Biden, hold Afwerki accountable for Tigray
Posted: 13 Apr 2021, 05:56
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Re: Biden, hold Afwerki accountable for Tigray
Posted: 13 Apr 2021, 06:10
Re: Biden, hold Afwerki accountable for Tigray
Posted: 13 Apr 2021, 06:12
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Re: Biden, hold Afwerki accountable for Tigray
Posted: 13 Apr 2021, 06:58
The Old Wolf are sleep Forever and Keep dreaming away till the loin of horn did his job well End..
Re: Biden, hold Afwerki accountable for Tigray
Posted: 13 Apr 2021, 07:05
Biden listens to her, for sure!
Alexis Hancz
University of Michigan Student
Fertility Within ReachUniversity of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Re: Biden, hold Afwerki accountable for Tigray
Posted: 13 Apr 2021, 07:49
OPINION
Biden, hold Afwerki accountable for Tigray
by Alexis Hancz
April 13, 2021
heart falt advice to Eritreans.. get the hell out of Golden state.. the reason Biden say so.. u can think u can trick Biden by switching dress and come back again ... u cant think u can use many other tricks to fool Biden .. but it will backfire.. Biden ready put full-blown blockage on you and few ministers.. next stage would be on Eritrea..
why put poor Eritreans people on unnecessary trouble.. u r told to get the hell out just get the hell out and stay there... why not learn from Djibouti they r the smallest port but they earn 3 billion dollars from Ethiopia and another 7 ports they have .. why they shut their mouth and work hard..
my advice to Eritrea is very simple to know you r junior partner to Ethiopia
know Ethiopia is 140 million people and Eritrea is only 2 million youth and 3 million over 77 years and children waiting to exit from the hell
Eritrea economy always small and need Ethiopia .. Ethiopia doesn't need Eritrea but Eritrea needs Ethiopia this must be clear as day time..
never ever involved in an Ethiopia affair, this is the best advice that I give my Eritrean buddy..
Biden, hold Afwerki accountable for Tigray
by Alexis Hancz
April 13, 2021
heart falt advice to Eritreans.. get the hell out of Golden state.. the reason Biden say so.. u can think u can trick Biden by switching dress and come back again ... u cant think u can use many other tricks to fool Biden .. but it will backfire.. Biden ready put full-blown blockage on you and few ministers.. next stage would be on Eritrea..
why put poor Eritreans people on unnecessary trouble.. u r told to get the hell out just get the hell out and stay there... why not learn from Djibouti they r the smallest port but they earn 3 billion dollars from Ethiopia and another 7 ports they have .. why they shut their mouth and work hard..
my advice to Eritrea is very simple to know you r junior partner to Ethiopia
know Ethiopia is 140 million people and Eritrea is only 2 million youth and 3 million over 77 years and children waiting to exit from the hell
Eritrea economy always small and need Ethiopia .. Ethiopia doesn't need Eritrea but Eritrea needs Ethiopia this must be clear as day time..
never ever involved in an Ethiopia affair, this is the best advice that I give my Eritrean buddy..
Re: Biden, hold Afwerki accountable for Tigray
Posted: 13 Apr 2021, 08:04
Biden, doesn't need our help. He always tricks, his own self!
Ethoash wrote: ↑13 Apr 2021, 07:49OPINION
Biden, hold Afwerki accountable for Tigray
by Alexis Hancz
April 13, 2021
heart falt advice to Eritreans.. get the hell out of Golden state.. the reason Biden say so.. u can think u can trick Biden by switching dress and come back again ... u cant think u can use many other tricks to fool Biden .. but it will backfire.. Biden ready put full-blown blockage on you and few ministers.. next stage would be on Eritrea..
why put poor Eritreans people on unnecessary trouble.. u r told to get the hell out just get the hell out and stay there... why not learn from Djibouti they r the smallest port but they earn 3 billion dollars from Ethiopia and another 7 ports they have .. why they shut their mouth and work hard..
my advice to Eritrea is very simple to know you r junior partner to Ethiopia
know Ethiopia is 140 million people and Eritrea is only 2 million youth and 3 million over 77 years and children waiting to exit from the hell
Eritrea economy always small and need Ethiopia .. Ethiopia doesn't need Eritrea but Eritrea needs Ethiopia this must be clear as day time..
never ever involved in an Ethiopia affair, this is the best advice that I give my Eritrean buddy..
