Vanessa Tsehaye @vanessatsehaye Twitter profile

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Vanessa Tsehaye

1 year

Today on #Eritrea ’s independence day, I want to share a speech I recently gave at the United Nations. The only way we can meaningfully honour our freedom fighters is by continuing their fight. I hope this speech can shine light on why that is.

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2 years

I don’t understand how people can minimise the pain many of us feel when we see how different Ukrainian refugees are being treated from other refugees. It’s painful to constantly be reminded that this treatment could’ve been possible for our loved ones if only they were white.

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Vanessa Tsehaye

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3 years

Tigray has never had this little humanitarian supplies. People are unnecessarily starving, dying, suffering. I have never felt as helpless as I do following & working on the conflict in Ethiopia. But the only thing we can do is to keep doing what we can until this nightmare ends.

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7 months

Sudanese people are watching two men and their international sponsors destroy their country, all whilst getting no support from the outside world. The heartache must be unbearable.

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7 months

Drowning in the sadness today. Couldn’t shake it off at all, couldn’t repress it, couldn’t just live with it. It swallowed me whole.

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6 years

To All Eritreans: For 17 years, our government has used the war with Ethiopia as an excuse for their oppressive rule. Now that war is over, we need to hold them to account. Put pressure, be loud, don't give up - the future of Eritrea is determined by how we act now.

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2 years

I’m generally angry about many unnecessarily horrible things in the world but few things anger me as much as the human-made humanitarian crisis in #Tigray and the world’s (especially the African Union’s), response to it. People are literally dying. Do their lives not matter?

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5 years

My statement at the United Nations, delivered with the Eritrean regime representative sitting on the same panel, was directed to all individuals and governments who claim to still have hope for the regime. I argued that what they have isn't hope, it is self interest. (1/3)

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5 months

I don’t understand why many in the Eritrean opposition only have been ridiculing brigade nehamedu (when we know the reasons behind their tactics, lack of strategy and problematic statements) instead of exploring how we can help the first mass-movement of young Eritrean survivors.

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3 years

To those saying we are politicising the situation in #Tigray ⬇️ #AllowAccessToTigray is about the Ethiopian government violating international law. It’s about human lives at risk, Ethiopians and Eritrean refugees alike. It’s about all the children. It’s really not controversial.

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Vanessa Tsehaye

@vanessatsehaye

4 years

Just a little announcement... I’ve recently joined @amnesty as their Horn of Africa campaigner on a maternity cover. I hope to use this opportunity to amplify the ongoing fights for human rights and justice in #Eritrea , #Ethiopia and #Somalia ✨

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3 years

Don’t forget that there still is a communications blackout in #Tigray . Why would you cut off an entire region’s contact with the outside world? Who benefits from stories, images and videos not being able to be shared?

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1 year

It was an honour to have been invited by the United Nations to talk about #Eritrea today. I talked about how tired so many Eritreans are of feeling helpless and hopeless, but that we never can allow that tiredness to defeat us. It is our patriotic duty to never give up.

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3 years

#Tigray is starving. The Ethiopian government has blocked ALL humanitarian aid from entering the region for more than a month. We urgently need to increase the pressure on @AbiyAhmedAli to allow humanitarian access. #AllowAccessToTigray

Situation Report: Ethiopia

More than 1,000 refugees from Sudan leave settlements in West Gondar, Amhara citing insecurity and lack of protection. Partners support the Government in finding solutions. — High malnutrition in...

reports.unocha.org

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@vanessatsehaye

3 years

Tomorrow it has been exactly 3 months since the conflict and humanitarian crisis in #Tigray started. Join the twitter storm putting pressure on @AbiyAhmedAli to immediately #AllowAccessToTigray and prevent any more suffering for the people in the region.

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1 year

Eritreans are suffering so much in our country and after they are forced to flee, and it's all because of a few individuals who are committed to destroying #Eritrea . How can their unnecessary suffering not anger more Eritreans born in the diaspora? Why's their pain not your pain?

