Tigrayan athlete Teshome Mekonen who came third following Rhonex Kipruto and Edward Cheserek in the United Airlines New York City Half today chanting "stop #TigrayGenocide" at the end of the race. #NYCHalfyoutube.com/watch?v=BSCreB…
Tigrayans use the funeral ceremony of Major General Gebremedhin (Wedi Necho) at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Addis Abeba to air their protest. They called for the release of prisoners, and that Tigrayans are targeted on the basis of their identity. 1/n
A female TDF member finds time to show her dance moves. The TDF fighters are dancers, teachers, professors, medical doctors, business people and every other profession that have been forced to fight against a genocide waged upon them and their people.
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Tigrayan mothers's heartbreakingly breaking down, sobbing and asking for help on the side of the street after Eritrean troops rounded up and took their children, men and animals.The place is in Adi Dairo. Look at the woman unconsolably sobbing at the end. #InternationalWomensDay
Meskel day for the people of Tigray wasn't a happy day. As if the blockade is not enough, Eritrean forces fired dozens of artilleries at Adigrat & Irob, & conducted air strikes in Shire and Adi Dairo killing civlians & destroying civilian infrastructure. Footage from Adi Dairo.1
Tigray rallies
+ IDPs must return to their homes
+ The children of IDPs should also resume school
+ Amhara and Eritrean forces must withdraw from Tigray
+ Humanitarian orgs should fulfill their responsibilities
An airstrike in Mekelle's Dom Bosco area by the Ethiopian Airs Force today has hit a residential area. Tigray TV shows footage of residents digging out dead bodies from one house. The number of dead bodies has not yet been fully counted.
A cry for Help from Mekelle
Mekelle University community protested the inhumane blockade in front of UN agency offices in Mekelle:
"Please Help us, let act now"
"Hunger can't wait"
"Access to basic services now"
Women and children can't wait"
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According Medhin Gebreselassie (journalist), the woman below collapsed from hunger on a street in Mekelle today while walking carrying her child. She says only in Mekelle, 500,000 need emergency aid, but aid only enough for 51,000 has arrived.
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A new video on the Mahbere Dego Massacre. Ethiopian soldiers taking one group of Tigrayans to the massacre site. The soldier filming uses swear words. There is a car with a mounted gun following. The videos have been posted by an Ethiopian soldier on his facebook page. 1/3
A BBC journalist who was based in Nairobi working for BBC Tigrinya, Desta Gebremedhin, abandons his job at @BBCWorld and joins Tigray Defence Forces. Asked by Assena TV, his wife Weyni Abraha said she is proud of him and added Desta was not in peace after the breakout of the war.
Tsigereda Girmai, a 2nd-year student of Arba Minch University was found dead, according to the uni. Tisgereda is Tigrayan, and other sources say she was stabbed to death. The Uni is a notorious supporter of the #waronTigray. ( See tghat.com/2022/01/12/lis…)
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Amhara forces killing, burning and tying hands behind backs in Humera, Western Tigray. Victims with tied hands behind their backs have been found in Sudan. An Italian magazine presents videos obtained from dead Amhara soldiers.
Mass grave of Tigrayans who died from hunger & disease in Semera (Afar) Concentration Camp. The more than 10,000 Tigrayans have been in the sweltering concentration camps without food & medication for more than 7 months now, after they were rounded up from Abala (aka Shekhet) 1/n