
Ethiopian Human Rights Commission – Tigray: Killing of Civilians in Axum (25.02.2021)



On the 24th February 2021 the state gave 7 International Media Houses accreditation to report from the Tigray Region. Where there been warfare since early November 2020. Now after keeping the world in the dark and claiming all reporting as “fake news”. They only want their stories out and not reporting the atrocities happening in Tigray.
That being the stories of the refugees in Sudan, the reporting of foreign forces raping woman and shelling Mekelle. There been so many stories that the Federal Government wants to “debunk” but only wants the positive stories out. Therefore, the Ethiopian Broadcasting Authority have come out with a warning.
Here is what was said today:
“In an exclusive interview with ENA today, EBA Deputy Director-General Wondwosen Andualem said the international media outlets had not been able to cover the situation in Tigray due to land and sea transport disruption” (…) “However, the deputy director-general warned that “the media outlets allowed to travel to Tigray in the first round must work professionally and respect the country’s Broadcasting Proclamation, the constitution and other humanitarian provisions.” Otherwise, the authority will be forced to take corrective measures, he underlined” (FANA Broadcasting Company – ‘Broadcasting Authority Urges Int’l Journalists In Tigray To Respect Law’ 25.02.2021).
The International Media is now warned … and that is after 7 Media Houses was just allowed to enter. Now they are told to follow and that is code: “Report what we say and what we want you tell”. They don’t want them to tell stories, which is hurting the image or ideals of Addis Ababa.
We know that the Federal Government wants a certain stories out. They are already writing letters to any publication writing stories they don’t like. The Embassies and everyone else is involved in back-peddling and “debunking” stories.
That is why they will soon take away accreditation or say its “fake news”. Just like they have not accepted anything the Humanitarian Agencies has said either. When they have written about the lack of humanitarian aid, corridor or even convoys. That is a fact and they wouldn’t say so if it wasn’t truth. UN Agencies and others have no reasons to lie about that.
Still, they want to do whatever they can to sell their stories. That is why we can expect soon as they start to report and tell stories that doesn’t favour the Law Enforcement Operation. Sooner or later, they report or tell a story they don’t want out. Expect them to pull the card of not following Broadcasting Proclamation and be ousted. That will happen… because this government wanted it under wrap and not told. Therefore, if nobody else calls it.
I do. Since we all knows it happens eventually. Peace.







The Office of the Prime Minster Ahmed Ali Abiy published today a statement, which it did refute the idea that humanitarian agencies lack of access in the Tigray Region. A region where there been 4 months of conflict since 4th November 2020. All of this time, there been hot-minutes of entries, but not a fully operational of humanitarian operations there.
The Law Enforcement Operation have made things volatile and a huge humanitarian crisis of such proportions that we cannot have idea about. This because several of parties have been involved in the warfare there. This being the Ethiopian Army, Eritrean Army and Amhara Para-Military troops (FANO). These three allies are going after the outlawed and now deemed “terrorist” organization Tigray People’s Libeartion Front (TPLF). The TPLF have their own milita and its known as Samri. Therefore, the additional damage done and made by the warfare is still unknown.
There been little report. The media has had an blackout. The internet blockade was lasting super-long. The telephone lines was jammed. The journalists and aid agencies was not allowed to enter. The stories we got was from the 60,000 refugees seeking asylum in Sudan. Where camps was set-up and aid agencies got help them inside Sudan. Therefore, the Ethiopian government know very well what they have done to its citizens and civilians in Tigray.
Yes, OCHA have now dropped a map that is revealing, as the state wants to brush over the fact of lack of control and also places the aid agencies can go. Even if they now allows them full access. That is now impossible…
The snap-shot map of Tigray says it all. No matter what the PM says in his statement. The United Nations doesn’t have a reason to lie about this, but Abiy does… as he needs a better image of himself and his actions in office. His soon having a fake-election where most of his opposition is either behind bars, detained, killed or blocked from participating. That is the natural beauty of this postponed enterprise.
In this manner… Abiy and the Prosperity Party needs some flair to light up this fiasco. As the warfare in Tigray have backfired. His looking like a warlord. The PM is killing his own citizens. Using soldiers to participate in atrocities and war-crimes in the region. The Federal Government will blame and lie its TPLF fault. But how long can they be able to sell that story? As they are doing what they can to peddle the lies and try to deceive the international community.
The PP and Addis Ababa government wants the world to believe and smell roses. They wants it all to fine and dandy. While people are suffering. The army and allies are destroying a region, because they defied and didn’t follow the command of Abiy. That is why we are here and the constitutional dispute has become a giant worm that is destroying itself.
That is why Abiy needs the lies. Abiy needs the goodwill and look like a gentlemen. He don’t want to look like a warlord, even if his acts states so. That is why he needs … International Community to back his efforts and his government. Therefore, the picturesque catastrophe he has created in Tigray will haunt him. All the lives, massacres, rapes and other human rights violations will follow him. Just as aid agents and journalists have been killed there. But remember… these deaths will always be blamed on either the victim or TPLF. That is the game the state plays and how it will end.
Prime Minister Abiy and his office can promise and say they want all Tigray to get humanitarian access. However, the truth is far from it. The state doesn’t even have access or safe areas for it. That is because the warfare and the enemy they have created by going to war in early November. A war they had prepared in Amhara region and flown in troops to Eritrea to attack the region from two sides. While blaming TPLF for attacking the Northern Command, which was just the latest straw, but we are supposed to forget the troops movement, mechanical brigade and airlifting troops from Ethiopia to Eritrea in advance. Because that happens in no time. It takes time to move massive amounts of troops. Therefore, the Ethiopian-Eritrean war in Tigray was planned in advance and wasn’t an last attempt. Even if the state will claim so.. it doesn’t add up.
A warlord wants to be saved and get glory. A warlord wants to be legendary. His battles and the heads of his enemies as his trophies. He clearly aim at them all to be supreme in the election. That is all that’s into it. If he had nothing to hide. He wouldn’t have it like this and acted with such acts. However, he has and now he got to save face. Even though that will not work. When the truth differs from his reality. He wants the PR shots and Pressers. The PM wants the showers of praise and glory, but he will not take responsibility for all the lives his taken and going to take, just to prove a point in Tigray. Peace.




