The Rod of Truth May Bend...

We have a proverb in Ethiopia, “The rod of truth may bend, but it will never break.” This week, the horrific truth came out about what's really happening in Tigray.

For over three months, the Ethiopian government has imposed a communication blackout across Tigray as they pursued what they called a “law and order operation.” This week, major news organizations revealed the truth. The Ethiopian government is systematically engaging in war crimes and ethnic cleansing across Tigray.

Here are some of the links:

1) The New York Times exposes ethnic cleansing across Tigray.

2) CNN exposes a horrific church massacre in Axum, Tigray.

3) Human Rights Watch exposes war crimes by the Ethiopian government in Tigray’s capital.

4) The Los Angeles times exposes horrific gender-based violence including gang rape.

This week, we also saw that President Biden is getting engaged on Tigray. Please call your Senators and congressmen and let them know you are very concerned that the U.S. is allied with a government that is committing horrific war crimes. Ask your elected representatives to cut off all funding to Ethiopia until unfettered access for humanitarian aid is provided across Tigray.

Thank you for reading and for caring.

Mawi

Picture: A young girl pictured lying wounded last month in her home in Humera, northwest Ethiopia. Two women and an elderly man in her compound were killed by shelling and gunfire.