Thread by @71grayad3y

1/5 It has been a week since I talked to my parents and siblings who live in #Tigray. Every morning I wake up, the first thing i do is pickup my phone and check the news on twitter, facebook and other outlets to know which cities in Tigray .@AbiyAhmedAli has cluster-bombed using

2/5 his warplanes. The #Ethiopia|n government has shutdown phone, internet services to the #Tigray region. But I still hopelessly call my mom's number. Imagine how difficult it is to not be able to check on your elderly parents while COVID-19 is ravaging the nation.

3/5 The #Ethiopian government has already closed all banks, cut all food-aid programs and blocked all transport mechanisms to the region. The suffering of those who need immediate medical attention and food-aid is unimaginable.

4/5 The government claims the senseless war is against a few number of "criminals" and yet it is keep a whole region hostage. Thousands of #Tigray|ans living in other parts of the country are also being racially profiled and put in concentration camps.

5/5 All these atrocities are being committed by .@AbiyAhmedAli who has received the 2019 Peace Nobel Laureate. The international community should put pressure on the #Ethiopia|n government to restore telephone and internet communications in Tigray.

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