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4. “Starvation is a cruel way to die, as the undernourished body consumes its own organs in order to generate enough energy to keep a flicker of life.” #1YearOfTigrayGenocide @CanadianPM @SvenTrueNorth @melaniejoly @HarjitSajjan @PierrePoilievre https://bbc.in/3kc4JPh
7. @AbiyAhmedAli and his allies are committing crimes against humanity by blocking humanitarian access to the people of Tigray. @HarjitSajjan @melaniejoly @JustinTrudeau #1YearOfTigrayGenocide #CallItAGenocide https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-57422168
10. @AbiyAhmedAli continues to obstruct humanitarian aid from Tigray. 900,000 Tigrayans are in famine and over 6million people in need of humanitarian assistance. What will it take for @JustinTrudeau to care about African lives? #1YearOfTigrayGenocide https://bit.ly/3bnAZKt
13. @AbiyAhmedAli continues to obstruct humanitarian aid from Tigray. 900,000 Tigrayans are in famine and over 6million people in need of humanitarian assistance. What will it take for @JustinTrudeau to care about African lives? #1YearOfTigrayGenocide https://bit.ly/3bnAZKt
16. @WFPChiefEcon says in @CNN interview he does not know where people are getting food from! As 5.2 million in Tigrayan’s need food. What will 🇨🇦 do @CanadianPM? #1YearOfTigrayGenocide #CallitAGenocide @TorontoStar @globeandmail @globalnews @caj https://twitter.com/seifgebre/status/1453147109516005380?s=21
19. @UN warns of "unprecedented malnutrition" rates among pregnant women and young mothers in Tigray. There is also "alarming malnutrition" among children.@theJagmeetSingh @erinotoole @cafreeland @JustinTrudeau @CanadaUN #1YearOfTigrayGenocide #CallItAGenocide https://news.yahoo.com/un-reports-unprecedented-malnutrition-tigray-065157680.html
22. In the article starving Tigray it states “The people of Tigray, Ethiopia, are suffering a humanitarian crisis that is entirely man-made”. Canada can and should help. @HarjitSajjan @melaniejoly @JustinTrudeau #1YearOfTigrayGenocide #CallItAGenocide https://sites.tufts.edu/wpf/files/2021/04/Starving-Tigray-report-final.pdf
2. “In Tigray, where hundreds of thousands are facing famine, food warehouses are virtually empty...humanitarian organizations have depleted their stores of food items warehoused in Tigray.” #1YearOfTigrayGenocide #CallitAGenocide @CanadianPM @HarjitSajjan https://bit.ly/3mtDYqT
5. @UNSC is aware that the Ethiopian govt had put Tigray under a “de-facto” humanitarian blockade yet has failed to act! #1YearOfTigrayGenocide #CallitAGenocide @justintradeau @liberal_part https://www.un.org/press/en/2021/sgsm20866.doc.htm
8. According to the global Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) system...substantial parts of the Tigray region are currently in an "IPC 5 Catastrophe" status -- its most severe rating.” #1YearOfTigrayGenocide @CanadianPM @SvenTrueNorth https://cnn.it/3bxqJit
11. Less than 7% of the required humanitarian aid is entering Tigray. Not because aid is unavailable, but because the Ethiopian gov't continues to obstruct humanitarian orgs. @CanadaPM has repeatedly failed to condemn @AbiyAhmedAli. #1YearOfTigrayGenoocide https://bbc.in/3jBbhXj
