“We Will Erase You From This Land”: Crimes Against Humanity and Ethnic Cleansing in #Ethiopia’s Western Tigray Zone
New joint @hrw and @amnesty report: hrw.org/news/2022/04/0…
Ida Sawyer
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Ida Sawyer
@ida_sawyer
Crisis and Conflict Director at Human Rights Watch
Joined September 2011
- #Ethiopia: For 8 hours on June 18, armed assailants shot+killed about 400 Amhara civilians, incl. many women+children, in western #Oromia. Despite warnings, gov't security forces stationed nearby didn't arrive until hours after the attack. New @hrw report: hrw.org/news/2022/08/3…
- #Axum #Ethiopia massacre survivor: “Hyenas had eaten the corpses on May Quho, so we didn’t collect many dead bodies from there. I counted around 25 remains that could not be identified.” Another said: “The hill was like a graveyard, a ghost hill.” @hrw: hrw.org/news/2021/03/0…
- « Ils ont voulu nous violer. Ma mère a dit non, alors ils lui ont tiré une balle dans la poitrine+elle est morte sur-le-champ. Puis quatre d’entre eux m’ont violée...L’un d’eux a dit : “Nous sommes venus du #Rwanda pour vous détruire.”» @hrw_fr #RDC #Congo hrw.org/fr/news/2023/0…
- #Ethiopia: Eritrean Forces Massacre #Tigray Civilians; UN Should Urgently Investigate Atrocities by All Parties New @hrw report: hrw.org/news/2021/03/0…
- “It was painful. I thought the Ethiopian military stood for Ethiopia and its people, but they did nothing as Eritrean forces looted and killed. They just kept silent.” - #Axum resident, #Tigray #Ethiopia @hrw report: hrw.org/news/2021/03/0…
- #Ethiopia: @hrw is investigating credible reports of extrajudicial executions of civilians, widespread looting+damage of property, including hospitals, by Eritrean forces in #Tigray. Need for immediate int'l scrutiny + a UN-led investigation @LaetitiaBader apnews.com/article/intern…
- En #RDC, les menaces de mort contre @DenisMukwege, lauréat du prix Nobel, sont des menaces contre la justice et la paix. Le Dr Mukwege ne sera en sécurité que grâce à une protection efficace soutenue par l’#ONU, et à la traduction en justice des auteurs d'abus.
- At Saint Mary's hospital in #Axum #Ethiopia: "Suddenly, the [Eritrean forces] came in and started shooting. [My sister] got hit by a bullet and I started to run. After killing people, they took medicine, beds and other equipment.” @hrw report: hrw.org/news/2021/03/0…
- #Axum #Tigray #Ethiopia massacre survivor: “I asked one soldier, why are you not doing anything, you are Ethiopian, and we are in Ethiopia; you are allowing the Eritreans to do this. He told me: ‘We need an order from above.’” @hrw report: hrw.org/news/2021/03/0…
- Huge congratulations to @DenisMukwege for his #NobelPeacePrize! At great personal risk, he has dared to speak out on the pervasiveness of rape used as a weapon of war in #Congo+the near total impunity for these crimes. He is a hero+inspiration for so many across #DRC and beyond.
- “#Ethiopia security forces have carried out rampant arbitrary arrests+enforced disappearances of Tigrayans in Addis Ababa. The gov’t should immediately stop ethnic profiling, produce info on all being held+provide redress to victims.” - @LaetitiaBader @hrw hrw.org/news/2021/08/1…
