oromo Liberation Army (OLA/Shene) militants against Orthodox Christian communities in East Arsi Zone between May 31st to June 2nd.

Among those arrested is Deacon Zelalem Taye, a well-known young gospel preacher recognized for his teaching, counseling work, and extensive service to Orthodox Sunday schools. He was reportedly detained in Addis Ababa and is believed to have been targeted after writing about the killings of Christians in Arsi.

Priest Getnet Aytenew, a prominent Orthodox priest known for his educational content on social media and his commentary on church affairs, was also reportedly arrested. Sources indicate his detention is linked to his writings regarding the massacre of Orthodox Christians in Arsi.

Authorities also detained Priest Dr. Mezgebu Kassa, a respected theologian, researcher, author, and former Chief Executive Officer of EOTC TV. Dr. Mezgebu is known for numerous theological publications, including the book Betré Haymanot and the internationally published Theanthropic Ethics in Conversation with Autonomy and Heteronomy. He is being held at the Federal Police detention center in Mexico Square, Addis Ababa.

In addition, Yeneta Betre Mariam Abebaw, a prominent Orthodox scholar and educator known for making traditional church teachings widely accessible through digital platforms, was arrested in Gonder City. He is the author of several widely circulated works on Orthodox theology, apologetics, and Ge’ez language studies.

The arrests have generated concern among church followers and observers, who note that all four individuals are known primarily for religious teaching, theological scholarship, and public advocacy. Reports from multiple sources suggest that the detentions may be connected to their public statements and writings regarding the killings, destruction of churches, and humanitarian crisis affecting Orthodox Christian communities in East Arsi Zone.

The wave of arrests comes amid growing criticism of the government’s response to the violence, with local sources alleging that survivors remain trapped in affected areas while humanitarian assistance faces significant obstacles in reaching displaced and wounded civilians.

[Helmneh Sineshaw @helmneh]

“ከጨፍጫፊህጋር ጨፍጫፊክን መፈለግ" ትርፋ ድካም እና እልቂት ማስቀጠል ነው:: ይህን ለማስገንዘብ የመረጃ እጥረት የለም ይልቅስ ግዴለሽነት ፍርሃት ኢሃይማኖታዊነት ጥቅም እንዲሁም ተባባሪነት ዋና የጥቃቱ አስቀጣዮች ናቸው!
የጊዜ ጉዳይ ነው::

[Meseret Media @MeseretMedia]

#አስተያየት በኢትዮጵያ የኦርቶዶክስ ተዋሕዶ ቤተክርስቲያን አማኞች ግድያና ሁለንተናዊ ግፍ ለምን ሊቆም እንደማይችል ጠቋሚ መረጃዎች

በዶ/ር ተመስገን አለሙ ለመሠረት ሚድያ

"ሺህ ጊዜ ተደጋግሞ ቢከሰትም የማያበራው የሰቆቃ እውነታ ልክ የዛሬ አሥር ዓመትም በተመሳሳይ ለአንድ ሳምንት ያህል እንደማኅበረሰብ አልቅሰን እንደምናልፈው ጥርጥር የለውም። ይህን እውነት በድፍረት ተጋፍጦ ስር ነቀል መፍትሔ ማሰብ ካልተቻለ ልክ እንደተለመደው ለአንድ ሳምንት አልቅሰንና አዝነን ወደ ኋላ የምንረሳው ወቅታዊ ክስተት ብቻ ሆኖ ይቀጥላል"

ተጨማሪ ያንብቡ:
https://t.co/uerLYw3PlY

የፕሪሚየም አባል ለመሆን ይህን ሊንክ ይጠቀሙ:
https://t.co/lCn1NoeWTK

[Meseret Media @MeseretMedia]

#አስተያየት በኢትዮጵያ የኦርቶዶክስ ተዋሕዶ ቤተክርስቲያን አማኞች ግድያና ሁለንተናዊ ግፍ ለምን ሊቆም እንደማይችል ጠቋሚ መረጃዎች

