Satellite imagery obtained by Al Jazeera has revealed that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has opened an air bridge to provide extensive military support to the Ethiopian government in its fight against forces from the northern Tigray region https://t.co/2w7o6k36df
— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) December 4, 2021
AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Arrest of religious men and women engaged in education and charity https://t.co/inhxru0uzb pic.twitter.com/vemwu7QmfS
— Fides News Agency (@FidesNewsAgency) December 3, 2021
Extremely pressing life-saving call
Monday, Nov 22 night @ 21:46 CET
Attention: Top Urgent emergency that needs immediate intervention
Number of victims: about 4000 women, girls, & children
Current situation: all of them are evicted from their homes
Where are they now: in the outskirts of the town during this very night
Who protects them: there is no one to protect them from any form of attack
Background:
The Amhara militiamen, Amhara vigilante group [Fano], and Amhara Special Forces [ASF] rounded up St Teklehaymanot Orthodox Church on the 3rd of November 2021 while thousands of people were attending a morning prayer. It was the monthly holiday of Abune Teklehaymanot [a holiday commemorated every month on the 24th, Ge’ez calendar].
These invading forces separated males above the age of 11 and took them to two concentration camps inside Adebay:
Youths are locked inside a big warehouse of Mekonnen Roto [an oil station owner]
Elders are put inside the buildings and sheds of Cooperative Shop of the administrative unit of the district [ሕብረት ስራሕ ማሕበር ሹቕ].
The Amhara invaders not only targeted those who were at the church but also went door-to-door throughout the town searching for males above the age of 11. They took everyone to the above-mentioned concentration camps. These who have been harassed & traumatized at the concentration camps are estimated to be about 4500 - 5000 in number.
On November 3rd and 4th, the Amhara invading forces were on a killing spree hunting after everyone who tried to escape from the round-up.
Many people are presumed to have been killed during those two days. There are some people who made it safely to Sudan, leaving behind the bodies of their loved ones who were fleeing alongside them to Sudan. Hence, the massacres can be corroborated by the very eyewitnesses who are now inside Sudan.
It is heart-wrenching to hear from the witness on the phone that many youths have been massacred trying to escape the round-ups & flee to Sudan. Moreover, many more have drowned and been taken by the Tekeze River due to their inability to swim when they were escaping through the highly militarized area of Western Tigray.
The witness boldy underlined that the Amhara invaders have been very serious never to allow Tigrayans to flee to Sudan. This has put extra pressure on the youths who have been trying to escape. That is why many drowned because they rushed towards the river without checking whether it was full or not or whether the flood was strong or not. And in multiple cases, the Amhara invaders would rain bullets on the youths when they were still inside the river trying to swim towards safety on the opposite side of the Tekeze River. In some cases, the youths get caught by the Amhara militiamen, Fano, and ASF, and they end up in the biggest concentration camp at Humera. Their next fate has never been known yet.
For the last 3 weeks, the Amhara invading forces and group of youths in civilian clothes but carrying Kalashnikovs were going house to house during the nights to loot precious properties, smartphones, and money from the households in the absence of the husbands, fathers, and brothers. Hence, the mothers, wives, and sisters were at the mercy of these merciless invaders. The screams of these helpless women, girls, and children have been the most familiar voices during these 3 weeks. Only God knows the scale of horror they have been through.
On November 21, 2021, early in the morning, these invading forces went door-to-door and ordered every household to get out of their homes carrying only their clothes, nothing more, but their clothes.
They ransacked their money, gold, smartphones, and everything else during broad daylight. I am speaking during broad daylight. There was no one to help them.
Every woman, girl, and the child was on the streets of Adebay for the whole day, languishing in the strong son without any food and water to drink. The invading forces of Amhara told these helpless people that they would be sent to the Tekeze River. Nothing more, all they heard was the voice “you will be taken to the Tekeze River.”
Then in the evening, the Amhara invading forces told the victims that they should go back to their homes because the trucks could not come.
