THREAD Meles Bisrat has been active for a long time as a very vocal opposition voice of #TPLF. He is from #Tigray from Mai Kadra. His mom still lives there according to one of his posts and he is a vocal and diehard supporter of #AbiyAhmed. He has been supporting the war. 1/6
The gravity of atrocities and cruelty is even pushing people like him to state the obvious, #TigrayGenocide. Here is my verbatim translation of his facebook post above from today. “A heinous act of cruelty history will not forgive is taking place in Mai Kadra.
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This is my city where Tigraway (ethnic #Tigray) not only are getting killed but also deprived burial as bodies are condemned to be devoured by dogs and hyenas, a city where extreme abuses are committed as never seen in Ethiopia’s history. More than 60,000 people have been 3/6
evicted from their homes by armed groups we never seen before who are taking over the houses we built in a city we founded claiming that they are the owners. #Justice_for_Mai_Kadra_people! 4/6
“Corpses are found laying on the streets on the exit from Mai Kadra, Wal, Banat, Mechach. When the people asked to
bury the bodies, they are prohibited {by the armed groups}. This is a deliberate ploy to prevent the resident community to live peace in the future.” 6/6
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A good starting material for those who care about accountability in #Ethiopia: where is the army?. Excerpts from Mulugeta Gebrehiwot's podcast discussion with @WorldPeaceFdtnsites.tufts.edu/reinventingpea…: "It's an effective destruction of Tigray but that’s not the only thing. 1/5
It’s also an effective destruction of Ethiopian defense forces. Ethiopia has remained without an army now. " "they[Eritrean forces] sent the commanders of the Eritrean forces, which they were just using [Ethiopian forces] as cannon fodders, you know, they send them[Ethiopian 2/5
forces] first, and then once they’re [Ethiopian army] finished, they start sending their army [Eritrean army]. So, Ethiopia is effectively without an army now. "
"And the Eritrean forces will remain here. They had a meeting last week, it’s some information we got from 3/5
I was only 23 when I met Dr. Mulugeta Gebrehiwot (nom de guerre Mulugeta Chaltu) in #Mekelle. I was young, ambitious, full of energy, first year after graduating from #AddisAbabaUniversity. I was talking to him on how I could help with the selection of wastewater treatment 1/5
plant technologies to be established as part of Sheba Tannery in #Wukro (now destroyed/looted by #Eritrean forces). He knew I was a novice. He still was glad to see me give it a shot. He handed me the tender document. I cherished it so much (and partly, I am a collector par 2/5
excellence) that it went with me to Bahir Dar, Addis Ababa, #Stockholm and now #Calgary. I still have it in my home office library here. I remember Chaltu as a very positive and encouraging gentleman. Fast forward 25 years, I am now at the foot of the Rocky Mountains of 3/5