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Why I #RejectTheJointInvestigation
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The joint investigation into human rights abuses in #Tigray that @UNHumanRights & @EthioHRC conducted is fraught with serious limitations; does not satisfy the minimum standards, and as such should be rejected.
Here is why: 1 /24
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The joint investigation into human rights abuses in #Tigray that @UNHumanRights & @EthioHRC conducted is fraught with serious limitations; does not satisfy the minimum standards, and as such should be rejected.
Here is why: 1 /24
1. The involvement of a national body to investigate a situation, which is marked by gross violations of human rights & humanitarian norms; and committed in a politically polarized society as current #Ethiopia is unprecedented, including in @UNHumanRights 's experience 2/24
2. There was no good reason to involve the @EthioHRC in this endeavor. In fact, it was the sheer insistence of the #Ethiopian regime that forced the @UNHumanRights to accept the arrangement as a last resort. No other explanation is provided on z matter. This is suspicious. 3/24
Last month @amnesty revealed a horrific massacre (a potential crime against humanity) & alleged war crimes in Axum.
State-aligned @EthioHRC went there (Amnesty was blocked from doing so) & corroborated a massacre took place.
UN-led investigation now!
State-aligned @EthioHRC went there (Amnesty was blocked from doing so) & corroborated a massacre took place.
UN-led investigation now!
"[The] # of civilian fatalities & other casualties cited in this preliminary finding report are not final and only represent those the Commission was able to
verify at this stage of the investigation."
@amnesty has the names of 240+ victims. There are likely more. #AxumMassacre
verify at this stage of the investigation."
@amnesty has the names of 240+ victims. There are likely more. #AxumMassacre
"Residents also say 'The injuries of the five people who died on the spot was such that it was impossible to identify them before they were buried.'"
That was from strikes outside Axum on 18 November, before the #AxumMassacre even took place.
That was from strikes outside Axum on 18 November, before the #AxumMassacre even took place.
#Eritrea #Tigray Thread 1:
#Ethiopia: Lies, Damn Lies, Jeff Pearce (@ jeffpropulsion) & ENA.
So Jeff Pearce spoke for a "few minutes by phone" with Seife Deribe of ENA, and writes that Axum Massacre is FAKE, and many "Ethiopians" are sharing this article as evidence.
#Ethiopia: Lies, Damn Lies, Jeff Pearce (@ jeffpropulsion) & ENA.
So Jeff Pearce spoke for a "few minutes by phone" with Seife Deribe of ENA, and writes that Axum Massacre is FAKE, and many "Ethiopians" are sharing this article as evidence.
#Ethiopia #Eritrea #Tigray Thread 2
Not only is this mind numbing out right lie based on ENA's CEO, but Jeff's whole article is based on "few minutes" of phone conversation with Seife Deribe of ENA. FEW MINUTES! That is the whole Jeff's research! "Few Minutes"
Not only is this mind numbing out right lie based on ENA's CEO, but Jeff's whole article is based on "few minutes" of phone conversation with Seife Deribe of ENA. FEW MINUTES! That is the whole Jeff's research! "Few Minutes"
#Ethiopia #Tigray Thread 3:
This is about hundreds of innocent lives that have been killed by #Eritrean army. There are VERIFIED videos, burial sites with satellites & eyewitness accounts. Here is a detailed investigation with Photos, Satellite images, amnesty.org/en/documents/a…
This is about hundreds of innocent lives that have been killed by #Eritrean army. There are VERIFIED videos, burial sites with satellites & eyewitness accounts. Here is a detailed investigation with Photos, Satellite images, amnesty.org/en/documents/a…
1/ Sad to see @HabenGirma, an otherwise intelligent young woman whom I have had the honor of meeting at the #Eritrea|n Festival in Oakland in 2015, fall for the anti-#Eritrea #TPLFlies by @amnesty. There's no "#AxumMassacre". There's #MaiKadraMassacre. Learn the facts. #Ethiopia
War crimes: UN, US demand Eritrean troops leave Ethiopia’s Tigray region
To rescue of the people suffering from hellish ordeal in the hands of Eritrean troops, the @UN and US have told the melancholic armies to leave #Tigray region.
#Thread 📌
1/15
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To rescue of the people suffering from hellish ordeal in the hands of Eritrean troops, the @UN and US have told the melancholic armies to leave #Tigray region.
#Thread 📌
1/15
thedailyleaks.com/war-crimes-cla…
The @UN on Friday said that it is "now abundantly clear to all" that Eritrean troops are operating throughout Ethiopia's northern #Tigray region and "well-corroborated" reports suggest they are responsible for atrocities. @amnesty too has been calling for #justice #freedom
2/15
2/15
"Eritrean Defence Forces must leave Ethiopia, and they must not be enabled or permitted to continue their campaign of destruction before they do so," U.N. aid chief @MarkLowcock @UNReliefChief told the @UN Security Council.
3/15
3/15
This a thread about 10 suggestions that are used to defend a massacre. Yes, a lot of it is eerily similar to the language and logic used by the #EthiopiaPrevails sheep to deny #TigrayGenocide and #AxumMassacre
Propaganda 101: How to Defend a Massacre ⬇️
Propaganda 101: How to Defend a Massacre ⬇️
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They will argue that the government has "clear objectives" and "surgical operations" that it has "achieved successfully," using bureaucratic language to disguise the brutality of their actions. #TigrayGenocide #AxumMassacre
They will argue that the government has "clear objectives" and "surgical operations" that it has "achieved successfully," using bureaucratic language to disguise the brutality of their actions. #TigrayGenocide #AxumMassacre
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This one is easy. Everything from "diaspora disinformation campaigns" to "junta" to "paid actors" in order to discredit any legitimate critiques. #TigrayGenocide #AxumMassacre
This one is easy. Everything from "diaspora disinformation campaigns" to "junta" to "paid actors" in order to discredit any legitimate critiques. #TigrayGenocide #AxumMassacre
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Reasons why #UNSC should #SanctionEritrea & #SanctionEthiopia
#Isaias is constructing a3⃣cornered axis of autocracy in z HOA where he's z leader & 🇪🇹&🇸🇴are his junior partners.
@RussiaUN @Chinamission2un @StateHouseKenya @AmbMKimani @MexOnu
foreignpolicy.com/2021/03/03/eri…
Reasons why #UNSC should #SanctionEritrea & #SanctionEthiopia
#Isaias is constructing a3⃣cornered axis of autocracy in z HOA where he's z leader & 🇪🇹&🇸🇴are his junior partners.
@RussiaUN @Chinamission2un @StateHouseKenya @AmbMKimani @MexOnu
foreignpolicy.com/2021/03/03/eri…
#Isaias offered2⃣things to the🇪🇹🇸🇴insecure rulers.
1⃣practical advice on political survival against the odds—specifically, how to face int'l pressure to democratize
2⃣a model of military training that transforms high school students into obedient fighting machines
#UNSCActNow
1⃣practical advice on political survival against the odds—specifically, how to face int'l pressure to democratize
2⃣a model of military training that transforms high school students into obedient fighting machines
#UNSCActNow
Although #Isaias said nothing about his war aims his decades of unremitting ruthlessness in🇸🇴,🇾🇪&🇪🇷 tell another story. His PR strategy is to say as little as possible
4+month into #TigrayGenocide & his only public statement was that 🇪🇷was “fulfilling its responsibilities” wrt🇪🇹
4+month into #TigrayGenocide & his only public statement was that 🇪🇷was “fulfilling its responsibilities” wrt🇪🇹
