An Open Letter to U.S. Ambassador Ervin J. Massinga
Dear Ambassador Massinga,
I write to you not as a politician or diplomat, but as an individual who refuses to remain silent while millions of innocent people continue to suffer in Ethiopia.
For far too long, your public statements and diplomatic engagement have appeared to focus primarily on Addis Ababa and Tigray, while the devastating humanitarian crisis in the Amhara region has received far less public attention. As the crisis has spread across Amhara, countless civilians have paid an unimaginable price.
Where was the United States Embassy when millions of Amhara civilians were displaced from their homes? Where was the moral outrage when families were forced to flee violence? Where was the urgency when millions of children in the Amhara region were unable to attend school because of the genocidal war?
There have also been numerous reports from human rights organizations, journalists, and local communities about drone strikes and other attacks that have killed and injured civilians in the Amhara region. Yet many Ethiopians believe the U.S. Embassy has not publicly condemned these incidents with the urgency they deserve. For families living under the constant fear of airstrikes, silence is not neutrality it is seen as complicity.
These are not abstract statistics. They represent an entire generation whose education, safety, and future have been shattered.
Many Ethiopians have watched as the U.S. Embassy has issued statements on other crises, yet the suffering of Amhara civilians has not received the same level of public acknowledgment or condemnation. In May 2025, your office released a statement acknowledging drone attacks on civilians before retracting it and issuing a watered down version. To many, that signaled that Amhara lives were considered expendable.
As the representative of a nation that often speaks of human rights, accountability, and the protection of civilians, I ask you directly:
* Why has the humanitarian catastrophe in the Amhara region not received the same sustained public attention?
* Why has the United States Embassy not more forcefully denounced reported attacks on civilians, including the drone strikes in which civilians have been killed?
* Why have millions of displaced Amhara civilians, and millions of families deprived of a basic humanitarian rights, not received the same level of urgency?
* Do the lives of Amhara civilians matter less?
Diplomacy should never come at the expense of truth. Human rights can not be defended selectively. Civilian suffering should never be acknowledged only when it is politically convenient.
History will remember who spoke out and who remained silent.
The people of Ethiopia deserve consistency. The victims in Amhara deserve recognition. The millions who have lost their homes, their loved ones, their lively hood and their hope deserve answers.
Ambassador Massinga, I respectfully ask you to explain why so many believe the suffering of the Amhara people has been overlooked. If the United States truly stands for the protection of civilians and universal human rights, then those principles must apply equally to every Ethiopian.
Sincerely,
A Concerned Amhara #America|n
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End #AmharaGenocide
End the genocidal #WarOnAmhara
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