በዶ/ር ተመስገን አለሙ ለመሠረት ሚድያ

"ሺህ ጊዜ ተደጋግሞ ቢከሰትም የማያበራው የሰቆቃ እውነታ ልክ የዛሬ አሥር ዓመትም በተመሳሳይ ለአንድ ሳምንት ያህል እንደማኅበረሰብ አልቅሰን እንደምናልፈው ጥርጥር የለውም። ይህን እውነት በድፍረት ተጋፍጦ ስር ነቀል መፍትሔ ማሰብ ካልተቻለ ልክ እንደተለመደው ለአንድ ሳምንት አልቅሰንና አዝነን ወደ ኋላ የምንረሳው ወቅታዊ ክስተት ብቻ ሆኖ ይቀጥላል"

ተጨማሪ ያንብቡ:
https://t.co/uerLYw3PlY

የፕሪሚየም አባል ለመሆን ይህን ሊንክ ይጠቀሙ:
https://t.co/lCn1NoeWTK

[Helmneh Sineshaw @helmneh]

በኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋሕዶ ቤተ ክርስቲያንንላይእየደረሰ ያለው ጅምላ ፍጅት ማጽዳት ነው! ተጠያቂዎችም አሉ በስሙ መጥራት ይገባል #EOTCgenocide

MK TV || የምሥራቅ አርሲ ጥቃትና የፍትሕ ጥያቄ" https://t.co/9Ipy91tosT via @YouTube

[Helmneh Sineshaw @helmneh]

ከዚህ ሥርዓት ለህዝብ ስሜት ተቆርቋሪነት አዘኔታ ከአጫፋሪዎችም ርህራሄን ማሰብ ከገዳይህ ምህረት ከኩርንችት ወይን ፍለጋ ነው::
ይልቅስ ቆርጦ መታገል ታጋዩን መደገፍ ይበጃል!

[ᴇʟɪᴀꜱ ᴍᴇꜱᴇʀᴇᴛ @EliasMeseret]

ህዝብ ሀዘን ላይ ሲሆን 'Timing' የሚባል ነገር መጠበቅ የግድ ነው፣ በባህላችን ጎረቤት እንኳን ሀዘን ላይ ሲሆን ድምፅ ከፍ ተደርጎ አይሳቅም።

የዚህ ፕሮግራም አዘጋጆች እና አርቲስቶች ህዝብ ማቅ ለብሶ እያለ እና ሟቾች እንኳን በቅጡ ባልተሰበሱቡበት ወቅት ድግስ ጥላችሁ ከህዝብ ጋር እየተላተማችሁ መሆኑን እወቁት፣ እድሜ ልካችሁን አዕምሮአችሁን የሚወቅሳችሁን ነገር ከማድረግ ተቆጠቡ። ፕሮራሙ ለምን ተካሄደ የሚል ተቃውሞ ስለሌለ ግዜ መርጣችሁ ወደፊት እንድታደጉት የግል ምክሬ ነው።

የመንግስት አካል ግን በዚህ መልኩ እንዴት ህዝብ ላይ ያላግጣል፣ ከህዝብ ጋር እልህ ይጋባል? የዜጎችን ጭፍጨፋ ለማስረሳት በሚመስል መልኩ በቅርቡ አንድ የውጭ ሀገር ታዋቂ ቲክቶከር ከፍተኛ በተባለ ክፍያ ሊያስመጡ ደፋ ቀና እያሉ እንደሆነም ሰምቻለሁ።

[Helmneh Sineshaw @helmneh]

Outright denial, lying, deception, blaming others for eight years! Nothing more is expected from a fascist regime that cleanses the people gradually

[Office of the Prime Minister - Ethiopia @PMEthiopia]

PRESS STATEMENT
5 June 2026
Addis Ababa

Statement on Recent Issues

#PMOEthiopia

[Helmneh Sineshaw @helmneh]

Anchor Media የኦርቶዶክሳውያን ዕልቂት በአርሲ '' የከፋው ከፊታችን እየጠበቀን ነው'' የአከባቢው ነዋሪዎች https://t.co/a1E7hDPNuv via @YouTube