On November 22, 2021, at 8:30 am [Adebay Time], the invading forces of Amhara went door-to-door once again and ordered the households to leave without holding anything but their clothes.
Some of the women carried food for lunch and in some cases for the whole day. Then, the invading forces paraded the women, girls, and children under 11 years of age to the outskirts of Adebay towards Sheraro. When they were taken for about 40 minutes on foot, the invading forces commanded them to stop and stay there until trucks would be ready for them.
Later, the Amhara invaders told these women & girls that they should spend the whole day there, once again burning under the strong sun without having a shelter to protect themselves from the sun.
Then, the Amhara invading forces brought 4 mini-buses & 3 trucks to load not the women & girls but elders among the men who have been languishing in the concentration camps for 3 weeks. These 7 vehicles passed via the outskirts of Adebay towards the Tekeze River, in the direction of where the women & girls were staying along the street outside of the town. The Amhara invading forces told the women & girls that they have decided first to transport the elder men in front the concentration camp towards the Tekeze River and then they will be transported next.
Three things remain exceedingly horrifying.
The women & girls are thrown in the outskirts of Adebay town. They are forced to spend the day & night there. What will be their fate during the night in the outskirts of the town? What will they eat? What will they drink? Where will they sleep? How will they sleep? Who will protect them from robbers, gang-rapists, beasts …?
What will be the fate of the youths who have been languishing in the dire situation of the concentration camp? It was these women & girls who have been taking food and water to their fathers, husbands, brothers, and grandfathers in the concentration camps. In the absence of these women & girls, how will those who stay in the concentration camp survive without food and water?
What would be the fate of these people at the Tekeze River at the hands of these merciless Amhara invading forces?
Dear human beings across the world, in the name of whomever you worship day in and day out, I am pleading with you to be a voice for these voiceless, innocent, helpless, and poor people.
Please, let’s rescue these civilians!
Why should such barbarity happen to innocent civilians in the 21st century?
Call4URGENT intervention in Western Tigray to 🛑#HumeraMassacre 🛑November 20, @ 13:32 CETReported by: human rights activist@hrw @amnesty @USUN @USEmbassyAddis @GerEmbAddis @JakeSullivan46 @USAmbUN @eyderp @StateDeptSpox @ICRC @mbachelet @wdavison10 @VOADirector @VOATigrigna pic.twitter.com/9RDeeAwLaG— Mulugeta Gebregziabher, PhD (@ProfMulugeta) November 20, 2021
Response of the Government of Tigray to Amnesty International’s Report in Sexual Violence in Amhara Region @amnesty pic.twitter.com/USJTWlJRYN
— Kindeya Gebrehiwot, PhD, Prof (@ProfKindeya) November 10, 2021
By Catherine Byaruhanga & Yemane Nagish
BBC News & BBC Tigrinya
Tigray’s rebel forces currently have the upper hand in the war that erupted a year ago in northern Ethiopia.
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who fell out with the governing party of Tigray over his political reforms, has declared a nationwide state of emergency – it is fear and uncertainty that now rule.
Tune in to @WBAI NYC 99.5 FM Radio & https://t.co/mDQd7oGnUr today 10/12 @3pm US Eastern. Today's topic: 'Humanitarian Crisis of War & Suffocating Siege of #TIGRAY by Federal #Ethiopian forces & #Eritrea Guest: Dr. Mulugeta Gebregziabher @ProfMulugeta We will take listeners Calls pic.twitter.com/gKFRPaCUp5
— allimadi (@allimadi) October 12, 2021
The Petition to the Government of China is live please sign and share.