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3 years

We need to actively and loudly push for a @UNHumanRights investigation into what happened in #Axum and in the Tigray conflict as a whole. The victims, their families and the survivors deserve justice.

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1 year

My heart is so full from all the love I have received about this so far. I do this work because it is my duty as a privileged diaspora born. I speak up bcs so many Eritreans are silenced in our country and in neighbouring countries, or exhausted from the trauma after they flee.

United Nations Geneva

@UNGeneva

1 year

UN Human Rights Council @UN_HRC today discussed situation of human rights in #Eritrea 🇪🇷. Activist @vanessatsehaye shared her own moving personal story 👇🏾

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3 years

We need to continuously challenge the Ethiopian government when they claim that adequate humanitarian access has been allowed to #Tigray . The current restrictions violates their obligations under international law and has put millions of lives at risk. #AllowAccessToTigray

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2 years

Fuel delivery into #Tigray is still restricted with no fuel allowed in more than six months (except for two trucks in Nov). The UN is unable to dispatch and distribute airlifted medical supplies due to lack of fuel.

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Vanessa Tsehaye

@vanessatsehaye

3 years

Oh my god… The humanitarian crisis in #Tigray is disastrous and for over a year, have been terrified of how the lack of access to the region, killings of aid workers and comms blackout has weakened the life-saving humanitarian response. And now there will be none at all.

Randa HABIB

@RandaHabib

3 years

Aid agencies have suspended their work in an area of Ethiopia's #Tigray region after a deadly air strike on a camp for people displaced by the brutal war, the UN's emergency response agency said Sunday

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2 years

Today it’s been exactly 10 years since Ciham Ali was illegally arrested in #Eritrea . I urge as many of you to light a candle and do 10 minutes of silence (one for each year) in her honour today. We love you Ciham and will never stop fighting for your release 💜 #FreeCiham

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Vanessa Tsehaye

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2 years

Don’t forget that these abuses STILL ARE HAPPENING. Therefore, protection of communities needs to be key. Tigrayans held in detention sites must be released. Unhindered humanitarian assistance, with a strong protection focus must be allowed to Western #Tigray .

Amnesty Eastern Africa

@AmnestyEARO

2 years

NEW REPORT: @Amnesty & @hrw find crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing committed in Western #Tigray Zone. Since November 2020, #Amhara officials and security forces have engaged in a relentless campaign of ethnic cleansing to force Tigrayans from their homes. THREAD ↓

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3 years

So Eritrean pro gov supporters are harassing me for “speaking without ANY evidence re Eritrean forces atrocities in #Tigray ”. Please learn to debate better. We have literally presented our evidence. You can just say that you don’t *believe* any of the witnesses we spoke to……….

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@vanessatsehaye

3 years

Joining Eritreans worldwide calling for the #Eritrea |n regime to be held accountable for their crimes in the country and outside, and for their tyrannical rule to come to an end. #YIAKL #EnoughIsEnough

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3 years

My uncle didn’t want kids during the #Eritrea liberation war because he didn’t want to leave them in case he died. This year, he has been detained for 20 years, never even having met his youngest daughter. Today, my thoughts are with Seyoum and all the betrayed freedom fighters.

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Vanessa Tsehaye

@vanessatsehaye

4 years

People who stay “but...” after someone brings up a human rights violation 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩

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@vanessatsehaye

3 years

Today, like every other day, I demand #Justice4TigraysWomenAndGirls . There are not enough words to describe just how much they have been failed by the institutions that were set up to protect them. Their own government, the @_AfricanUnion , the @UN .

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3 years

I have no idea how people in the diaspora have survived these past months knowing that their loved ones in #Tigray constantly have been at risk of violence or death, but never really knowing (bcs of the comms blackout) how they are doing. I really don’t know how they’ve done it.

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3 years

It's wild that a war in the 21st century can be conducted in darkness and for massacre after massacre to be revealed so long after they have taken place. Watch and read @CNN and @amnesty 's investigation about another harrowing massacre from #Tigray .

