Thread by @althecat

This @EthioHRC statement tells us that the #Galicoma #GaleKoma #Galikoma #AfarMassacre - in which 250 civilians including 107 children are thought to have been killed by TPLF fighters - occurred a day earlier than I previously thought, on August 5th.

https://twitter.com/EthioHRC/status/1425439678187118596

This was on the day of @PowerUSAID's brief visit to Ethiopia.

https://twitter.com/althecat/status/1423266759629549571?s=20

@PowerUSAID None of the U.S. big Foreign Policy big hitters, @PowerUSAid, @StateDeptSpox, @SecBlinken nor @JakeSullivan have even acknowledged that this event, which became public knowledge on August 6th-7th has occurred. Among international media only @AJArabic has reported in any depth.

@PowerUSAID @StateDeptSpox @SecBlinken @jakesullivan @AJArabic There is a clear double standard being applied to news of atrocities in Ethiopia in U.S. diplomacy, in the early hours on August 3rd Samantha Power tweeted this speculative atrocity story from @AP reporter Cara Anna.

https://twitter.com/PowerUSAID/status/1422340300807213057?s=20

This story which can be directly traced to TPLF's considerable dis-information propaganda team who immediately launched a massive PR offensive off the back of it claiming a connection to a #HumeraMassacre.

Here are the creation logs for the wikipedia page created in full at 9.42am that morning. Media references to stories published by numerous outlets following up on the @AP report have now been added to add credibility to a fake massacre. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humera_ma…

In summary: Fake history is being written in real-time with the active assistance of global media giants and U.S. diplomats, whilst horrendous massacres of civilians committed by the TPLF are not being reported at all.

Meanwhile Ethiopia, the world's newest democracy, is careening towards a second and likely significant worse phase of a civil war against it's former ruling clique, which risks destabilizing the entire region.

And the international community stands in silence.