Thread by @gpethiopia

#GPE_AtrocityReport: April 23, 2021 (Miyazia 15, 2013 EC).

#GPE has received reports of startling atrocities targeting ethnic #Amhara civilians in #Gorete kebele (ward), #Abi_Dengoro woreda (district), #Horo_Guduru_Welega zone, #Oromia region. Local witnesses said on...

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...April 22, 2021 (Miyazia 14, 2013 EC) at approximately 4 am local time, three people including a man, his child daughter and another child were killed as local militias locked them in their home and set it on fire burning all three inside under gruesome circumstances.

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#GPE has obtained disturbing photographic evidence of their burned remains.

Names of the decedents are as follows:

1. Mr. Adam Hassen (father)
2. Hawa Adam (daughter)
3. Zewdia Fetene (neighbor’s child)

Residents also reported the militias opened fire on civilians...

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...in the area severely wounding at least one woman by the name of Kedija. In addition, Adam Hassen’s brother Sheh Hassen Muhammed was arbitrarily arrested just a week ago for his #Amhara identity. Relatives of the deceased also reported not being able to retrieve Adam...

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...Hassen's body for a dignified burial due to the government closing off the roads only a week earlier. Additional killings were also reported in the area as follows:

➡️ On April 19, 2021 (Miyazia 11, 2013 EC) at 6 am local time, it was reported that assailants broke...

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...into the home of an #Amhara woman called Belaynesh Temesgen was hacked to death by the #Oromo militias.

➡️ On the night of April 18, 2021 (Myazia 10, 2013 EC) it was reported a man named Chane Nigussie was killed in #Debis kebele.

The #Oromia regional government...

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The #Oromia regional government has attributed blame on the terrorist group #Oromo Liberation Front (#OLF) “Shene” but skeptics have begun to assert that the pattern of coordinated killings suggests complicity by the regional administration implicating the #Oromia...

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regional government under regional president @ShimelisAbdisa. Furthermore, the federal gov't under Prime Minister @AbiyAhmedAli has also faced scrutiny for failing to acknowledge killings have targeted ethnic #Amhara civilians and taking action to prevent further killings.

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This has led some activists to accuse PM Abiy of complicity in the killings and of supporting the #OLF. #GPE calls on the international community including policy makers, international media outlets, HR organizations and civic organizations to acknowledge ethnically...

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...targeted killings of #Ethiopia|n civilians, condemn perpetrators of atrocities and to put forth potential solutions to pressure the Ethiopian government to adhere to international law and protect civilians and provide safety for those in danger of attacks.

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#GPE
#Ethiopia
#AmharaGenocide
#Genocide
#EthnicCleansing

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WARNING: EXTREMELY GRAPHIC CONTENT

Picture evidence of the Amhara family targeted in #Gorete kebele (ward), #Abi_Dengoro woreda (district), #Horo_Guduru_Welega zone, #Oromia region as described in the first tweet in the thread.

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