14. Behind these numbers lies a brutal human tragedy. Huge numbers of deaths by starvation are unavoidable. Indeed, it is already happening. #1YearOfTigrayGenocide #CallitAGenocide @CanadianPM @SvenTrueNorth @melaniejoly @HarjitSajjan @MichaelChongMP https://bbc.in/3kc4JPh
17. MPs in UK to discuss Humanitarian crisis in Tigray #G20RomeSummit. What will MPs in Canada do to advocate? @liberal_party @NDP @CPC_HQ @BlocQuebecois #1YearOfTigrayGenocide #CallitAGenocide https://twitter.com/sdoughtymp/status/1452970402687369217?s=21
20. “People’s skin color was change due to hunger; they looked emaciated with protruding skeletal bones.” Where is the outrage? #1YearOfTigrayGenocide! @JustinTrudeau @MarcGarneau @karinagould @cafreeland @theJagmeetSingh @Raptors @stejobin @CBCNews https://apnews.com/article/africa-united-nations-only-on-ap-famine-kenya-ef9fe79cc0cf35917fd190b6e9bd0f46
3. @CanadianPM says he's a feminist but has been silent about the sexual atrocities taking place in #Tigray for 1 year. @amnesty has clearly stated that women & girls were targeted for rape by soldiers which constitutes as war crimes #1YearOfTigrayGenocide https://bit.ly/3pA62L2
6. ‘Basic services including electricity, banking & telecoms "are being denied by the Ethiopian government", a US State Department spokesperson told AFP in September.@justintradeau @NDP @HRWcanada #1YearOfTigrayGenocide #CallItAGenocide
https://news.yahoo.com/fighting-rages-ethiopias-war-hits-062527418.html
9. According to @UNICEF over 100,000 Tigrayan children could die from hunger if conditions remain unchanged. What are the @liberal_party doing about the man-made famine in #Tigray? #1YearOfTigrayGenocide @CanadaDev @RightsGAC @jhrnews @CHRIOCANADA https://reut.rs/2XKGNdG
12. Thousands of children are facing imminent starvation caused by the blockade imposed on Tigray. World needs to act now to save thousands of lives. #1YearOfTigrayGenocide #CallitAGenocide @HRWcanada @GAC_Corporate @melaniejoly @CanadianPM @ianrmyles @NDP https://apnews.com/article/africa-united-nations-ethiopia-c614ee00e8fa8756ad43e3422f32881f
15. More than 400,000 people in Tigray were said to have "crossed the threshold into
famine" & conditions have deteriorated since then.” @justintradeau @liberal_party
@NDP #CallitAGenocide #1YearOfTigrayGenocide https://news.yahoo.com/fighting-rages-ethiopias-war-hits-062527418.html
18. While millions in #Tigray are facing death from famine, @metals_east "has repeatedly stated, in press releases and social-media comments in recent months, that it is close to resuming operations in Tigray." Where is your outrage? #1YearOfTigrayGenocide https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-canadian-miners-pursue-prospects-in-war-torn-tigray/?cmpid=rss&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
21. Ethiopia's information blackout enables the @UN to turn a blind eye to the #1YearOfTigrayGenocide, contributing to the death by starvation of tens of thousands of ppl, most of them children." @karinagould @MarcGarneau @CanadaFP @JustinTrudeau https://sites.tufts.edu/reinventingpeace/2021/09/24/see-no-evil-how-the-united-nations-is-blind-to-the-famine-in-tigray/
1. Eritrean and Amhara forces have used rape & torture of women & girls of Tigray as a
campaign of ethnic cleansing. The Canadian Gov has not condemned this act.