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@vanessatsehaye

1 year

I honestly have so much more to say but this is just a response to the hypocritical supporters of a violent regime that now SUDDENLY are against violence. Will make another video responding to anti-gov ppl saying violence isn’t the answer, cause that’s a completely separate issue

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@vanessatsehaye

3 years

Again, for the millionth time, this is illegal under regional and international law. Humanitarian access is non-negotiable. Call on @AbiyAhmedAli to #AllowAccessToTigray here:

Demand full humanitarian access into Tigray

www.amnesty.org

Kenneth Roth

@KenRoth

3 years

UN spokesman on Ethiopia: "No trucks carrying humanitarian supplies have been able to enter Tigray since 15 December 2021. To recap, since 12 July 2021, only 1,338 trucks have entered Tigray, which is less than 12 per cent of the trucks we need to get in."

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3 years

NO humanitarian supplies (including food, medicine or fuel) have been allowed into #Tigray in 24 days (!!!!!!) because the Ethiopian government is blocking trucks from entering the region. Blocking humanitarian access is a crime. People are dying. Why is there not more outrage?

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3 years

I’m going to be on @eNCA tomorrow to talk about the humanitarian crisis in Tigray and @amnesty ’s campaign #AllowAccessToTigray . Tune in at 7.40 GMT on their website (or on TV if you’re in South Africa) if you want to watch it.

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Vanessa Tsehaye

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2 years

Vilken fruktansvärd valrörelse det har vart i år. Vilka otroligt låga nivåer så många individer och partier har sjunkit till. Är så rädd för Sveriges framtid. Röstar därför på det parti vars politik prioriterar hela samhället och vägrar vika sig för populismen @vansterpartiet ❤️

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2 years

Two of the world’s leading human rights organisations, @amnesty and @hrw , came together to write this report about the on-going ethnic cleansing campaign in Western #Tigray . The findings are unfathomable. @_AfricanUnion - it’s HIGH time to step up.

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1 year

The situation for Eritrean refugees who have fled Khartoum is devastating. They don't even have the most basic supplies and no institutional support. Many talk about the incredible kindness from the Sudanese people in the towns they have fled to which is so beautiful… (contd ⬇️)

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2 years

We need to be asking ourselves why the Ethiopian government is refusing to allow journalists, human rights orgs & investigations full access to #Tigray , why comms have been down in the region. @berhe_lucy is a journalist who has been working tirelessly despite these obstacles.

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Vanessa Tsehaye

@vanessatsehaye

3 years

What’s happening in #Eritrea is not a question of politics, it's about human suffering that we have the power to end. I therefore urge all Eritreans to rise up and show up for our people. Because if we don’t do it, I assure you, no one else will. #YIAKL

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@vanessatsehaye

3 years

“Are the #Eritrea |n people just silenT or were they silencED?”

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@vanessatsehaye

4 years

.....surely this is a joke...? If not, their next step must be to stop killing African refugees at sea, stop funding the torture & killings of African refugees in Libya & stop doing everything in their power to prevent African refugees from exercising their right to seek asylum.

AFP News Agency

@AFP

4 years

#BREAKING European Union parliament declares 'Black Lives Matter'

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3 years

Just to be clear: it doesn’t matter if a government has declared a state of emergency, arbitrary detention is still illegal under international law REGARDLESS of circumstances. Tigrayans in Addis are currently terrified for themselves and their loved ones. This needs to end.

Amnesty Eastern Africa

@AmnestyEARO

3 years

Security forces in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, have targeted Tigrayans, including children and the elderly, with arbitrary arrests and mass detentions as part of an escalating crackdown. @amnesty ’s press release:

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3 years

Not a day passes that I don’t think about Ciham. Can’t believe it’s been 10 years this year since she was kidnapped by the Eritrean government. Without charge, trial - nothing. No one has heard from her since. But she will be free soon, I know it.

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@vanessatsehaye

3 years

I’m just going to cry tomorrow. It’s all just too much. Yes, I’m so proud and we should celebrate AND criticise the situation in #Eritrea ... But the situation is just too bad right now to celebrate. 30 years of fighting for independence, to then have for 30 years of this hell?

