On its face this tweet confirms the authenticity of the meeting between Amnesty International and well known public apologists for the TPLF including @MartinPlaut and the @WorldPeaceFdtn's Alex de Waal.
He says the meeting was "held a year ago" - suggesting it did take place.
He says the meeting was "held a year ago" - suggesting it did take place.
https://twitter.com/GebrekirstosG/status/1513826441477111810
@martinplaut @WorldPeaceFdtn If it took place - "a year ago" = April 2021 - as he suggests, then it took place during the period that Amnesty and HRW was likely conducting field research for their report in Tigray - as it wasn't till around then that it was possible for NGOs to get access.
Initial research for the Amnesty report was conducted in Sudan refugee camps, of witnesses many of whom may well have been perpetrators of the #MaikadraMassacre
These witnesses had ample opportunity to align their stories with each other and intimidate other potential witnesses.
These witnesses had ample opportunity to align their stories with each other and intimidate other potential witnesses.
A second round interviews was then conducted it seems in Tigray itself - albeit not in Wolkait as they did not have access - it is not clear whether they requested it or not.
And finally they conducted an undisclosed number of interviews by phone.
And finally they conducted an undisclosed number of interviews by phone.
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