Semhal has been taken by the police a few minutes ago. We urge the responsible authorities to uphold her fundamental rights, including the right to legal representation, respectful treatment & being informed of any charges.
700 days of genocide in Tigray.
700 days of siege.
700 days of massacres.
700 days of bombing civilians.
700 days of hell on earth.
700 days of world leaders inaction.
700 days of the Ethiopian federal government committing genocide.
#TigrayGenocide
Tigray is longest Internet shutdown in human history. 6 million cut off from world.
US, this month, deployed system to help millions of Iranians to bypass regime shutdown, get Internet access.
If US does same for Tigray it will earn credit for advancing freedoms everywhere.
A woman being pulled of a residential area in Adi Daero town, #Tigray, Ethiopia, bombed by Eritrean forces.
Civilians are #NotATarget and must be protected.
Tragic scenes from #Tigray, Ethiopia. Almost daily drone attacks on civilians. Civilians should be protected. We call on Eritrean & Ethiopian forces to end the war, end the siege, & provide access for humanitarian & health aid. Innocent lives, including children's, are at stake.
Lifting siege on Tigray in totality is not precondition. It is a fundamental right.
Tigray is not an independent state. It is still part of Ethiopia. Imposing a siege on a specific community is genocidal and criminal under international laws.
Siege is central to peace and war
To the #Tigray survivors, victims and their families: thank you for entrusting us with your stories. The recognition for our body of work on Ethiopia serves to counter the false narratives around the reality in Tigray. I’m so incredibly proud to lead this wonderfully dogged team.
And so you know Mr. @WFPChief, the Eritreans did loot #WFP warehouse in #Sheraro and nobody seems to care. We know you have sufficiently convincing reports, but REALPOLITIK shouldn’t be allowed to trump humanitarian values.
#AbiyAhemed’s drones today targeted a #WFP truck transporting aid from Shire to #Zana, in a place called #Bahra. The truck was destroyed and the driver& other people wounded. I am hoping @WFPChief will call out #AbiyAhmed on this outrageous crime.
#TigrayWillPrevail!
One of the worst part seeing the dead bodies or injured people from the drone attack is zooming in to see if that is my family member 🥲🥲💔… I hate this. Why is the world ignoring the atrocities happen Tigray ? #StopWarOnTigray#TigrayGenocide@hrw@UN@_AfricanUnion