Re: Biden, hold Afwerki accountable for Tigray
Posted: 13 Apr 2021, 10:58
https://www.michigandaily.com/opinion/b ... ray/?amp=1
Biden, hold Afwerki accountable for Tigray
by Alexis Hancz
April 13, 2021
On March 23, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed admitted that neighboring Eritrean troops had entered the Tigray region in northern Ethiopia during a conflict that broke out in November 2020. Additionally, he announced that Eritrean troops had agreed to withdraw from the region. In a statement, Ahmed finally acknowledged the vicious human rights abuses in the war-torn region, calling for the prosecution of perpetrators. Amnesty International and other members of the international community have condemned the Eritrean military for egregious human rights violations during the conflict — ultimately amounting to ethnic cleansing — including sexual violence against Ethiopian women and civilian killings in Axum last year.
In response to Ahmed’s inaction regarding violence in Tigray, the European Union imposed budget sanctions on Ethiopia amounting to €88.5 million (over $100 million), funds which were targeted toward health, employment and development sector reforms. Meanwhile, President Joe Biden called for an end to the violence and sent Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., on a diplomatic mission to address the U.S.’s humanitarian concerns with Ahmed in March.
But current U.S. diplomatic efforts are not enough to condemn, end and repair abuses in the Tigray region, and following the EU’s lead with sanctions will only further destabilize Ethiopia’s economy and promote future violence and human rights abuses. Therefore, the U.S. must shine the spotlight on Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki’s extreme negligence in the conflict. Eritrean soldiers are accused of committing at least 516 rapes against Ethiopian women and pillaging towns and cities, amongst other atrocities. Meanwhile, Afwerki continues to deny these violations and even refuted Eritrean presence in the Tigray region altogether.
If the United States considers itself a watchdog of human rights, Biden must not only keep up pressure on Ahmed to investigate human rights violations, but also demand that Afwerki come clean about his denials, which are damaging to the families and individuals who suffered horrific acts of violence at the hands of Eritrean soldiers. Trying perpetrators in domestic or international tribunals will be crucial to the transitional justice process in the aftermath of the conflict, but these efforts must not turn the spotlight away from Afwerki and his criminal negligence.
Afwerki has used deflection and evasion of responsibility for horrific handlings of regional conflict as a power-keeping strategy. This approach has fueled ongoing conflict and human rights violations in the region for decades. To balance the U.S.’s role as both a diplomatic facilitator and a critic of Afwerki’s authoritarian regime, Biden must demand Afwerki’s full accountability at the peacemaking table and a commitment to resolving decades-long tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea.
Truth-seeking investigations and criminal trials in the aftermath of the Tigray conflict will never be fully effective without addressing Afwerki’s negligence and demanding reparations. The recent amplification of survivors’ voices combined with the heat of EU sanctions seems to have created the push that moved Afwerki to agree to pull out of Ethiopia. However, the international community has long labeled Afwerki as a pariah, and with a track record of ignoring and refuting these calls, it is unclear how far international pressures will sway Afwerki’s commitment to peace beyond agreeing to pull troops out of Tigray.
As an active participant in discussing ongoing conflict in the Tigray region, Biden’s strategy has to address decades of violent power struggles between Eritrea and Ethiopia. The U.S. needs to be prepared to be called upon as a responsive, ameliorative and preventative mediator.
By calling attention to the humanitarian crisis and engaging in diplomatic relations as well as investigations, Biden is off to an acceptable start, but he must do more. The United States needs to take a more assertive role of active opposition toward Afwerki’s regime, not by following the EU’s lead and imposing harsh sanctions on Ethiopia, but by calling for truth and taking a seat at the negotiation table to ensure transitional justice processes take place in order to prevent human rights abuses in the future. Continuing to allow abuses to operate in the shadows will only perpetuate future violence and leave decades of past conflict between the two countries unresolved.
That said, Biden must urge Afwerki to take responsibility for Eritrea’s human rights abuses and atrocities in the Tigray region. Naming and shaming may have been enough to drive Afwerki to bring his troops out of Ethiopia, but it will not be enough to compel him to own up to the damages at the bargaining table and be an active partner to Ethiopia in aiding Tigray’s socioeconomic repair, as well as mending larger relationship issues between the two countries. What is needed from Biden is a push for truth, reconciliation and justice that extends above and beyond seeing an immediate end to the conflict.