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@vanessatsehaye

3 years

Just a little reminder that there is still no full humanitarian access to #Tigray and that the government still has not explained way. We need to keep pressuring @AbiyAhmedAli to #AllowAccessToTigray now!

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Vanessa Tsehaye

@vanessatsehaye

4 years

I have never supported any government in Ethiopia or Eritrea. My only concern is the well-being of their people and throughout history, they have all been let down by all leaders. I condemn TPLFs attack in Asmara with the same amount of force I condemned Abiy’s attack in Tigray.

Vanessa Tsehaye

@vanessatsehaye

4 years

Praying for my people who never seem to get a break from man-made destruction and oppression. If you are Eritrean, I (as always) urge you to speak up for those who have deliberately been made voiceless and robbed from any influence in the politics affecting them.

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3 years

I think the strangest, most self-centred group of people I have ever encountered are the ones who not only were silent about the Eritrean refugees suffering worldwide (incl. in #Tigray ) but even denied that they were refugees… UNTIL *their* enemy was accused of attacking them

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@vanessatsehaye

3 years

“I have a voice, I’m committed to using my voice. Not everyone feels safe. A lot of people are struggling to survive. But if you do have the time and energy to speak up, and you notice injustice - call out that injustice” Thank you @HabenGirma ❤️

Responding to Ableist Comments. Disability Justice & Tigray, Ethiopia...

Never in my life have so many people attempted to crush my voice. Family members urge me to stay silent. Trolls are trying to discredit me by digging up old ...

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@vanessatsehaye

2 years

THOUSANDS of Tigrayans are still held in life-threatening conditions. All those arbitrarily detained in Western Tigray should be released & Ethiopian authorities should allow int’l humanitarian agencies access to formal & informal detention sites.

Amnesty Eastern Africa

@AmnestyEARO

2 years

When Tigrayan forces recaptured many parts of #Tigray in late June, #Amhara authorities and forces escalated the arbitrary arrests and killings of the remaining Tigrayan residents of Western Tigray. We believe thousands are still held in life-threatening conditions. A thread ↓

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3 years

We’re asking all humanitarians on #SuperBowl Sunday to stand up for the millions of people in #Tigray who are in dire need of humanitarian aid. Please join us in pressuring @AbiyAhmedAli to allow full humanitarian access to Tigray! #AllowAccessToTigray

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@vanessatsehaye

3 years

TW: Rape @amnesty ’s new report on sexual violence in the #Tigray conflict comes out tomorrow. It is truly heart-wrenching. I’m so grateful for all the brave survivors who spoke to us. We promise to never stop fighting until there is #Justice4TigraysWomenAndGirls .

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@vanessatsehaye

3 years

I urge everyone to read @amnesty ’s briefing on the massacre in #Axum when it comes out tomorrow. It’s absolutely devastating. I hope it also serves as a reminder to why we urgently need access to the region to investigate more atrocities and bring all perpetrators to justice.

amnestypress

@amnestypress

3 years

🚨Major investigation into the #Axum massacre in Ethiopia's Tigray conflict coming out on Friday. Journos please email press @amnesty .org or DM @Writesrights for more info

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2 years

Unbelievable that it's been 2 years of war in #Tigray . I know I've been quiet on here this year (will explain more soon as I slowly coming back to social media), but not a second has passed that my entire being hasn't been aching for everyone affected and their families.

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@vanessatsehaye

1 year

Thank you for inviting me to speak about the suffering Eritreans are facing globally and for giving me the rare opportunity to address the Eritrean government directly and all other states and institutions enabling their continued destruction of our country.

United Nations Geneva

@UNGeneva

1 year

UN Human Rights Council @UN_HRC today discussed situation of human rights in #Eritrea 🇪🇷. Activist @vanessatsehaye shared her own moving personal story 👇🏾

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3 years

I’m about to go on @BBCNews / @BBCWorld to discuss the deteriorating humanitarian crisis in #Tigray . My message is going to be simple - this is happening because of the actors deliberate decisions and the crisis will only stop when they decide to allow full and unhindered access.