#1YearOfTigrayGenocide #CallItAGenocide @Marcilen @JustinTrudeau
https://bit.ly/3xPz9KW
4. @CanadianPM says he's a feminist but has been silent about the sexual atrocities taking place in #Tigray for 1 year. @amnesty has clearly stated that women & girls were targeted for rape by soldiers which constitutes as war crimes #1YearOfTigrayGenocide https://bit.ly/3pA62L2
7. Women and girls of Tigray have been subjected to rape, gang rape, and sexual slavery for a year. Sexual violence is being used to humiliate women and eliminate the Tigrayan identity. #1YearOfTigrayGenocide #CallitAGenocide @Marcilen https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/01/world/africa/ethiopia-tigray-sexual-assault.html
10. Twelve survivors said they were held captive for days and often weeks, and repeatedly raped, in most cases by several men. Some were held in military camps, others in houses or grounds in rural areas #1YearOfTigrayGenocide #CallitAGenocide @Marcilen https://bit.ly/3bsQCQx
13. The invading forces have subjected the Tigrayan women & girls to rape, gang rape,
sexual slavery, sexual mutilation and other forms of torture as part of the #1YearOfTigrayGenocide #CallItAGenocide @liberal_party @JustinTrudeau @Marcilen https://bit.ly/3xPz9KW
2. The pattern of acts of sexual violence...indicates that sexual violence was widespread and intended to terrorize and humiliate the victims and their ethnic group
#1YearOfTigrayGenocide #CallitAGenocide @Marcilen @HarjitSajjan @melaniejoly @CanadaDev https://bit.ly/3bsQCQx
5. For 1 year, women in Tigray have been the victims of weaponized rape by Ethiopian & Eritrean soldiers. @JustinTrudeau has failed to call out @AbiyAhmedAli for human rights violations perpetrated by his forces in Tigray. @Marcilen #1YearOfTigrayGenocide https://reut.rs/3BbOkQm
8. “Soldiers and militias subjected Tigrayan women and girls to rape, gang rape, sexual slavery, sexual mutilation and other forms of torture, often using ethnic slurs and death threats.” #1YearOfTigrayGenocide @Marcilen @CanadaDev @HarjitSajjan https://bit.ly/3bsQCQx
11. Rocks, nails and other objects have been forced inside the bodies of women — and some men — during sexual assaults, according to health workers. #1YearOfTigrayGenocide #CallitAGenocide @Marcilen @CanadaDev @melaniejoly @HarjitSajjan @vanessahagem https://nyti.ms/3CKicFf
3. Canadian Gov stood by idle as rape of girls and women is weaponized. You must speak up, take action, and do everything in your power to stop war crimes on humanity. #CallItAGenocide #1YearOfTigrayGenocide @HRWcanada @NDP @JustinTrudeau @Marcilen https://www.channel4.com/news/the-horrors-of-the-hidden-war-inside-the-tigray-conflict-in-ethiopia
6. “It’s clear that rape and sexual violence have been used as a weapon of war to inflict lasting physical and psychological damage on women and girls in Tigray” - Agnes Callamard #1YearOfTigrayGenocide #CallitAGenocide @Marcilen @melaniejoly @CanadaDev https://bit.ly/3bsQCQx
9. “The severity and scale of the sexual crimes committed are particularly shocking, amounting to war crimes and possible crimes against humanity. It makes a mockery of the central tenets of humanity.”#1YearOfTigrayGenocide #CallitAGenocide @Marcilen https://bit.ly/3bsQCQx
12. The epidemic of sexual assault is exacerbated by a collapsing health system. Many victims have contracted sexually transmitted diseases, including H.I.V, doctors say. #1YearOfTigrayGenocide #CallitAGenocide @Marcilen @melaniejoly @HarjitSajjan @CanadianPM https://nyti.ms/3CKicFf
1. Orchestrated executions against Tigrayans continue throughout Ethiopia. Bodies are
openly disposed of for animals to devour in W Tigray & dumped in Tekeze river.
