Irob Anina Civil Society (IACS) is Canada-based & globally operating nonprofit to support & advocate for the
#Irob
minority & the people of
#Tigray
at large.
A shocking video clip (with English translation) ⬇️ out from the violently occupied
#Irob
district, Eastern Zone of
#Tigray
, confirms only what we already know: The
#Eritrean
regime is forcing a false Eritrean identity on the indigenous
#Irob
minority people with denial of aid &
We appreciate the efforts of the
@ICRC
& others trying to help but one thing must be crystal clear to the IC to address the humanitarian catastrophe in
#Tigray
head on: the siege & the blockade of food + meds are by design - part of the genocidal campaign to wipe out the … 1/
Today
@ICRC
delivered lifesaving medical supplies to Mekelle,
#Tigray
for the first time in 4 months
Director of Operations
@DstillhartICRC
briefed press on the critical needs in the region and the rest of
#Ethiopia
:
In light of the anniversary of the Irob Massacre this week, we will be commemorating the lives lost by helping raise awareness on the Irob minority in Tigray. Help us by amplifying and calling for justice on behalf of the victims.
#IrobMassacre
#TigrayGenocide
@UN_HRC
1. Intro👇🏿
100s are dying daily & millions risk death in a short time if the blockade of food + meds + fuel by 🇪🇹+🇪🇷 + allies into
#Tigray
continues. In
#Irob
district of Tigray, 45 people already died at the hospital & many more at home for lack med + food.
@USAmbUN
Merhawit's father was adducted by
#Eritrean
army in 1998 along the 97+
#Irob
civilians whose whereabouts is NOT known to date. Merhawit grew up without her father. Now
#Eritrean
army came back & killed her husband. Intergenerational trauma!
#TigrayGenocide
The Tigray Diaspora Advocacy Groups call for the urgent passing of H.R.6600 in order to save the lives of millions of people in the
#Tigray
region of Ethiopia from the untold human sufferings due to man-made famine, complete siege, & constant air and drone attacks.
#SupportHR6600
The
#IrobMassacre
is one of over 200 massacres committed in
#Tigray
. Today Tigrayans continue to endure more massacres, famine and daily airstrikes. Parts of East, North and West Tigray are still invaded by those who perpetrated these atrocity crimes. 1/
#TigrayGenocide
@UN_HRC
For 19 months
#Irob
has been besieged by Eritrean forces. As it stands today, we estimate ~half of Irob remains occupied, without access to much-needed aid and no media reporting from the ground. The Irob continue to face an existential threat.
#EndTigraySiege
"A few months ago, when the
@WFP
had difficulty distributing food aid to the needy on account of fuel shortage, it reached an agreement with the
#GovernmentofTigray
to borrow some fuel at the latter’s disposal so that millions of Tigrayans would receive some aid."⬇️
@PowerUSAID
With
#Ethiopia
uprooting/destroying itself (very likely beyond repairs) from the core by waging the genocidal war on
#Tigray
and the whole region left in disarray,
#US
working with
#Kenya
for a new era of cooperation with the African continent & the horn can only be expected.
This afternoon, I’ll be hosting Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta for a bilateral meeting. I look forward to strengthening the relationship between our nations and ushering a new era of U.S. cooperation with the African continent based on principles of mutual respect and equality.
Irob Anina is receiving reports of worsening conditions in
#Irob
, as
#Eritrea
|ns still occupy Irob lands. Confined to their homes w/ no access food + essentials supplies, prevented from traveling to markets in liberated areas or across the border in 🇪🇷.
#EritreanTroopsOutOfTigray
We continue to receive reports of the ever worsening conditions in large areas of
#Irob
that still remain violently occupied by the brutal & genocidal forces of
#Eritrea
. These areas have been completely
sealed off from any access whatsoever from Nov 2020.
#EritreaOutOfTigray
Dear
@PowerUSAID
:
We join you in condemnation of the attacks on the civilians including children & aid workers in Burma or anywhere else.
What about the
#Tigrayan
civilians being killed by drone & air strikes daily in addition to those dying in 100s daily by the siege on
#Tigray
?
