Advocates to Hold Worldwide Protest to Call for the End to War on Tigray

 

 

The brutal war in Ethiopia’s northern state of Tigray is entering its third month as evidence mounts of war crimes, crimes against humanity,  and ethnic cleansing

On November 4th, 2020, the unelected Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed Ali, in coordination with Eritrean dictator President Isaias Afwerki, launched a war against the elected regional government of Tigray. Despite Abiy Ahmed’s November 28 declaration of victory, this devastating war continues with no end in sight. The Ethiopian federal government has largely blocked communications and humanitarian aid in the region, over 60,000 refugees have fled to Sudan, 4.5 million Tegaru in Tigray need immediate food assistance, and the war has displaced almost two million people within Tigray itself. On Thursday, January 28, thousands will gather worldwide to protest the war on Tigray and call for the full withdrawal of Ethiopian and Eritrean forces perpetrating mass destruction, war crimes, and ethnic cleansing against the people of Tigray, opening of unimpeded humanitarian corridors, restoration of communications, power, banking, healthcare, and other public services to all of Tigray, stopping of sexual assault against women and children in Tigray, and commitment to a peaceful resolution of the regional war by all actors involved.

What: Tigray|an diasporas, advocates, and allies will protest the war on Tigray

Who: Security and Justice for Tigreans in Ethiopia, Union of Tigreans in North America, Tigray Development Association, Tigray Women’s Association, OMNA Tigray, Tegaru Professionals Network, Maeger Women Association in North America, I Stand With Tigray North America, and Next Generation Tegaru

Where: 2201 C Street NW, Washington, DC

When: Thursday, January 28, 2021, 10:00 am ET