“They Fired On Us Like Rain”: Saudis Accused of Killing Hundreds of Ethiopian Refugees at Border

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHbuCh-9gyc&ab_channel=DemocracyNow%21

We speak to the author of a new Human Rights Watch report that details how #border #guards in #Saudi #Arabia have #killed hundreds of #Ethiopian #migrants and #asylum #seekers — many of whom are fleeing human rights abuses in Ethiopia’s #Tigray region — trying to cross the #Yemen-Saudi border since March 2022. The report documents Saudi border guards #shooting #women and #children, firing #explosive #weapons at #migrants and “#executing” people at close range. Ethiopia’s Foreign Ministry announced Tuesday that it will conduct a joint #investigation with the Saudi government, but Saudi Arabia has previously #denied similar #allegations. “I don’t have any faith that they would conduct an independent investigation on these #mass #killings,” says Nadia Hardman, a researcher at #HumanRights #Watch and the author of the report, titled “'They Fired on Us Like Rain.'”

The #Tigray interim government's commissioner for disaster risk management, Gebrehiwet Gebrezgabher, told the BBC that since food aid had been halted, 1,411 people had starved to death in three zones alone - the east, north-west and south-east.
Data from Tigray's other three zones had not yet been collated
He said 492 suspects were under investigation, 198 charged for their alleged involvement in the scam.
Suspects include government officials, NGO staff, co-ordinators at camps & mill owners.

"At least 1,400 people have starved to death in #Ethiopia's northern #Tigray since food aid was suspended because it was being stolen. The #UN's World Food Programme (WFP) and the US's leading aid agency halted food aid to Tigray about four months ago" #humanrights #famine #war
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-66540039
"independent donor group found a "co-ordinated and criminal scheme" apparently orchestrated by federal and regional government entities, with military units across the country benefiting"

Ethiopia declares state of emergency following clashes in Amhara

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/4/ethiopia-declares-state-of-emergency-following-clashes-in-amhara

The announcement comes as fighting across Ethiopia’s second most populous region develops into a security crisis.

#junta #crackdown #resistance #crisis #factions #tigray #truce #internet #silence

An Ethiopian Anarchist Perspective on the War in Tigray

https://libcom.org/article/ethiopian-anarchist-perspective-war-tigray

An interview from The Final Straw Radio with Anner, an Ethiopian member of Horn Anarchists, an anarchist group based in east Africa. Anner talks about the group, the history of post-Junta Ethiopa, the context of the ongoing armed conflict in Tigray, the fighting factions and the displacement and violence suffered by residents of the region.

#ethopia #tigray #anarchists #resistance #fighting #factions #junta #violence #residents #protection #perspective

AI moderation is no match for hate speech in Ethiopian languages

New research raises concerns that moderation tools can't detect violent threats in Tigray and elsewhere.

https://restofworld.org/2023/ai-content-moderation-hate-speech/

#AI #contentmoderation #tigray #language #translation

Elie Wiesel:

"...I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy...that place must – at that moment – become the center of the universe."

#transrightsarehumanrights
#tigray

Ethiopia’s Parliament removes #Tigray Peoples Liberation Front from list of terror groups after peace deal.

In #Ethiopia's #Tigray war, #rape is used as a weapon

https://www.dw.com/en/in-ethiopias-tigray-war-rape-is-used-as-a-weapon/a-65022330

Hundreds massacred in #Ethiopia even as peace deal was being reached: Soldiers from neighboring #Eritrea went house to house killing villagers in Ethiopia’s #Tigray region, witnesses say

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/02/28/ethiopia-massacre-tigray-eritrea

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#NATO #Ukraine #Tigray #Nigeria #GreekTragedy

#Ethiopia #war in #Tigray: Eritrean soldiers accused of #rape despite peace deal

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-64635898

#Ethiopia's #Tigray war: Walking three days to find a hospital
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17 June 2021

Solomon Teferi says his 13-year-old son's condition has badly deteriorated because of the conflict
People's lives in Ethiopia's rocky and mountainous region of Tigray are in tatters as they deal with famine in the ruins of a #war zone.

#Government troops, backed by those from neighbouring #Eritrea, have been involved in battle with the region's now-ousted ruling party, the Tigray People's Liberation Front (#TPLF), since November, precipitating a #humanitariancrisis.

The BBC's Kalkidan Yibeltal has visited the region, where access can be difficult.

Tigray's capital, #Mekelle, has a semblance of calm.

Many businesses and offices are open.

But the appearance of normality is deceptive.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-57486954

Een fragiel vredesakkoord en meer dan een half miljoen doden, vermoedelijk door genocide. De tragiek van #Tigray is dat door de oorlog in Oekraïne de internationale pers nauwelijks aandacht schonk aan de humanitaire crisis in dit deel van Ethiopië. https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2023/01/23/mogelijk-600-000-slachtoffers-in-tigray-een-oorlog-veel-dodelij/

#Eritrea Troops Still on #Tigray #Ethiopia Soil "With respect to Eritreans we understand they have moved back to the border and they have been asked to leave" says U.S. Ambassaor to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, at a visit to Nairobi. https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2023-01-28/eritrea-troops-still-on-ethiopian-soil-u-s?src=usn_tw

Peace deal ending #Ethiopia #Tigray war yet to dispel fears of Eritrean atrocities
Many families are still fearful because of the continued presence of soldiers from neighboring #Eritrea - blamed for a wave of atrocities during the two-year war https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/01/25/ethiopia-tigray-eritrea-peace-deal/

President Mohamud meets with parents of #Eritrea|n trained recruits from #Somalia youth who were deployed in #Tigray - their parents fear they were used as « canon fodder » https://www.hiiraan.com/news4/2023/Jan/189671/president_mohamud_meets_with_parents_of_eritrean_trained_recruits.aspx

Eritrean troops have left the ancient city of Axum in #Tigray but they remain in two other towns in the war-stricken region of northern Ethiopia, local residents said Sunday, as Washington hailed a pullout seen as key to a landmark peace deal. https://u.afp.com/iAyR

#Ethiopia’s #Tigray Region Still “hell on earth” Despite Peace Agreement: Catholic Bishop https://www.aciafrica.org/news/7491/ethiopias-tigray-region-still-hell-on-earth-despite-peace-agreement-catholic-bishop via @aciafricanews@twitter.com

My colleague finds: totally different situation on the Adwa- Shire western side of #Tigray : massive security forces are present, curfew from 7:00pm. He saw: ENDF, Federal Police, Addis Ababa police, Southern region's Special Force, and #Eritrea EDF. Civilians moving freely.