My colleagues & I are horrified by Burmese military attacks in Kayah State on December 24 that killed at least 35 people. Among those killed were children & two aid workers from
@save_children
, a longstanding
@USAID
partner in
#Burma
. This rise in violence must end.
The current genocidal war caught many
#Irob
youth before they healed from the traumas of the 1998 Ethio-Eritrean war that left them devastated & forced many to flee. Here is one of those who fled as a refugee from her ancestral home
#Tigray
!
#1YearIrobMassacre
@Refugees
@UN_HRC
⚠️Graphic Warning⚠️
The footage👇from the aftermath of the
#Eritrean
Air Force bombing the town of
#AdiDaero
#Tigray
, targeting the civilians & civilian infrastructures, is extremely heartbreaking 💔. Why is the IC still tolerating these war crimes?
@USUN
“In
#Tigray
, some locations in the northern parts of the region, including some kebeles in Rama (Central Zone) as well as Erob [
#Irob
] and Zalambessa (Eastern Zone) and Western Zone continue to be inaccessible due to insecurity.”
#EndTigraySeige
@POTUS
Ethiopia: Speech on behalf of HR/VP Josep Borrell at the EP debate on the humanitarian and human rights situation in
#Tigray
“There will be no durable peace, no reconciliation, without justice for the victims.”-
@JosepBorrellF
👇
@CanadaGeneva
@CanadaFP
With hundreds dying daily and millions risking death in about a month time if the blockade of food + meds + fuel into
#Tigray
by the Ethiopian + Eritrean regimes + allies continues, immediate action is needed by the IC to save millions.
@PowerUSAID
@UNReliefChief
#EndTigraySiege
On Oct 4th, Acc.
@AP
, a humanitarian worker confirmed an airstrike hit the
#Tigray
town of Adi Daero where displaced people [IDPs] were sheltering. The scene described as “total carnage” with reports of causality: 50 killed & >70 injured.
@Refugees
@UN_HRC
Eritrea's belligerence and criminal acts must be STOPPED. Its genocidal forces must be FORCED to withdraw from
#Irob
and all
#Tigrayan
territories. We strongly believe that this cannot be achieved by diplomatically engaging the despotic regime.
@StateDept
@eu_eeas
@CanadaFP
@UN
562 Days of Active
#TigrayGenocide
📌use of starvation & siege as weapons of war
📌all essential services cut off
📌atrocities & ethnic cleaning campaigns in occupied areas of Tigray
📌IC’s inaction & complicity emboldens the genocidal regimes of 🇪🇹+🇪🇷+allies
@StateDept
@eu_eeas
.
@UNOCHA
April 19, 2022 Report
"In Erob[
#Irob
] woreda, Eastern zone of
#Tigray
, reports indicate over 33,000 people (65% of the woreda population) are facing extreme food insecurity and have received limited assistance."
@PowerUSAID
@EUatUN
@USUN
@USAmbUN
The
@WFP_Ethiopia
has today announced it has managed to deliver essential food aid to millions of people in
#Tigray
, averting the threat of famine. This is very troubling & it can be considered disinformation based on the reality on the ground & from
@WFP
’s own recent reports. ⤵️
We strongly denounce the renewed 🇪🇹-🇪🇷 joint offensive on
#Tigray
& call on the IC to take immediate measures on the two regimes to stop their ongoing genocidal campaigns on
#Tigray
|ans. Two very small minorities in
#Tigray
, the
#Irob
&
#Kunama
, are at risk of extinction.👇
Yes Rosa is so brave and so was determined to bring the atrocities in
#Irob
to the world. And she volunteered for
@IROBANINA
risking her life. Now that she is fighting to defend
#Tigray
& already public, here is the clip from her interview with the families of the
#IrobMassacre
.
Rosa was responsible for bravely acquiring this footage of all the Irob victims and is now fighting to liberate
#Tigray
. Credit to
@IROBANINA
for all the work on editing and subtitling the video.
A month ago,
@WFP_Ethiopia
shared these key findings:
📌 4.6 million people are estimated to be food insecure in Tigray (excluding Western Tigray), which is 83% of the population.