Alexis Hancz is an Opinion Columnist and can be reached at [email protected].
Biden, hold Afwerki accountable for Tigray
by Alexis Hancz
April 13, 2021
On March 23, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed admitted that neighboring Eritrean troops had entered the Tigray region in northern Ethiopia during a conflict that broke out in November 2020. Additionally, he announced that Eritrean troops had agreed to withdraw from the region. In a statement, Ahmed finally acknowledged the vicious human rights abuses in the war-torn region, calling for the prosecution of perpetrators. Amnesty International and other members of the international community have condemned the Eritrean military for egregious human rights violations during the conflict — ultimately amounting to ethnic cleansing — including sexual violence against Ethiopian women and civilian killings in Axum last year.
In response to Ahmed’s inaction regarding violence in Tigray, the European Union imposed budget sanctions on Ethiopia amounting to €88.5 million (over $100 million), funds which were targeted toward health, employment and development sector reforms. Meanwhile, President Joe Biden called for an end to the violence and sent Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., on a diplomatic mission to address the U.S.’s humanitarian concerns with Ahmed in March.
But current U.S. diplomatic efforts are not enough to condemn, end and repair abuses in the Tigray region, and following the EU’s lead with sanctions will only further destabilize Ethiopia’s economy and promote future violence and human rights abuses. Therefore, the U.S. must shine the spotlight on Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki’s extreme negligence in the conflict. Eritrean soldiers are accused of committing at least 516 rapes against Ethiopian women and pillaging towns and cities, amongst other atrocities. Meanwhile, Afwerki continues to deny these violations and even refuted Eritrean presence in the Tigray region altogether.
If the United States considers itself a watchdog of human rights, Biden must not only keep up pressure on Ahmed to investigate human rights violations, but also demand that Afwerki come clean about his denials, which are damaging to the families and individuals who suffered horrific acts of violence at the hands of Eritrean soldiers. Trying perpetrators in domestic or international tribunals will be crucial to the transitional justice process in the aftermath of the conflict, but these efforts must not turn the spotlight away from Afwerki and his criminal negligence.
Afwerki has used deflection and evasion of responsibility for horrific handlings of regional conflict as a power-keeping strategy. This approach has fueled ongoing conflict and human rights violations in the region for decades. To balance the U.S.’s role as both a diplomatic facilitator and a critic of Afwerki’s authoritarian regime, Biden must demand Afwerki’s full accountability at the peacemaking table and a commitment to resolving decades-long tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea.
Truth-seeking investigations and criminal trials in the aftermath of the Tigray conflict will never be fully effective without addressing Afwerki’s negligence and demanding reparations. The recent amplification of survivors’ voices combined with the heat of EU sanctions seems to have created the push that moved Afwerki to agree to pull out of Ethiopia. However, the international community has long labeled Afwerki as a pariah, and with a track record of ignoring and refuting these calls, it is unclear how far international pressures will sway Afwerki’s commitment to peace beyond agreeing to pull troops out of Tigray.
As an active participant in discussing ongoing conflict in the Tigray region, Biden’s strategy has to address decades of violent power struggles between Eritrea and Ethiopia. The U.S. needs to be prepared to be called upon as a responsive, ameliorative and preventative mediator.
By calling attention to the humanitarian crisis and engaging in diplomatic relations as well as investigations, Biden is off to an acceptable start, but he must do more. The United States needs to take a more assertive role of active opposition toward Afwerki’s regime, not by following the EU’s lead and imposing harsh sanctions on Ethiopia, but by calling for truth and taking a seat at the negotiation table to ensure transitional justice processes take place in order to prevent human rights abuses in the future. Continuing to allow abuses to operate in the shadows will only perpetuate future violence and leave decades of past conflict between the two countries unresolved.
That said, Biden must urge Afwerki to take responsibility for Eritrea’s human rights abuses and atrocities in the Tigray region. Naming and shaming may have been enough to drive Afwerki to bring his troops out of Ethiopia, but it will not be enough to compel him to own up to the damages at the bargaining table and be an active partner to Ethiopia in aiding Tigray’s socioeconomic repair, as well as mending larger relationship issues between the two countries. What is needed from Biden is a push for truth, reconciliation and justice that extends above and beyond seeing an immediate end to the conflict.
