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The International community (IC) has the ground to invoke its residual responsibility to protect (R2P) #Tigrayans. According to the R2P commitment, state sovereignty is a responsibility for people's welfare. 1
R2P is states' and IC's responsibility to protect populations from the worst forms of violence: genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against humanity. 2
un.org/en/genocidepre…
Welfare and protection from these crimes is primarily the state's responsibility. But the IC has a residual responsibility, especially when "national authorities manifestly fail to protect their populations". 3
Ethiopia has not only failed to protect Tigrayans, but also it has been engaged in committing these crimes itself. It is the number one actor and is accused of ethnic cleansing, war crimes, crimes agains humanity, and genocide. 4
Not only has Ethiopia been engaged in committing these forms of violence, but also it has publicly declared today it can not and will not protect Tigray|ans from foreign and internal aggressors committing these crimes. 5
All boxes have, therefore, been ticked for the IC to act. So we ask the IC to fulfill its responsibility and protect #Tigrayans from the wort forms of violence (genocide, ethnic cleansing, crimes against humanity, & war crimes) by #Ethiopian, #Eritrean and #Amhara forces. 6
Note that Eritrea was already accused of crimes against humanity. The same Eritrean forces are committing these crimes in Tigray, and @AbiyAhmedAli has said the Eritrean forces will stay in Tigray and that he won't protect Tigray. 7 news.un.org/en/story/2016/…

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The genocidal and traitorous man, @AbiyAhmedAli, has told the world it is his right to commit war crimes and violate IHL using Amhara, Eritrean and Ethiopian armies in Tigray. He rebuffed calls for Eritrean and Amhara armies to leave Tigray. 1/2
He blamed Tigrayans for anything and engaged in the usual lies and deception. He mocked the pain of "their women"[Tigrayan women] that are being raped by #Eritrean, #Ethiopian and marauding #Amhara militias by arguing it is nothing compared to the damage on his army. 2/2
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Enabling supporting and providing cover for #TigrayGenocide
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I have found evidence that Eritrean soldiers pretending Tigrayans massacred Amharas. These Eritrean soldiers were stationed in the newly established command in Bahirdar in the pretext of helping establish the command.
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Why the #WaronTigrai is to exterminate the #Tigray|an people. It is a war on the multi-national federal order and elections. But it is also to exterminate Tigraians.
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Genocide against Tigraians is ripe in Ethiopia. There is a long history of hate preaching against Tigraians. There is a huge Amharic literature likening Tigraians to the jews of Germany and calls for "Ethiopians" to take lessons from "Nazi heroic extermination techniques".
Abiy Ahmed is in the network of people that call for the extermination of Tigraians, ala the jews of Germany. It is important to remember that Abiy Ahmed's media, ESAT, called "the 95% of Ethiopians to exterminate the 5% [Tigraians]".
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A War to Exterminate the Tigraian People #Tigray
The @NobelPrize recipient @AbiyAhmedAli junta's and Isaias' war on Tigrai is to exterminate the #Tigraian people and it is on all fronts. Abiy Ahmed has shut down the internet, telephone and electric lines to Tigrai.
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Roads have been blocked since he came to power. He has denied Tigrai locust-fighting and Covid-19 protection tools and funds, and cut budget and safety-net funds. That is to starve and kill as many Tigraians as possible.
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Now, Abiy Ahmed is air bombing Mekelle. He has dispatched a human-wave of Amhara militias to Western Tigrai on the promise that they will be given Tigraian lands.
He has expelled Tigraians from any Ethiopian institutions. 3
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