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3 years

"Doctors at Tigray’s main hospital are urging the Ethiopian government to allow supplies of insulin to be airlifted into the region, warning that their stocks will run out w/in a week and that patients with type 1 diabetes are 'at serious risk of death.'”

Medics in Tigray plead with Ethiopia for insulin airlift as supplies run out

Thousands of diabetics in region face ‘agonising death’ amid blockage on food, fuel and medicines in 14-month conflict

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2 years

“The main hospital in Ethiopia's war-ravaged region of Tigray has sent home 240 patients after food supplies ran out last week, officials said. The decision underscores how little food aid is reaching the region” #AllowAccessToTigray

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11 months

All Eritreans need to commemorate the date 18 September because that was the day, 22 years ago, our free press was shut down, the arrests of the high profile dissidents started and Isaias took full control. It was the day our country forever changed. We can never forget.

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5 years

so.......just did my last exam and finished my law degree!!! Activism, life and university was not always (actually never) the best combination but I stayed and I did it!!! Can’t wait to focus all my energy on #Eritrea now.

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3 years

It's heartbreaking to witness the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Tigray knowing that relief agencies actually are ready to help. Join @amnesty 's campaign #AllowAccessToTigray pressuring @AbiyAhmedAli to allow full humanitarian access to the region now!

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2 years

How can you be Eritrean and not be constantly angry? How can you think about the disparities between what our martyrs fought for and what currently exists, and not be furious? The Eritrean regime has destroyed Eritrea, and no one can deny that. How are so many people this calm?

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3 years

The @amnesty report is out. According to our findings, the indiscriminate shelling of Axum by Ethiopian and Eritrean troops may amount to war crimes, and that the mass execution of Axum civilians by Eritrean troops may amount to crimes against humanity.

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4 years

It breaks my heart that Eritreans literally have to leave the country to have any shot at a decent life. It’s such a simple thing but I can’t stop thinking about it. I will never understand how that is considered okay or normal for regime supporters living in the diaspora.

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10 months

I hate the Eritrean gov for forcing our people to flee. I hate the EU and UK gov for killing them on their desperate pursuit for safety. Rest in peace to the 24-year old woman who was failed by too many and deserved so much more.

Body of migrant found on Sangatte beach near Calais

The discovery comes after at least six people died when a migrant boat crossing the English Channel capsized in August.

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4 months

Can’t stop thinking about Ciham who is turning 27 years old today behind bars. Ciham deserves better. All the women and girls imprisoned without trial in #Eritrea deserve better. We can never stop speaking about them and never allow ourselves to normalise & accept their reality.

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3 years

Since all independent media was banned in #Eritrea in 2001, we have begged the international media to step in & help cover the issues the state is trying to hide…Looking forward to speaking to @ZainAsher on @CNN today at 5.20pm BST about the Eritrean human rights crisis #YIAKL

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4 years

This is the current situation in #Tigray for civilians, including the many Eritrean refugees. Please read it to get an understanding of the dire situation on the ground. Thank you @ZekuZelalem for your consistent excellent reporting on this.

Starvation crisis looms as aid groups seek urgent Tigray access

Humanitarians sound alarm for millions of people in need of emergency assistance in Ethiopia’s conflict-hit region.

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4 years

We need to talk about how the Ethiopian conflict & potential war is so closely tied to Eritrea & how it will affect Eritreans as well. Here I give some historical context to the conflict, explain how the intl community is complicit & argue why we *really* need to oppose this war.

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3 years

This is has been going on in different degrees since the day the war started in November 2020. Can’t decide what’s worse - denying there is a blockade or making up excuses for it when they know there is no lawful excuse to blocking humanitarian aid. #AllowAccessToTigray

BBC News Africa

@BBCAfrica

3 years

Three-month-old Surafeal Mearig now weighs less than when he was born. His mother is too hungry to produce milk and the hospital treating him in Ethiopia's Tigray region has not had any supplies for months. The government denies there is an aid blockade.