@liberal_party @HRWcanada @CanadianPM #1YearOfTigrayGenocide
#CallItAGenocide https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/05/africa/ethiopia-tigray-humera-sudan-bodies-cmd-intl/index.html
7. Ethiopian jets bomb Northern Tigray, harming innocent people including children. Canada must denounce these crimes! @MichaelChongMP @sbergeron @ianrmyles #1YearOfTigrayGenocide #CallitAGenocide https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/ethiopia-air-strike-hits-tigray-tplf-says-3-civilians-killed-govt-says-factory-2021-10-28/
10. The State Department has also prepared a declaration that the Ethiopian government's atrocities against Tigrayans constitute a genocide. Will Canada follow suit and #CallitAGenocide?#1YearOfTigrayGenocide @melaniejoly @JustinTrudeau @HRWcanada @NDP
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ending-ethiopias-trade-status-us-weighs-sanctions-genocide/story?id=80928248
2. Amhara militia and Ethiopian forces are exterminating Tigrayans in Western Tigray by massacring & dumping their bodies in Tekeze River. #1YearOfTigrayGenocide
#CallitAGenocide @JustinTrudeau @HRWcanada @NDP
https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/ap-top-news/2021/08/02/bodies-found-in-river-between-ethiopias-tigray-sudan?cid=share_twitter
5. "The bombings have drawn international censure, and disrupted UN access to the region where an estimated 400,000 people face famine-like conditions under a de facto aid blockade.." @JustinTrudeau @HRWcanada @NDP #CallitAGenocide #1YearOfTigrayGenocide
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/10/28/ethiopia-air-strike-on-tigray-kills-several
3. Dead Tigrayan bodies were recently found floating in a river. What will it take for @CanadianPM to hold @AbiyAhmedAli accountable for the war crimes he's committed in Tigray? @CanadaFP @rpatricktravers @marcisurkes #1YearOfTigrayGenocide #CallitAGenocide https://bit.ly/3b86Jmz
6. In the latest round of airstrikes in #Tigray @usnews states “doctor says 10 people have been killed, including children”. #1YearOfTigrayGenocide #CallitAGenocide @CanadianPM @erinotoole @theJagmeetSingh https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2021-10-28/new-airstrike-in-ethiopias-tigray-capital-kids-among-dead
9. Ethiopia is keeping all its Genocide crimes away from the world. @UN must Investigate crimes without support from the perpetrators! #1YearOfTigrayGenocide @melaniejoly @CanadianPM @GAC_Corporate @NDP @CPC_HQ @BlocQuebecois
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/ethiopia-tried-to-limit-rare-un-report-on-tigray-war-abuses-1.5648054
1. On #1YearOfTigrayGenocide, we call on IC to pressure Ethiopian govt to release all
arbitrarily detained Tigrayans throughout Ethiopia. #CallitAGenocide @HRWcanada
@GAC_Corporate @melaniejoly @CanadianPM @ianrmyles @NDP
https://www.wsj.com/articles/ethiopias-war-in-tigray-sees-minorities-targeted-across-the-country-11628687936?mod=e2tw
4. Tigrayan ethnicity has become a crime in #Ethiopia. There have been mass arrests and disappearances of Tigrayans. Why hasn't @CanadaPM called for the release and return of innocent civilians yet? @melaniejoly #1YearOfTigrayGenocide #CallitAGenocide https://bit.ly/2XFlTfQ
7. Ethiopian authorities since late June 2021 have arbitrarily detained, forcibly disappeared, and committed other abuses against ethnic Tigrayans in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa.