[Helmneh Sineshaw @helmneh]

Eight years of regime sponsored massacre of #Orthodox Christians in #Ethiopia continues while the world is turning deaf ears and blind eyes! In just one day about 53 massacred, churches destroyed, many hundreds displaced @UNHumanRights @amnesty @hrw @BBCWorld @StateDept

[Helmneh Sineshaw @helmneh]

Eight years of regime sponsored massacre of #Orthodox Christians in #Ethiopia continues while the world is turning deaf ears and blind eyes! In just one day about 53 massacred, churches destroyed, many hundreds displaced @UNHumanRights @amnesty @hrw @BBCWorld @StateDept

[ABC TV @AmharaBCenter]

የአርሲው ግድያ ከፍተኛ ቁጣን ቀሰቀሰ|| በመዲናዋ ከፍተኛ ውጊያ ተጀመረ|| ዲፕሎማቶች ወደ ኤርፖርት https://t.co/WObrBYoARG

[Helmneh Sineshaw @helmneh]

"ከገደሉን ከሚገድሉን ጨፍጫፊዎች ይልቅ ተመሳስለው ሞታችንን የሚክዱ የካዱ ለገዳዮቻችን አጫፋሪዎች እና ካባ አልባሾች በሰውም በእግዚአብሔር የፍርድ ጊዜ ይመጣል"

[Helmneh Sineshaw @helmneh]

ላለፍት 8 አመታት ኦርቶዶክሳዉያን ይጨፈጨፋሉ! “ጠላት ወንድም እህቶቻችንን በነፍስ በሥጋ ባሪያ እንዳያደርጋቸው ፈጽሞም እንዳያጠፋቸው እንደ ማኅበረሰብ አንዳችን ሌላውን እንጠብቃለን ሕይወታችንንም አሳልፈን እንሰጣለን” ዮሐ15:13 ሃይማኖት ጠበቆች

[Helmneh Sineshaw @helmneh]

A mockery at its best! They say it was peaceful?! While the vast majority of people were in a civil war?! No conscience or integrity left. This is an unforgivable action by the so called #AU reps. You know the truth and the world knows the truth!

[EBC WORLD @ebczena]

"Today is a day the people of Ethiopia should be proud" - AU Mission Commends Ethiopia's Electoral Process

#Ethiopia #AfricanUnion #Democracy #Governance #ElectoralProcess

[Helmneh Sineshaw @helmneh]

@EliasMeseret reports that over 49 #EOTC members were killed, hundreds disappeared, villages and churches destroyed in Arsi! Heartbreaking that we see this unabated for over eight years without any effort or accountability to stop it. Infuriating that the #EOTC is always silent!

[ᴇʟɪᴀꜱ ᴍᴇꜱᴇʀᴇᴛ @EliasMeseret]

A widespread and horrific attack targeting Orthodox Christians and churches is happening in the Oromia region, East Arsi zone, Aseko woreda since May 31, 2026.

Local residents have informed me by phone that so far 49 people have lost their lives, and they fear that more than 280 people whose whereabouts are unknown and who cannot be reached by phone may have also been killed.

The residents stated that OLA (Shene) militants carried out the attack and mentioned these armed groups had previously attacked an area called 'Teleta Gabriel' more than seven times.

What makes the current situation different is, they said, is that militants from Merti woreda, Fentale, Kereyu, and the Itu area all gathered together, numbering approximately three thousand. Crying and screaming in panic, residents report that these militants came to the Aseko woreda and completely burned down Biyo kebele, Teleta Gabriel, Kufte, Medhane Alem, and the surrounding areas.

Residents say the attacks have now spread to Irecha Michael, Sunte Maryam, Lencha Oda, Kwas Dire, Arba Kela, Weranbus, and various other places. They stated that, so far, not a single government force has entered the area, and the militants have laid siege to the surroundings, preventing anyone from escaping while carrying out a massacre.