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2 years

If not even this cruel and disgusting video of a man being burned alive makes people and institutions take a stance against the crimes in this war, then they clearly have no respect for human lives. May the man in the video rest in peace. I hope his family never have to see it.

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4 years

It's time for @TiffanyHaddish 's support and defence of #Eritrea 's dictator (a man who has been accused of crimes against humanity by the UN) to be called out. Check out my latest piece for @BuzzFeedNews explaining how she has done this and why it matters.

Tiffany Haddish Praised Eritrea's Dictator. Then She Doubled Down In DMs With Young Eritrean...

"American history is happening in Eritrea but not as bad or maybe worse," the Girls Trip actor wrote in a previously unseen Twitter group chat.

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2 years

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4 years

I don’t understand Eritreans born in the diaspora (especially professionals with connections & sometimes big platforms) who have turned a blind eye to the suffering of Eritrean refugees? Like this shit has been BAD since early 2010s but in 10 years you have felt nothing about it?

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3 years

For everyone saying we are exaggerating...this is how the UN spokesperson is describing the restricted access to #Tigray , and the urgent need for full humanitarian access. Please note how he says “as we have have told you MANY times”. #AllowAccessToTigray

UN Spokesperson

@UN_Spokesperson

3 years

From today's briefing: @UNOCHA sounds alarm on rapidly deteriorating situation in Ethiopia's Tigray region.

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Vanessa Tsehaye

@vanessatsehaye

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Today I’m thinking about Yohanna, a 22 y/o who gave birth whilst drowning exactly 9 years ago. She and everyone else in #Lampedusa didn’t just die, they were murdered. The lack of outrage against EU’s deadly migration policy is one of the gravest moral failures of our times.

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Vanessa Tsehaye

@vanessatsehaye

3 years

Why is the Ethiopian government refusing to allow full humanitarian access to Tigray when they are obliged to do so under international law? Pressure @AbiyAhmedAli to #AllowAccessToTigray on

Jan Egeland

@NRC_Egeland

3 years

No more whitewashing: Aid is still NOT reaching civilians in desperate need in Ethiopia’s Tigray. Hunger and malnutrition reach them faster. In 40 years a humanitarian, I’ve rarely seen an aid response so impeded. We are failing as an int’l community.

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@vanessatsehaye

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“Those who eat alone, will die alone, is a saying in our Tigrinya language and people follow that. They share what they have with others even if it means they will starve tomorrow. There is so much solidarity to surviving together.” #AllowAccessToTigray

Ethiopia's Tigray war: Inside Mekelle cut off from the world

A resident of conflict-hit Tigray gives a rare insight into life there after 17 months of war.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Vanessa Tsehaye

@vanessatsehaye

2 years

Despite the comms blackout and restricted access to #Tigray and other areas in Northern #Ethiopia , there have been plenty of credible evidence produced about the unfolding disaster and shared widely. All leaders and institutions are fully informed. Anyone's inaction is a choice.

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Vanessa Tsehaye

@vanessatsehaye

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UNHCR has literally lost access to the only two remaining refugee camps in Tigray. They are being attacked and are running out of food, clean water. And the ones who managed to flee are speaking up for the ones left behind. But it shouldn’t be on them to do it, it should be on us

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Vanessa Tsehaye

@vanessatsehaye

3 years

I just can't imagine the pain of losing someone as young as Ciham w/o a valid reason. She didn't get sick or get into an accident - she was forcibly disappeared by a government. Today, I'm thinking about her family, her friends and everyone who misses her deeply. #FreeCiham

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Vanessa Tsehaye

@vanessatsehaye

3 years

Imagine openly and proudly supporting a regime like this one 🤢

UN: Eritrea government commits crimes against humanity

UN investigation reports a litany of crimes committed in Eritrea since 1991, including enslavement, rape and murder.

www.aljazeera.com

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Vanessa Tsehaye

@vanessatsehaye

3 years

Wooooow two days later #AllowAccessToTigray is still trending. We won’t stop until the Ethiopian government allows FULL humanitarian access into Tigray. Take action here and put even more pressure on @AbiyAhmedAli to act:

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Vanessa Tsehaye

@vanessatsehaye

3 years

I will never get over how the Ethiopian government has been restricting humanitarian access to #Tigray since the very first second the conflict started, how confidently they have been denying it and how little that has been done to pressure them to stop this illegal practice.

