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"The human rights situation in #Eritrea remains extremely concerning, marked by widespread and systematic impunity for grave human rights violations," Special Rapporteur Mohamed Abdelsalam Babiker told the United Nations Human Rights Council. #HRC55

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berry 🌸2 years ago

The @UN_HRC ’s report serves as a grim reminder for Tigrayans.The documented war crimes in #Tigray underscore #Eritrea’s ongoing legacy of human rights abuses under its dictatorship. #HRC55 #Justice4Tigray #EritreaOutOfTigray @UNGeneva @USAmbUN @berry__of @POTUS @EUCouncil @MinPres

berry 🌸2 years ago

@UN We continue to demand @IntlCrimCourt to issue arrest warrant against Eritrean dictator Isaias Afwerki for the atrocities, war crimes and crimes against humanity #EritreanTroops @berry__of @BradSherman

berry 🌸2 years ago

@UN It isunfortunate that the IC allows Eritrea's leader towalk freely aftercommitting genocide in #Tigray. “No,we need tostart again. And I say that Russia must lead thisstrategy...facing this declared war,a globalwar...” -Isayas Afewerki @SecBlinken @eucopresident @POTUS @berry__of

berry 🌸2 years ago

@UN Ethiopia blocked famine declaration in #Tigray The international system for declaring famine is broken, former UN humanitarian chief warned. He said that Ethiopia had managed to block a declaration of famine in the Tigray Regional state. #TigrayFamine @PowerUSAID @UN @hrw

እምባ ሶይራ2 years ago

@UN The Eritrean brutal regime must to be removed by any means necessary and should stand trial for its criminal act crimes against humanity and genocide. @IntlCrimCourt @UNGeneva @amnesty @hrw @UN_HRC @UN #Eritrea #Tigray @BBCAfrica @EU_Commission

Netsi📸Tigray2 years ago

@UN The @UN_HRC ’s report serves as a grim reminder for Tigrayans.The documented war crimes in #Tigray underscore #Eritrea’s ongoing legacy of human rights abuses under its dictatorship. #HRC55 #Justice4Tigray #EritreaOutOfTigray @UNGeneva @USAmbUN @POTUS @EUCouncil @MinPres @hrw

Alexander Berhane2 years ago

@UN Isaias Afewerki should be prosecuted as an international criminal and brought to court.

ታሪኽ 🇪🇷2 years ago

@UN Blah… blah… blah..

berry 🌸2 years ago

#terrorist isaias afwerki Eritrea's 'Shocking' Scorched-Earth Policy In #Tigray Eritrean soldiers massacred and used gang rape as an instrument of war. They have engaged in systematic pillaging, looting hospitals and burning crops so that farmers won’t be able to feed their people.#Justice4Tigray @berry__of @SecBlinken @martinplaut

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