ደሕንነት እና ፍትኅ ለትግራይ
የደሕንነት እና ፍትኅ ለትግራይ ምክትል ፕሬዝደንት ፕሮፈሰር ሙሉጌታ ገብረእግዚዓብሔር በበኩላቸው "የአሜሪካ መንግሥት አቋም ግልጽ ነው። እኛም እንደግፈዋለን።" ሲሉ ተናግረዋል። ፕሮፈሰር ሙሉጌታ ለዶይቼ ቬለ "አንዱ የአሜሪካ መንግሥት እያለ ያለው ነጻ የሆነ ዓለም አቀፍ አካል ምርመራውን ያካሒደው ነው የሚለው። በዚህ ላይ ደግሞ የመንገዶች መዘጋት፣ የሰብዓዊ ዕርዳታ እንዳይገባ መከልከል፣ የመብራት መጥፋት፣ የስልክ መጥፋት፣ የቴሌኮምዩንኬሽን አውታሮች መዘጋጋት እንዲነሳ ነው ጥሪ እያቀረቡ ያሉት" ብለዋል።
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https://www.sjtethiopia.org/media/
ትግራይ ካንት ዌይት ወይም ‘ትግራይ መጠበቅ አትችልም’ ሲሉ ነዋሪነታቸውን በዚህ በዩናይትድ ስቴትስ ያደረጉ የትግራይ ምሁራን እና ተወላጆች በትላንትናው ዕለት በዋሽንግተን ሰዓት አቆጣጠር ከእኩለ ቀን እስከ እኩለ ሌሊት ድረስ ክለብ ሃውስ በተሰኘ የውይይት መተግበሪያ ላይ በመገናኘት ጥናታዊ ጽሆፎችን በማቅረብ፣ በጎ ፈንድ ሚ እና በሌሎች የገንዘብ ማሰባሰቢያ መንገዶች በመጠቀም የገቢ ማሰባሰቢያ አድርገዋል፡፡
በተጨማሪም የተለያዩ ጨረታዎችን እና የሙዚቃ ዝግጅቶችን በማካሄድ ከ12 ሰዓታት በላይ ቆይተዋል፡፡በመርሃግብሩ ላይ የሙዚቃ ዝግጅቶች በገቢ ማሰባሰቢያነት ለጨረታ የቀረቡ ጌጣጌጦች፣ የትግራይ ክልል ባንዲራ፣ ሹራቦች፣ የአፍ እና የአፍንጫ ጭንበሎች እና ስዕሎች የተጫረቱበት እንዲሁም ሰፋ ያለ የፓነል ውይይት ተካሂዷል፡፡ በዋናነት በውይይቶቹ ላይም የትግራይ ልማት ማሕበራት ከዚህ ቀደም ያበረከቷቸው አስተዋጽኦዎች፣ የመገናኛ ብዙሃን ቅኝት ፣ የትግራይ ባህልና እና ታሪክን እንዲሁም ጦርነቱ በሌሎች የግብረሰናይ እንቅስቃሴ የሚሳተፉ የውጭ ሃገር ዜጎች ዓይን የተቃኘበት ነበር፡፡
የመርሃግብሩ አስተባባሪ የሆኑት ዶ/ር ሙሉጌታ ገብረእግዚአብሔር የደቡብ ካሮላይና ግዛት በሜዲካል ዩኒቨርስቲ መምህር ሲሆኑ በመርሃግብሩ ዙሪያ ከአሜሪካ ድምጽ ጋር ቆይታ አድረገዋል፡፡
ኲናት ኣብ ዝካየደሎም ቦታታትን ካብ ትግራይ ወፃኢ ዘሎ ትግራዋይን ልዑል ጥንቃቐ ክገብር ቦርድ ኣመራርሓ ራድዮ ወጋሕታ ትግራይ ገሊፁ።
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ህዝቢ ትግራይ ብሓፈሻ ኲናት ዘርኢ ምፅናት ተኣውጅዎ ብሓደ ገፁ ኣብ ትሕቲ ግፍዕን ቃንዛን፣ ብኻልእ ገጹ ድማ ኣብ ሕራነ ዝተመልኦ ሓርነታዊ ቃልስን ይርከብ። ብስርሒት ወፍሪ ኣሉላ ኣባነጋ ዓብይ ዓወት ዝተረኽበ እኳ እንተኾነ፣ ሕዚ እውን ትግራይ ካብ ፅእቲ ናፃ ኣይወጸትን፣ እቲ ውግእ እውን ቀፂሉ ኣሎ።
ብፍላይ ኲናት ኣብ ዝካየድሎም ዘሎ ከባብታት ትግራይን፣ ካብ ትግራይ ወፃኢ ዘሎ ህዝብናን ኣብ ከቢድ ሓደጋ ኣንፀላልይዎ ዝርከብ ። ዋላ እኳ ኣብ ልዕሊ ተጋሩ ክንዛሕ ዝፅንሐ ፅልኢ ዘበናት ዘቑፀረ እንተኾነ፣ ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ኣርባዕተ ዓመት ብፍላይ ድማ ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ሸሞንተ ወርሒ ድማ ኣዝዩ ገኒኑ ዝተርኣየሉ እዩ።
እቲ ቐዳማይ ሚኒስትር ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ክልተ ሰሙን ''ህዝቢ ትግራይ ደጀን ክኾነና ኣይልኣለን፣ ንሰራዊትና ብጎዞሞን መርዝን ወዲእዎ እዩ'' ኢሉ መርዚ ምስ ተፍአ ድማ ንዕኡ ተኸቲሎም ብዙሓት ሚዲያታት ውልቀን መንግስትን ኣብ ልዕሊ ተወለድቲ ትግራይ ቅሉዕ ዝኾነ ወፍሪ ዘርኢ ምፅናት የካይዱ ኣለዉ።
እቲ ዂናት ብዓወት ትግራይ እናተደፍአ ምስዝኸይድ ድማ ኣብ ልዕሊ ተጋሩ ዝካየድ ጨፍጫፍን ግፍዕን ክውስኽ ከምዝኽእል ይግመት። ድሮ እኳ በቲ ክንዛሕ ዝቐነየ ፅልእን ብሰራዊት ትግራይ ዝካየድ ዘሎ ወረርቲ ናይ ምጥቃዕ ወፍርን ብዙሕ ሰብ ኣብ ኣዲስ ኣበባን ካልኦት ቦታታትን ክእሰር፣ ክጭወ፣ ንብረቱ ክውረስን ክዓኑን ሪኢና ንዕዘብ ኣለና። ኣብ ዝሓለፉ ክልተ መዓልትታት ድማ ኣብ ክልል ኣምሓራ ከተማታት ወረታን ጎንደርን ሰብና እናተቐተለ፣ ሬስኡ ኣብ መንገዲ ክጉተት ተራእዩ እዩ።