📌 2 million people (37%) are severely food insecure (equivalent to IPC 4 & 5 levels)[
#Tigray
]
@UN
🚨 NEWS ALERT 🚨
A new
@WFP
assessment shows almost 40 percent of Tigrayans are suffering an extreme lack of food. Across north
#Ethiopia
more than 9 million people are in need of humanitarian food assistance, the highest number yet 👇
After 1️⃣ year, the
#Eritrean
forces continue to illegally & violently occupy
#Irob
and commit
#TigrayGenocide
with total communication blackout. Aid is blockaded as our families starve to death in the dark. The very existence of this indigenous minority of
#Tigray
is threatened.
6⃣0⃣0⃣+ days into the genocidal
#WarOnTigray
by the allied forces of 🇪🇹+🇪🇷, & Amhara, the
#Irob
, one of the minorities in
#Tigray
, remains under the violent occupation of the
#Eritrean
forces without access to humanitarian aid. The Irob risk extinction & the IC must take action🔜
🚨𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 🇪🇷-🇪🇹 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐲
It's extremely alarming that Ethiopian & Eritrean regimes, along their Amhara allies, have started yet another massive joint offensive on
#Tigray
from the North West direction. 1/n
@StateDept
@eu_eeas
@melaniejoly
@FCDOGovUK
Throughout the war, the Ethiopian govt has used airstrikes to target civilians, in one instance killing at least 57 civilians in Dedebit,
#Tigray
. UN member states must ensure funding for the investigative mechanism.
#TigrayCantWait
@NepalUNNY
@NLatUN
"The United States is committed to the unity, sovereignty, and territorial integrity of Ethiopia."-
@StateDept
In the face of the invasion & violent occupation & the ongoing full-scale offensive on
#Tigray
by
#Eritrea
with the invitation of 🇪🇹, 🇪🇹|n sovereignty doesn't exist now.
🛑 There are very alarming reports of indiscriminate missiles & heavy artillery shellings of civilians & civilian objects in
#Irob
district, Eastern
#Tigray
. The joint
#Eritrean
&
#Ethiopian
forces have launched >210 strikes in <2 days. Causalities unknown yet.
@UNHumanRights
@UN
Tigray Is Free When
#Irob
Is Free!
Tigray Is Free When
#Kunama
is Free!
Tigray Is Free When
#WesternTigray
Is Free!
Tigray Is Free When
#SouthernTigray
Is Free!
Tigray is Free When
#ALLOfTigray
is Free!
Tigray Is Free When All IDPs & Refugees Return To Their Homes!
Tigray
#GovOfTigray
"calls upon the international community to exert adequate pressure on the [
@PMEthiopia
's] regime with a view to putting an end to word games; lifting the brutal blockade of Tigray; and resuming discontinued vital social services." 👇
@UN
“While the Ethiopian govt. declared a ‘humanitarian truce’ on Mar 24, 2022, […] Tigray widely remains without banking access, electricity, clean water, food, and telecommunication & internet services.”
#TigrayGenocide
continues as the world looks away.
The Internet has transformed what it means to defend freedom, democracy and human rights.
At
@rightscon
, I discussed the need to foster digital inclusion to build a future where everyone can participate online, safer and meaningfully.
There is NO basis of whatsoever for any claim by 🇪🇷 for any part of
#Irob
!
We ask for the end of the illegal & violent occupation of Irob and other areas of Tigray by 🇪🇷.
Stop
#TigrayGenocide
&
#EritreaOutOfTigray
“If Irob is in Eritrea, Eritrea is in Tigray‼️”-
@AksumHager
~4 months into Pretoria
#CoHA
& Nairobi declarations, the WAR IS NOT OVER for
#IROB
!
Eritrea continues to violently occupy Irob & kill, kidnap, rape, loot & blockade humanitarian aid access (food & meds), besieging the whole district.
#EritreanOutOfTigray
@SecBlinken
@PMEthiopia
Sr Lemlem Gidey was arrested on Dec 31, 2021 by the security forces in
#Kobo
, currently Amhara Region in Ethiopia, where she was managing
#UrsulineSisters
#Catholic
Primary Hospital b/c she is a Tigrayan from
#Irob
. She is still detained in
#Weldiya
~40 km from Kobo.