This area is Addis Ababa Mayor Adanech Abebie's birthplace; perhaps she even knows some of the deceased, or studied or worked alongside them. Let's assume that unlike what we see in the rest of the world, that is going to the scene immediately to calm and comfort the public was impossible due to the ongoing attacks. But when such a horrific attack is committed in her birthplace, why did she fail to simply say 'rest in peace' and condemn the act?

What about other officials and security forces? Why have the country's defense forces, police, militia, air force, and other forces been unable to prevent an attack that has been going on not just for hours, but for days up to this very moment?

The situation in this country is sometimes exhausting. When the people cry out for rescue, these days they plead to the media rather than the government. Yet, when the media delivers this information to the public, it is the media itself that ends up being insulted and persecuted by both the public and the government.

Anyway, writing this gives me a bit of relief. However, the condition of the citizens I spoke to... the crying, panicking, and screaming... is a tragic reality that will never be erased from my mind.

May their souls rest in peace!

[ᴇʟɪᴀꜱ ᴍᴇꜱᴇʀᴇᴛ @EliasMeseret]

A widespread and horrific attack targeting Orthodox Christians and churches is happening in the Oromia region, East Arsi zone, Aseko woreda since May 31, 2026.

Local residents have informed me by phone that so far 49 people have lost their lives, and they fear that more than 280 people whose whereabouts are unknown and who cannot be reached by phone may have also been killed.

The residents stated that OLA (Shene) militants carried out the attack and mentioned these armed groups had previously attacked an area called 'Teleta Gabriel' more than seven times.

What makes the current situation different is, they said, is that militants from Merti woreda, Fentale, Kereyu, and the Itu area all gathered together, numbering approximately three thousand. Crying and screaming in panic, residents report that these militants came to the Aseko woreda and completely burned down Biyo kebele, Teleta Gabriel, Kufte, Medhane Alem, and the surrounding areas.

Residents say the attacks have now spread to Irecha Michael, Sunte Maryam, Lencha Oda, Kwas Dire, Arba Kela, Weranbus, and various other places. They stated that, so far, not a single government force has entered the area, and the militants have laid siege to the surroundings, preventing anyone from escaping while carrying out a massacre.

This area is Addis Ababa Mayor Adanech Abebie's birthplace; perhaps she even knows some of the deceased, or studied or worked alongside them. Let's assume that unlike what we see in the rest of the world, that is going to the scene immediately to calm and comfort the public was impossible due to the ongoing attacks. But when such a horrific attack is committed in her birthplace, why did she fail to simply say 'rest in peace' and condemn the act?

What about other officials and security forces? Why have the country's defense forces, police, militia, air force, and other forces been unable to prevent an attack that has been going on not just for hours, but for days up to this very moment?

The situation in this country is sometimes exhausting. When the people cry out for rescue, these days they plead to the media rather than the government. Yet, when the media delivers this information to the public, it is the media itself that ends up being insulted and persecuted by both the public and the government.

Anyway, writing this gives me a bit of relief. However, the condition of the citizens I spoke to... the crying, panicking, and screaming... is a tragic reality that will never be erased from my mind.

May their souls rest in peace!

[Helmneh Sineshaw @helmneh]

ምጥ: አካል መጉደል ወዘተ የእናንተ የምርጫ ድራማ ማድመቂያዎች? እጅግ አረመኔነትን ከፋሽስቱ በሁሉም አቅጣጫ ማየት የተለመደ ነው! ምትጫው ማስወገድ ነው!

[Helmneh Sineshaw @helmneh]

@ebczena @fanatelevision
ከምን ዐይነት ጋዜጠኞች የሚወጣ ርእስ እንደሚመርጡ እጅግ ይገርማል:: ይሰቀጣል ብዙውም ያማል በኢትዮጵያህዝብ እየተሳለቁ ስለሆነ!
አልበላሽምን ምን አመጣው ይህ ሁሉ ትርኪ ምርኪ ቃል ምን አመጣው?! ኧረ ትንሽ ቀልብ ግዙ! ሐዘን?!