ስለዚ ኣብ ካልእ ቦታታት ኢትዮጵያ ዝርከብ ሰብና ልዑል ጥንቓቐ ክገብር፣ ካብ ገዛ ከይወፅእ፣ ናብ ዝኣምኖ ሰብ ክፅጋዕ፣ ናብ ኤምባሲታት ከዕቁብ፣ ዓርሱ ዝከላኸለሉ ሜላ ከዳኒ፣ ወዘተ ክንምዕድን ክነጠንቅቕን ይግባእ ክብል ኣመራርሓ ቦርድ ራድዮ ወጋሕታ ትግራይ የተሓሳስብ። ብፍላይ ኣብ ወፃእ ዝርከብ ህዝብና ኣብቶም ካልኦት ቦታታት ኢትዮጵያ ስልክን ኢንተርኔትን ይሰርሕ ስለዘሎ ብዝተኻእሎ ኹሉ እናደወለን እናፅሓፈን ከጠንቅቕ ራድዮ ወጋሕታ ትግራይ ይፅውዕ።
ውግእ ይካየደሎም ካብ ዘለዉ ከባብታት ትግራይ ክመዛበል ዝኽእል ሰብና ድማ እቲ ብተነፃፃሪ ኣብ ሓራ መሬት ትግራይ ዘሎ ህዝብና እቲ ዝተለመደ ሓገዙ ክገብረሎም ቦርድ ኣመራርሓ ራድዮ ወጋሕታ ትግራይ ይሓትት።
ብዛዕባ እቲ ኣብ ህዝብና ዝበፅሕ ዘሎ ግፍዕን ክበፅሕ ዝግመትን ሓደጋ ኣመልኪቱ ድማ መንግስቲ ትግራይ፣ ፖለቲካዊ ውዳበታት ትግራይ፣ ሓፋሽ ማሕበራት፣ ትካላትን ማሕበራትን ዲያስፖራ ተጋሩ፣ ምሁራንን ሚዲያታትን ተጋሩ ንማሕበራሰብ ዓለም ብሓፈሻ፣ ንዓለምለኻዊ ትካላትን ሚዲያታትን ድማ ብፍሉይ ቅሉዕ ደብዳበታት ብምልኣኽን ፃውዒት ብምቕራብን ወዓል ሕደር ብዘየብሉ ፍጥነት ከፍልጡ ይግባእ ክብል ሓቢሩ።
ቦርድ ኣመራርሓ ራድዮ ወጋሕታ ትግራይ
ዋሽንግተን ዲሲ፣ ኣሜሪካ
05 ሓምለ 2013 ዓ/ም
Read out of Secretary Blinken’s call today with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed
Office of the Spokesperson
The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price:
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed today. The Secretary stressed the need for all parties to the conflict to commit to an immediate, indefinite, negotiated ceasefire. The Secretary condemned the destruction of bridges into Tigray and other impediments to access. Secretary Blinken urged Prime Minister Abiy to commit to the steps outlined in the United Nations Security Council on July 2, including the complete withdrawal of Eritrean and Amhara forces from Tigray; full, safe, and unhindered humanitarian access to populations in need; the establishment of a transparent process to hold accountable those responsible for human rights abuses and atrocities; and an affirmation that neither the internal nor external borders of Ethiopia will be changed by force or in contravention of the constitution. In addition, the Secretary emphasized the urgency of holding an inclusive political dialogue to begin the difficult work of forging a lasting resolution to the country’s ethnic and political divisions.
Security and Justice for Tigrayans (SJT) wish to convey its admiration for the people of Tigray and its defense forces (TDF) in their victory evicting the brutal army of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia, Eritrean forces, and the Amhara militia from Mekelle, the capital city of Tigray on June 28, 2021.
