Sunday, April 4, 2021

Known for Ethiopian Christian/Zionist Govt.or Regime,but this Muslim Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed uses Ethnic Divide/Religious links to use Government Troops to suppress Tigray Separatist led by Tigray Myopic/Parochial Leaders that ruin viable Tigray Region.

UN, Ethiopia Rights Agency to conduct joint Tigray Probe.Known for Ethiopian Christian/Zionist Govt.or Regime,but this Muslim Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed uses Ethnic Divide/Religious links to use Government Troops to suppress Tigray Separatist led by Tigray Myopic/Parochial Leaders that ruin viable Tigray Region. KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The United Nations and an Ethiopian Rights Agency said on Thursday they had agreed to carry out a joint investigation into abuses in the embattled region of Tigray, where fighting persists as Government Troops hunt down the region's fugitive leaders. (1 of 1) Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed responds to questions from members of parliament at the prime minister's office in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Ethiopia's leader said in an address before lawmakers Tuesday, March 23, 2021 that atrocities have occurred in Tigray, the country's northern region where fighting persists as government troops hunt down its fugitive leaders. March 25, 2021 An investigation of all parties to the conflict is “part of the much-needed accountability process" for victims of the conflict, the government-established Ethiopian Human Rights Commission and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said in a statement. "With multiple actors involved in the conflict and the gravity of the reported violations, an objective, independent investigation is urgently required," the statement said, adding that deployment of investigators will start as soon as possible for an initial period of three months. The announcement came a day after the humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders, known by its French acronym MSF, reported that its staff on Tuesday saw Ethiopian government troops kill at least four civilians in Tigray. Three MSF staff alleged that they witnessed the extrajudicial killings when they were traveling ahead of two public mini-buses that were stopped by soldiers on the road from Mekele, the regional capital, to the city of Adigrat. “The soldiers then forced the passengers to leave the mini-buses. The men were separated from the women, who were allowed to walk away. Shortly afterward, the men were shot,” according to MSF, which said in a statement late Wednesday that the “horrific event further underscores the need for the protection of civilians during this ongoing conflict.” Ethiopian authorities have not responded to MSF's allegations of the killings after an apparent ambush of a military convoy by an armed group. MSF's statement said Ethiopian military vehicles were on fire at the scene of the executions. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who was in Eritrea Thursday for talks with President Isaias Afwerki, told lawmakers earlier this week that atrocities have been reported in Tigray, his first public acknowledgment of possible war crimes in the country’s northern region. Abiy also admitted, after repeated denials by authorities, that troops from neighboring Eritrea have gone into Tigray, where their presence has inflicted “damage” on the region’s residents. Eritrean soldiers killed over 100 people, including pilgrims attending an annual religious event, on Nov. 28 and the next day in the city of Axum, the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission said in a report released Tuesday. Yemane G. Meskel, Eritrea’s information minister, said in a Twitter post on Thursday that “defamation campaigns against Eritrea have been ramped up" in recent days. Concern continues to grow over the humanitarian situation in Tigray, home to 6 million of Ethiopia’s more than 110 million people. Authorities haven’t cited a death toll in the war, which began in November when Abiy sent government troops into the region after an attack there on federal military facilities. The United States has characterized some abuses in Tigray as “ethnic cleansing,” charges dismissed as unfounded by Ethiopian authorities. The U.S. also has urged Eritrean troops, who are fighting on the side of Ethiopian government forces, to withdraw from Tigray. The Ethiopian prime minister, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019 for his efforts to make peace with Eritrea, has been under pressure to end the conflict in Tigray as well as to institute an international investigation into alleged war crimes, ideally led by the U.N. It remains unclear if the joint investigation announced on Thursday will satisfy the demands of opposition groups. Humanitarian officials have warned that a growing number of people might be starving to death in Tigray. The fighting erupted on the brink of harvest in the largely agricultural region and sent an untold number of people fleeing their homes. Witnesses have described widespread looting by Eritrean soldiers as well as the burning of crops. -------------------------------------- Protest in South Africa over conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray.Known for Ethiopian Christian/Zionist Govt.or Regime,but this Muslim Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed uses Ethnic Divide/Religious links to use Government Troops to suppress Tigray Separatist led by Tigray Myopic/Parochial Leaders that ruin viable Tigray Region. JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Members of Ethiopia's Tigrayan community in South Africa demonstrated in the capital in a bid to bring international attention to the humanitarian crisis in the embattled region. Thursday's demonstration in Pretoria is their second in South Africa in recent months, as Ethiopian authorities face growing pressure to end the war in its Tigray province, home to 6 million of Ethiopia's 110 million people. (1 of 7) Members of the Tigrayan-Ethiopian community protest against the conflict in the Ethiopia's Tigray region, outside the European Union offices in Pretoria, South Africa, Thursday, March 25, 2021. (2 of 7) A member of the Tigrayan-Ethiopian community holds a poster as they protest against the conflict in the Ethiopia's Tigray region, outside the European Union offices in Pretoria, South Africa, Thursday, March 25, 2021. (3 of 7) Members of the Tigrayan-Ethiopian community protest against the conflict in the Ethiopia's Tigray region, outside the European Union offices in Pretoria, South Africa, Thursday, March 25, 2021. (4 of 7) Members of the Oromo community hold a banner during a protest against the conflict in the Ethiopia's Tigray region, outside the European Union offices in Pretoria, South Africa, Thursday, March 25, 2021. (5 of 7) Members of the Tigrayan-Ethiopian community protest against the conflict in the Ethiopia's Tigray region, outside the European Union offices in Pretoria, South Africa, Thursday, March 25, 2021. (6 of 7) A member of Oromia community raises her fist during a protest against the conflict in the Ethiopia's Tigray region, outside the European Union offices in Pretoria, South Africa, Thursday, March 25, 2021. March 25, 2021 The Tigrayan group in South Africa is demanding a United Nations-led investigation into the alleged atrocities and has questioned the credibility of the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission, a government-established agency, as an investigator of crimes in which government troops may be implicated. The Office of the U.N. The High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission announced Thursday that they had agreed to carry out a joint investigation into rights violations in Tigray, where fighting persists as government troops hunt down the region’s fugitive leaders. This does not appear to be enough for some members of the Tigrayan diaspora in South Africa. “The decision to accept the offer (by the Ethiopian government) to join the investigation will reverse the call for an independent international UN-mandated investigation into the government-sponsored crime committed,” the group demonstrating in Pretoria said in a statement. Giddy Gebrehiwet, one of the protesters, cited opposition to the involvement of the Ethiopian rights agency “because you cannot investigate your own crimes. A criminal cannot investigate their own crimes.” Human rights groups have raised concerns about the humanitarian situation in Tigray. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Tuesday acknowledged publicly for the first time that atrocities have been reported in the region and that troops from neighboring Eritrea had gone into Tigray. Abiy spoke the same day a new report by the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission confirmed some atrocities, including the alleged killing by Eritrean troops of over 100 people on Nov. 28 and the following day in the sacred city of Axum. That report said the victims included pilgrims attending an annual religious event, with some “killed in front of their children, spouses and mothers." Eritrea had repeatedly denied its troops were operating in Tigray, and Information Minister Yemane G. Meskel said in a Twitter post on Thursday that “defamation campaigns against Eritrea have been ramped up” in recent days. The humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders reported Wednesday that its staff had seen Ethiopian troops shooting and killing at least four civilian men in Tigray on Tuesday. 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