#1YearOfTigrayGenocide #CallitAGenocide @CHRIOCANADA @HRWcanada https://bit.ly/3mu9FAj
10. A mass campaign of arbitrary arrests targeting Tigrayans from all walks of life has
played out in the capital Addis Ababa and elsewhere in Ethiopia -- a mostly hidden
feature of the relentless war @liberal_party @JustinTrudeau
#1YearOfTigrayGenocide https://bit.ly/3nI5ssh
2. "CNN's investigations indicate that the ethnic profiling,detention and killing of Tigrayans bears the hallmarks of genocide as defined by international law" #CallitAGenocide #1YearOfTigrayGenocide @HRWcanada @GAC_Corporate @melaniejoly @CanadianPM @NDP https://bit.ly/3Cx7QrT
5. "Tigrayans in Addis Ababa have been arbitrarily arrested and detained without due
process in what appears as ethnically motivated detention". #CallItAGenocide
#1YearOfTigrayGenocide @HRWcanada @GAC_Corporate @MarcGarneau
@CanadianPM @ianrmyles @NDP https://www.amnesty.org/en/petition/end-the-arbitrary-arrests-of-tigrayans/
8. Authorities arbitrarily arrested and dismissed Tigrayans working in the government security and civil services, profiled Tigrayans during systematic ID checks, and searched homes without warrants. #1YearOfTigrayGenocide @CHRIOCANADA
https://bit.ly/3mu9FAj
3. Thousands of Tigrayans were detained including University students, Political figures, Human rights advocates, Government employees, Journalists & Business owners throughout Ethio without their whereabouts #1YearOfTigrayGenocide @HRWcanada @CanadianPM @NDP https://bit.ly/3pUoOgo
9. The Ethiopian government’s ethnic profiling, arrest, detention, and enforced disappearances of Tigrayans is unlawful and unjust. #1YearOfTigrayGenocide #CallitAGenocide @CHRIOCANADA @HRWcanada
https://bit.ly/3mu9FAj
10. On the #1YearOfTigrayGenocide, Canadians march through the streets of 🇨🇦 to highlight atrocities and ask the @CanadianPM and @liberal_party to #CallitAGenocide 🗣 @CBCToronto @CBCVancouver @RachnaSinghNDP @CharlieAngusNDP @sandersonNDP https://twitter.com/unitedtegaruca/status/1452364600708583434?s=21
13. ‘Ethiopia’s government has stopped food, medicine and fuel deliveries entering Tigray for 1 year' Where is the support from @liberal_party ? @CanadaUN @JustinTrudeau @erinotoole @theJagmeetSingh @MarcGarneau #1YearOfTigrayGenocide #CallItAGenocide https://bit.ly/3D2sLD9
16. @UNOCHA, has explained that the reasons cited by drivers not wanting to go back "are a lack of fuel to return, as well as drivers fearing for their security. Can 🇨🇦 not provide aid to Orgs? #1YearOfTigrayGenocide @rpatricktravers @karinagould @stejobin https://www.bbc.com/news/58681797?fbclid=IwAR3c8jmZYAtgXHQBcBWi0DPtF4rnwzgE7qn-TEWURUUgKGF83N1RONgywiM
2. This past year Tigrayans have been & are being: Tortured, massacred, Raped and Starved. What else needs to happen to #CallItAGenocide? #1YearOfTigrayGenocide @CBCToronto @globeandmail @TorontoStar @CanadianPM @JustinTrudeau @melaniejoly @HarjitSajjan https://news.yahoo.com/fighting-rages-ethiopias-war-hits-062527418.html
8. The 🇨🇨’n govt failed to act and as a result, the #TigrayGenocide nears the 1 year mark.When will @JustinTrudeau speak out against the atrocities being committed in Tigray?@liberal_party #1YearOfTigrayGenocide #CallItAGenocide
https://news.yahoo.com/fighting-rages-ethiopias-war-hits-062527418.html
11. Women in #Tigray are at high risk of dying of exploitation due to the violations of Ethiopian govt & its allies.Where is the outrage from Canadian leaders? #1YearOfTigrayGenocide #CallItAGenocide @theJagmeetSingh @erinotoole @JustinTrudeau @CanadaDev https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/03/africa/tigray-ethiopia-food-shortage-intl/index.html
17. The Ethiopian government continues its mass killing of Tigrayans by bombing cites. This is the result of your inaction @JustinTrudeau #1YearOfTigrayGenocide #CallitAGenocide
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20211028-ethiopia-air-strike-on-tigray-kills-6-hospital-rebel-sources
6. On #1YearOfTigrayGenocide, we call for accountability & justice the women & girls of