Vanessa Tsehaye

@vanessatsehaye

3 years

NO humanitarian supplies (including food, medicine or fuel) have been allowed into #Tigray in 24 days (!!!!!!) because the Ethiopian government is blocking trucks from entering the region. Blocking humanitarian access is a crime. People are dying. Why is there not more outrage?

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@vanessatsehaye

3 years

This can’t be the low, low, low standard we hold a government too. A vast majority of the needed aid is still being blocked after more than a month without any aid allowed in. #AllowAccessToTigray

United Nations Geneva

@UNGeneva

3 years

#Ethiopia 🇪🇹 "Good news: 157 trucks arrived in #Mekele . A new convoy is moving, so the humanitarian aid is effectively restarted, probably not as much as we would like. But that is a good signal; UN flights between Mekele and Addis have been re-established," -- @antonioguterres

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Vanessa Tsehaye

@vanessatsehaye

2 years

It’s been more than a year since this I tweeted so why is this caption still relevant? Why is #Tigray still being starved? Why is the African Union still not doing more? What will it take for @AbiyAhmedAli and the federal government to end this?

Vanessa Tsehaye

@vanessatsehaye

3 years

We need to continuously challenge the Ethiopian government when they claim that adequate humanitarian access has been allowed to #Tigray . The current restrictions violates their obligations under international law and has put millions of lives at risk. #AllowAccessToTigray

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@vanessatsehaye

3 years

9 years ago today, Ciham was abducted by Eritrean authorities. She hasn’t been heard from since. The fight for a better #Eritrea isn’t complicated - we just want a country where ppl, incl. 15 year old girls, don’t simply vanish. That’s the least we deserve. #FreeCiham #YIAKL

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Vanessa Tsehaye

@vanessatsehaye

3 years

This interview made me furious and I could say a lot, but for now I’m going to keep it short: There was never any peace, there was just a ‘friendship’ forged between Abiy and Isaias against a common enemy. And anyone with genuine interest for the people in the region knew that.

Zain Asher

@ZainAsher

3 years

"It's an unprecedented situation that a #NobelPeacePrize laureate is involved in warfare." I ask the Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, if giving #AbiyAhmed a Nobel Peace Prize, was a mistake. #Ethiopia | @OneWorldCNN | #Tigray

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@vanessatsehaye

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CALLING ON ALL ERITREANS IN LONDON 📣 Join us tomorrow as we call for an end to the war in Sudan! Eritreans should join in solidarity with the Sudanese & to speak up for Eritrean refugees there who currently are in desperate need of help. I’ll be giving a speech at the protest.

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Vanessa Tsehaye

@vanessatsehaye

3 years

I demand the immediate release of Ciham Ali, a US-Eritrean national who was detained in #Eritrea in 2012 - when she was only 15 years old. She has not been seen since. I call on @SecBlinken to urgently intervene in Ciham's case. #FreeCiham

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Vanessa Tsehaye

@vanessatsehaye

3 years

So excited to launch this campaign with @amnesty + @onedayseyoum for our dearest Ciham, a US-Eritrean national who has been detained since she was 15. This April, she is turning 24. We have planned activities for her entire birthday month. Join us as we scream #FreeCiham !!!!

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Vanessa Tsehaye

@vanessatsehaye

3 years

The youth have a lot to look forward to?? Minister of INSPIRATION????? This could be a good time to reshare this article I wrote last year about how Tiffany has supported the Eritrean dictator responsible for the country’s 30 year long human rights crisis

Tiffany Haddish Praised Eritrea's Dictator. Then She Doubled Down In DMs With Young Eritrean...