While we celebrate the conspicuous success, we also solemnly remember the heroes and heroines of Tigray who paid and are paying the ultimate price to liberate Tigray. We will never forget the tens of thousands of innocent civilians massacred by these evil forces. The horrific gang-rape of underage children, women, nuns, and mothers is a scar that will never go away from our souls.
Our sincere appreciation goes to the international organizations, governments, and individuals who stood with Tigray which faced near-total destruction.
While we are encouraged by the swift military success of the TDF, the people of Tigray still need international support. More than two million displaced persons will still need humanitarian assistance. Other Tigrayans who were not accessed by aid workers need humanitarian aid. We call upon the United Nations, the African Union, and other organizations and governments to monitor the situation closely and provide the necessary support to these and other people in Tigray.
We demand the United Nations and its agencies to conduct an independent investigation to bring perpetrators of all the crimes committed in Tigray during the last eight months to justice. The architects of these crimes should also be brought to international justice and face the full force of the law.
To all Tigrayans and friends of Tigray, celebrate this day of Mekelle’s return to its rightful administrators but you should also prepare for further challenges finishing the job fully liberating all parts of Tigray so that the business of rebuilding starts in earnest.
Graciously,
SJT
July 2, 2021
I am particularly close to the people of Tigray, Ethiopia, affected by a serious humanitarian crisis. Let us #PrayTogether so that the violence ceases, food and health assistance is guaranteed to all, and social harmony is restored as soon as possible.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 13, 2021
Pope Francis prays for the troubled Tigray region, Ethiopia
• Pope has asked the world to remember Tigray in prayer so that the violence may come to an end and social harmony is restored as soon as possible.
• Pope’s comment comes at the time when the UN agencies and aid groups estimate that about 350,000 people Tigray region are in famine conditions.
