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Samrawit Silva retweeted
These are the 14 confirmed civilian victims of the drone strike carried out by the fascist regime of Abiy Ahmed in Rama today, October 30, 2026. More civilians have been murdered, but only these 14 deaths have been verified so far.
According to eyewitness accounts, more than 60 innocent civilians have been seriously injured and taken to nearby hospitals and clinics for medical treatment.
#TigrayGenocide
@hrw @amnesty @UNHumanRights @KenRoth
Samrawit Silva retweeted
Four years of letting the world believe there is peace while people waste away in IDP camps, their deaths written off as natural.
No monitoring, no accountability for implementation, just surface-level check-ins. 2/4
If not us, then who?
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Samrawit Silva retweeted
#Ethiopia: Drone strikes kill couple fleeing clinic, father with four children, in #Tigray’s Medebay Terer
Addis Abeba – Two drone strikes in #Medebay_Terer, Tahtay Koraro woreda in northwestern Tigray, killed seven civilians, including an eight-year-old girl, and injured six others on October 9 and October 21, residents told Addis Standard.
The first strike occurred around midday on October 9 at Medebay Terer clinic, killing two people and injuring four others, according to residents.
The victims were a husband and wife who had accompanied their daughter, who was in labor, to the clinic, residents said.
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Samrawit Silva retweeted
News Analysis: Drone strikes kill schoolchildren in #Amhara, civilians in #Tigray regions as conflicts show no sign of abating
Addis Abeba – Drone strikes in Ethiopia’s Amhara and Tigray regions killed schoolchildren and other civilians on Tuesday, 20 October, according to eyewitnesses and local residents who spoke to Addis Standard, adding to mounting civilian casualties amid renewed fighting between federal forces and armed opponents in both regions.
In South #Gondar Zone of Amhara, a drone strike hit Sana Elementary School in Dera Woreda, killing at least six schoolchildren and injuring more than 20 others, according to preliminary reports.
Separately, a drone strike in #Finaruo village, in Saharti Samre Woreda of Tigray’s Southeastern Zone, killed four people and injured six others as they loaded livestock onto a truck, local residents said.
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Samrawit Silva retweeted
Tigray: The War the World Is Ignoring, and the Women It’s Destroying
youtube.com/watch?v=vBgOvxjW…
Grateful to be interviewed by il Manifesto.
The piece is called "In #Tigray, the war was already there," for anyone who understands Italian.
ilmanifesto.it/la-guerra-cer…
i really do try to be diplomatic but:
1) i can’t afford to soften the truth about an ongoing genocide.
2) it’s hard to choose careful words in spaces where people have the power to act and decide not to.
#Tigray: Anyone who has sat in an advocacy or diplomacy meeting with me knows how strongly I pushed for the Pretoria Agreement, and that I have always urged all parties to honor it.
After four years of nothing, I have lost hope in it. 1/4
At this point, any politician or overseer who still says we must "give Pretoria a chance" should have to live in the same conditions as our IDPs in Tigray until the agreement is fully implemented. 3/4
Samrawit Silva retweeted
Ethiopia's govt has gone to great lengths to control the narrative about what is happening in the country, and to silence reporting on opposition to the regime. News on the insurgency in Amhara (its 2nd most populous region) undermines Abiy's effort to portray 🇪🇹 as unified.
#Ethiopia 🇪🇹 Journalist Abay Zewdu is due to appear in court on October 16, after spending more than three years behind bars on terrorism charges that could carry the death penalty if he’s convicted.
Abay, arrested on August 10, 2023, for his reporting on the conflict in Ethiopia’s Amhara region, remains in prolonged pretrial detention. The court has yet to determine whether the prosecution has sufficient evidence for his case to proceed.
Recently, Abay refused pressure to sign an apology letter admitting wrongdoing and pledging to stop journalism. He remains behind bars despite his refusal.
CPJ calls on Ethiopian authorities to immediately release Abay and stop criminalizing journalism.
Read more: cpj.org/data/people/abay-zew…
When assessing the wellbeing of a society, the focus should be on its most marginalized members. In #Tigray, I believe this to be the internally displaced.
Full interview with @TghatMedia : youtu.be/Xap3fOTjOkw
Samrawit Silva retweeted
Awash Hospital in Mekele, #Tigray was looted, leaving an already vulnerable population in even greater need.
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