@cnalive
When the
#TDF
first approached Kobo last year, some schools & clinics/hospitals stopped services & the staff moved to
#Weldiya
. The
#UrsulineSisters
, however, decided to stay & continue providing services to the local people they serve.
@Catholicnewssvc
US
@StateDept
#HR
Report 2021 on Ethiopia
Acknowledges the following, among others, on
#Tigray
|ans:
➡️Rape as a weapon of war
➡️Starvation as a weapon of war
➡️Man-made famine
➡️Access restriction (inc. invest. of abuses)
➡️Ethnic-based targeting across🇪🇹
“As the blockade imposed on Tigray tightens, patients are left with no access to basic life-saving care including haemodialysis services. With no haemodialysis supplies reaching Ayder Hospital, patients with kidney failure are sent home to die.”-
@Hindawi
👇
More interesting fact:
In 2019, the fascist
@PMEthiopia
actually won
@NobelPrize
for peace, for a military pact that was mistaken for a peace deal.
The military pact was for
#TigrayGenocide
that started in merely 1 year after by the signatories of the pact 🇪🇹+🇪🇷+allies.
@UN_HRC
Our book is out!
@DavidAltonHL
‘State Responses to Crimes of Genocide: What Went Wrong and How to Change It’ from the
@Palgrave
series on Rethinking Political Violence. Covering the targeting of Uyghurs, Yazidis, the Rohingya, Tigrayans, Christians…
Meaza G Gebremedhin at
#SDIR
@HoCCommittees
’ Meeting
@OurCommons
🇨🇦- June 11, 2024: 📹⬇️
“The world & particularly countries like Canada have failed the people of
#Tigray
in averting the genocide but they have the chance to ensue they get justice …”
#TigrayGenocide
“Every human being needs food to survive. Yet, in too many places, like Yemen, Syria, and Ethiopia, deliberate deprivation of food is being used as a weapon against civilian populations,” said Senator Risch.
#Tigray
@PowerUSAID
@WFPChief
@USAmbUN
@USUN
Latest
@UNOCHA
Report on
#Tigray
Humanitarian Crisis
“Fuel is urgently needed to support the provision of critical services such as health facilities.”
1/
Sr Lemlem Gidey has been detained for so long for no crime other than her Tigrayan ethnicity & we call for the immediate release. The IC must take concrete actions against the genocidal regime of Ethiopia to releases 10,000s Tigrayans still detained.
@hrw
@StateDept
@eu_echo
@UN
Reliable sources are now reporting that the regime forces are asking Sr Lemlem Gidey to accept guilt for allowing the treatment of
#TDF
members at the hospital. Her statement that her faith &
#IHL
don't allow denying medical treatment ..⤵️
@hrw
@UNHumanRights
@StateDept
@eu_echo
After the
#TDF
withdrew from the Amhara region, the
#UrsulineSisters
in Kobo again continued their services. When Ethiopian regime forces and militias moved back into Kobo & the regime forces arrested Sr Lemlem Gidey along other civilians of Tigrayan ethnicity.
@VaticanNews
@hrw
1⃣ day after the
@UN_HRC
#ICHREE
report on Ethiopia was released describing Eritrean & Ethiopian crimes against humanity & war crimes in
#Tigray
, the Tigray government announced that Ethio-Eritrean joint forces have launched a new offensive across Tigray’s northern border.
@UN
|SC
Dori Asgedom, leader of
#Asimba
Democratic party has been arrested for over 6 months now. His crime is demanding withdrawal of invading
#EritreanArmy
from
#Tigray
.
#irob
people are left under full Eritrean occupation with no-one to voice their agony!
#FreeDoriAsgedom
@SWTigray
It is remembered many Catholic priests & nuns of Tigrayan ethnicity were arrested in Tigrayan mass arrests by the genocidal regime of
@PMEthiopia
and released later after broad media coverage & advocacy. The
#CatholicChurch
of 🇪🇹 has been quiet during then or after.
@Pontifex
"Women from a tiny ethnic minority in Tigray, the
#Irob
, report they were gang raped by Eritrean troops when they were hiding in the villages of Irob, then repeatedly raped by ENDF and members of Ethiopian Federal Police at Moyale."-
@atiryashak
#endCRSV