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#TheAgonies: #TigrayWarRapeVictims
THREAD: Western Tigray
Another day, another agony, a devastating story shared by a young #Tigrayan woman from a refugee camp in Sudan.
As I write her testimony, my heart is beating faster and and faster ...
@LaetitiaBader @jbgallopin
#TheAgonies: #TigrayWarRapeVictims
THREAD: Western Tigray
Another day, another agony, a devastating story shared by a young #Tigrayan woman from a refugee camp in Sudan.
As I write her testimony, my heart is beating faster and and faster ...
@LaetitiaBader @jbgallopin
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Few days ago, I wrote a lengthy thread about Christine, a teenager who was gang-raped by the Amhara Special Forces inside the compound of St Gabriel Orthodox Church at Humera town, Western Tigray.
Today, I write the story of Paula, another #Tigrayan woman.
@AnnLinde
Few days ago, I wrote a lengthy thread about Christine, a teenager who was gang-raped by the Amhara Special Forces inside the compound of St Gabriel Orthodox Church at Humera town, Western Tigray.
Today, I write the story of Paula, another #Tigrayan woman.
@AnnLinde
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Paula is originally from the town of Shire Endasilasie. She has witnessed the shelling of her hometown by the joint invading forces of @AbiyAhmedAli in November. She was there as the artillery shells were flying over her house and landing on households in the town.
@USAmbUN
Paula is originally from the town of Shire Endasilasie. She has witnessed the shelling of her hometown by the joint invading forces of @AbiyAhmedAli in November. She was there as the artillery shells were flying over her house and landing on households in the town.
@USAmbUN
▶️Remembering 48 young men & women massacred at #AdiAbeto in 4 Nov 2004..👇
A thread on #AdiAbetoMassacre..
Remembering is also about few days in #Eritrea|s contemporary history, days that witnessed a barbarity that’s too horrific to imagine - almost beyond human imagination,
A thread on #AdiAbetoMassacre..
Remembering is also about few days in #Eritrea|s contemporary history, days that witnessed a barbarity that’s too horrific to imagine - almost beyond human imagination,
something that’s too painful to contemplate &, thus, self-serving to deny & forget. And, this is exactly why we must make a deliberate & conscious effort to remember z 4th of Nov 2004!
At z end of z 1998-2000 border war, #Eritrea|s 18-months National Service program mutated
At z end of z 1998-2000 border war, #Eritrea|s 18-months National Service program mutated
into an indefinite mobilization of z population into "military" service, ostensibly in readiness for a potential #Ethiopia'n invasion. In reality, while some conscripts did serve within z army, most were either assigned to work on so-called “national development projects”, or
I've credible information from Maytseberi that the Amhara Special Forces (ASF) & Tigray Fenqil Movement members visited the villages surrounding the city & forcefully returned every city resident to the city. On Sat Dec 26, ...
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...they forcefully gathered the people & told them that every youth[men+women] as old as 45 yrs old is expected to join a military training very soon as the Egyptians are about to invade Ethiopia & the residents MUST say okay to this call; if not they'll be forced anyway...[2/8]
...Moreover, the city residents are being forced NOT to speak in #Tigrinya. The areas as north as the Tekeze river are already annexed to Northern Gondar zone, "Telemt" District. Hence, everyone has to respect the new guidelines. The city has got a new mayor who .... [3/8]