The government of Eritrea and one of their Foreign Envoys are spreading a Twitter Campaign to clear its name. That is a deliberate act to clear its name and make Eritrea look better. They wouldn’t do this… if they didn’t have anything to hide. These sort of campaigns are done to get a favourable view of a Republic or a government.
That Eritrea … needs to do this. The Eritrean National Committee in Germany is the one that is leaked online. Showing their two day plan. Which was from 22nd February to 24th February. That means the end of the campaign is today. Which is all focused on the #StopScapegoatingEritrea and focused on directing the outrage at the European Union Representatives. It is easily to see the amount of public following this. As, if you either search for #Ethiopia or #Tigray on Twitter. You find several of similar posts with the same message and its happening at a large scale.
Therefore, the Eritrean diaspora is following this one. They are following the direction of the Asmara government. The Eritrean National Committee in Germany made a circular, where people could copy the tweets and make them their own. That is how far the government is willing to do. Surely, other Envoys would do the same. It is to do same propaganda for them.
It is not like the Eritrean government is an open and democratic sphere of the world. I cannot remember an election. Neither remember a release of a national budget or accountability of the government in general. Only remember citizens forced to work for the government and year long conscriptions in such a scale… that people are fleeing and seeking refuge elsewhere. The state might want another vision about it, but that all depends on the decrees and orders from President Isias Afwerki. Afwerki is the leader for this fiefdom and his a guy you should not challenge.
That is why this sort of propaganda campaigns fits well as a mission to sway public opinion and get another perspective of Eritrea. The Ethiopian government did for a long time say the “Eritrean Army” wasn’t involved in the conflict in Tigray. However, with time they had to admit it and the reports of their activity is horrific. Still, the Eritreans doesn’t want to take accountability and blame TPLF for everything. That is what both does government does… blame TPLF and move-on to another atrocity.
This Twitter Campaign only proves they are trying to shield the reality of the Tigray conflict and the damage they have done. If they need to do this to get their points across. You know something is deeply disturbing and wrong. If Ambassadors or Envoy in Europe is sending this to asylum-seekers and refugees from Eritrea. It says a lot what they are willing to do and what they want from the diaspora.
Eritrea is participating in the civil-war and should be held accountable for that. Maybe, Asmara wants to skate off to paradise and not answer for anything. However, in the real world that isn’t happening when you bring in guns and part-take in warfare. Eritrea, just as all the other participants needs to be held to account. That isn’t only about Asmara, but everyone from TPLF, Fano, Ethiopian government and Eritrean government too. All of them has to answer for their ills and destructive behaviour. Not just one party…
So, this campaign only shows that they are guilty and trying to shield themselves from it all. That is not how its working… Peace.