Tigray deserve. #1YearOfTigrayGenocide #CallItAGenocide @HRWcanada
@GAC_Corporate @melaniejoly @CanadianPM @ianrmyles @WFP_Canada @NDP https://bit.ly/3GGpPi4
9. Organizations like @unitedtegaruca @IROBANINA have been advocating to Canadians leaders about the war raged by @PMEthiopia! But still there is no action in Canada. @CanadianPM @liberal_party @GAC_Corporate #1YearOfTigrayGenocide #CallitAGenocide https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/ethiopia-s-chosen-one-a-brutal-war-waged-by-a-nobel-peace-prize-laureate-a-d2f4d03e-90e4-49a4-918b-96d4543f722b
15. As early as January 2021, Tigrayans were dying from man-made famine. The Ethiopian government has been wielding starvation as a weapon in its war on #Tigray.What can Canada do? @CanadaUN @JustinTrudeau #1YearOfTigrayGenocide #CallItAGenocide https://twitter.com/fifi_pols/status/1441802601541079040
1. #Canada has made it clear that mining investments in #Tigray are prioritized over the suffering of Tigrayans. How can Canada claim to care about human rights but exploit Tigray for its minerals during a genocide? #1YearOfTigrayGenocide @mary_ng @MarieHlneCt2 https://bit.ly/3CoNq4c
4. A Canadian government program claiming to introduce feminist principles to Ethiopia’s mining sector has created opportunities for several Canadian mining companies in the country’s war-torn Tigray region” #1YearOfTigrayGenocide @mary_ng @ndp https://bit.ly/2Y063g2
7. Damning reports about mining in Tigray show that Canadian interests are more important than advocating to #CallitAGenocide! @theJagmeetSingh @erinotoole @CanadianPM #1YearOfTigrayGenocide https://breachmedia.ca/leaked-report-accuses-canada-of-covering-for-mining-companies-in-war-torn-ethiopia/
10. 🇨🇦, a country known to advocate for human rights, has been extremely silent on the #TigrayGenocide. Is it because Canada is spending millions on the mining industry in Ethiopia (much of which is in #Tigray)?
.@mary_ng #1YearOfTigrayGenocide #CallitAGenocide https://breachmedia.ca/leaked-report-accuses-canada-of-covering-for-mining-companies-in-war-torn-ethiopia/
19. Leaked report by @TheBreachMedia exposes Canada in a mining cover up!
@CanadaFP, @CanadianPM- Is this why you are so silent with #TigrayGenocide? What will other parties do differently? @theJagmeetSingh @erinotoole @luckysean #1YearOfTigrayGenocide #CallitAGenocide https://twitter.com/mhailu6/status/1434689114071240705/photo/1
22. Canadians hope @CanadianPM is not refusing to condom the ongoing #TigrayGenocide b/c Canada has mineral interests in #Tigray but we can not choose commodities over human lives❗️#1YearOfTigrayGenocide #CallitAGenocide @liberal_party @CPC_H @GAC_Corporate @BobRae48 https://breachmedia.ca/leaked-report-accuses-canada-of-covering-for-mining-companies-in-war-torn-ethiopia/
25. By remaining silent & allowing mining companies to operate in #Tigray during #1YearOfTigrayGenocide,🇨🇦 has failed to adhere to its own standards of gender equity, environmental protection & responsible business practices. @erinotoole #CallitAGenocide
https://twitter.com/mhailu6/status/1434689114071240705/photo/1
28. Is this @JustinTrudeau’s business interest in #Tigray where mass rape, mass starvation are weaponized and massacres have been prevalent that has muzzled #Canada from speaking up against #TigrayGenocide? @CanadaDev @MatthewGreenNDP @MiningWatch #1YearOfTigrayGenocide #CallitAGenocide
https://twitter.com/mhailu6/status/1434689056110227457/photo/1
2. Investments by Canadian mining companies in Tigray have increased as the region has been plunged into a major humanitarian crisis from military attacks by the Ethiopian and Eritrean government #1YearOfTigrayGenocide #CallitAGenocide @mary_ng https://bit.ly/2Y063g2
5. Instead of condemning the genocide in Tigray, the Canadian government and mining companies are exploiting the situation to pursue mining opportunities in Tigray. #1YearOfTigrayGenocide #CallitAGenocide https://bit.ly/2Y063g2