"American history is happening in Eritrea but not as bad or maybe worse," the Girls Trip actor wrote in a previously unseen Twitter group chat.

www.buzzfeednews.com

Tiffany Haddish

@TiffanyHaddish

3 years

I talked with the President today about the Future of the people. The youth have a lot to look forward to. They will know what true wealth is. #Eritrea #ministerofinspiration @ Asmara, Eritrea

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Vanessa Tsehaye

@vanessatsehaye

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Today is Aster Yohannes 65th birthday. Aster is a Eritrean political prisoner who was unlawfully arrested at the airport in 2003 after returning from her studies in the US. She has not been seen since. Please join her daughters campaign for her today #AsterYohannesTurns65 🕯️❤️

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Vanessa Tsehaye

@vanessatsehaye

1 year

I don’t usually respond to harassment but I will say one thing: Anyone whose mind isn’t clouded by love for Isaias Afewerki knows that I’m on the right side of history. My love for the Eritrean people is too strong for anything you say or do to stop me.

Vanessa Tsehaye

@vanessatsehaye

1 year

My heart is so full from all the love I have received about this so far. I do this work because it is my duty as a privileged diaspora born. I speak up bcs so many Eritreans are silenced in our country and in neighbouring countries, or exhausted from the trauma after they flee.

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Vanessa Tsehaye

@vanessatsehaye

3 years

“An air strike in Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray killed 56 people and wounded at least 30 in a camp for the internally displaced, two aid workers told Reuters on Saturday, citing local authorities and eyewitness accounts.”

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Vanessa Tsehaye

@vanessatsehaye

10 months

A Pulitzer Prize winning journalist described Seyoum Tsehaye as “...the worst kind of enemy of an authoritarian state. He’s rebellious, ungovernable, freethinking, & has a magnetic personality. And he had the skills to tell stories." 22 years today since they imprisoned my uncle

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Vanessa Tsehaye

@vanessatsehaye

4 years

Still can’t believe a representative of a government led by a Nobel Peace Laureate actually said: “We want to send a message to the public in Mekelle to save themselves from any artillery attacks and free yourselves from the junta ... After that, there will be no mercy.”

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Vanessa Tsehaye

@vanessatsehaye

1 year

The Eritrean gov organises festivals all over the world to fundraise and sustain their rule back home. Survivors and families of victims will be coming together tomorrow in Stockholm (12pm Eggeby Gård) to protest outside the festival. Join us or help us amplify on here! #YIAKL

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Vanessa Tsehaye

@vanessatsehaye

4 years

In 2001, a week after 9/11, the Eritrea was turned into a dictatorship. No one paid attention. In 2020, on the US’ most watched election night, the Ethiopian and Eritrean leaders are about to start an unnecessary war against a common enemy. This time, we need to do better.

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Vanessa Tsehaye

@vanessatsehaye

3 years

“ #Ethiopia ’s government has ordered the expulsion of 7 senior United Nations officials from the country for “meddling” in its internal affairs. The move came as humanitarian workers have been sounding the alarm about limited access to the #Tigray region”

Ethiopia orders expulsion of top UN officials for ‘meddling’

UN ‘shocked’ after gov’t declares seven officials ‘persona non grata’ and gives them 72 hours to leave Ethiopia.

www.aljazeera.com

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Vanessa Tsehaye

@vanessatsehaye

3 years

Tomorrow it has been 100 days since the conflict and humanitarian crisis in Tigray started. Let’s make as much noise as possible about what is going on there and demand that @AbiyAhmedAli immediately #AllowAccessToTigray . Follow @OmnaTigray for more info.

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Vanessa Tsehaye

@vanessatsehaye

4 years

Why would anyone want to ‘build a bridge’ with ppl who support human rights crimes? Where exactly is that bridge gonna take us? Let’s focus our energy on informing more ppl who are silent because of lack of info rather than trying to convince ppl to stop supporting a dictatorship

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