Alexis Hancz is an Opinion Columnist and can be reached at [email protected].
Re: Biden, hold Afwerki accountable for Tigray
Posted: 13 Apr 2021, 12:28
No justice for Dawit Isaak, the world’s longest detained journalist
Reporters Without Borders. 13 Apr 2021
https://mg.co.za/opinion/2021-04-13-no- ... ournalist/
Reporters Without Borders. 13 Apr 2021
https://mg.co.za/opinion/2021-04-13-no- ... ournalist/
Re: Biden, hold Afwerki accountable for Tigray
Posted: 13 Apr 2021, 12:40
The more criminal rodents like you feign empathy for the guy the more certain we become, that the govt's decision to lock him up was an absolutely correct decision.
Aba wrote: ↑13 Apr 2021, 12:28No justice for Dawit Isaak, the world’s longest detained journalist
Reporters Without Borders. 13 Apr 2021
https://mg.co.za/opinion/2021-04-13-no- ... ournalist/
Re: Biden, hold Afwerki accountable for Tigray
Posted: 13 Apr 2021, 12:58
What an id!@tic logic.
Zmeselo wrote: ↑13 Apr 2021, 12:40The more criminal rodents like you feign empathy for the guy the more certain we become, that the govt's decision to lock him up was an absolutely correct decision.
Aba wrote: ↑13 Apr 2021, 12:28No justice for Dawit Isaak, the world’s longest detained journalist
Reporters Without Borders. 13 Apr 2021
https://mg.co.za/opinion/2021-04-13-no- ... ournalist/
Re: Biden, hold Afwerki accountable for Tigray
Posted: 13 Apr 2021, 13:38
Re: Biden, hold Afwerki accountable for Tigray
Posted: 13 Apr 2021, 13:53
We don't like anyone, whom demons eagerly support & cry crockodile tears about!
This is way far, from being "idiotic". It's a self preservation tactic, from human Covid viruses. So if ppl like you have an iota of humanity left in them, then stop openly propagating ur "support"; lest you wanna see him rot in jail for the rest of his life!
Lieba, you guys haven't realized yet how deep our hate for you ppl goes. No clue!
This is way far, from being "idiotic". It's a self preservation tactic, from human Covid viruses. So if ppl like you have an iota of humanity left in them, then stop openly propagating ur "support"; lest you wanna see him rot in jail for the rest of his life!
Lieba, you guys haven't realized yet how deep our hate for you ppl goes. No clue!
Aba wrote: ↑13 Apr 2021, 12:58What an id!@tic logic.Zmeselo wrote: ↑13 Apr 2021, 12:40The more criminal rodents like you feign empathy for the guy the more certain we become, that the govt's decision to lock him up was an absolutely correct decision.
Aba wrote: ↑13 Apr 2021, 12:28No justice for Dawit Isaak, the world’s longest detained journalist
Reporters Without Borders. 13 Apr 2021
https://mg.co.za/opinion/2021-04-13-no- ... ournalist/
Re: Biden, hold Afwerki accountable for Tigray
Posted: 13 Apr 2021, 14:02
Re: Biden, hold Afwerki accountable for Tigray
Posted: 13 Apr 2021, 14:33
ወዲ ኣንጺፋ ቊልጭ "ወዲ ኣፈወርቂ" በዚ ሓለፈ! "ወዲ ኣፈወርቂ" ኣብቲ ተራእየ! ክትብሊ እንዳባህረርኪ ግዜኺ ኣሕሊፍክዮ! መስኪን ዑጉም!
Re: Biden, hold Afwerki accountable for Tigray
Posted: 13 Apr 2021, 16:15
This is for the two stooges below and their fellow stooges .
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Zmeselo wrote: ↑13 Apr 2021, 13:53We don't like anyone, whom demons eagerly support & cry crockodile tears about!
This is way far, from being "idiotic". It's a self preservation tactic, from human Covid viruses. So if ppl like you have an iota of humanity left in them, then stop openly propagating ur "support"; lest you wanna see him rot in jail for the rest of his life!
Lieba, you guys haven't realized yet how deep our hate for you ppl goes. No clue!
Aba wrote: ↑13 Apr 2021, 12:58What an id!@tic logic.Zmeselo wrote: ↑13 Apr 2021, 12:40The more criminal rodents like you feign empathy for the guy the more certain we become, that the govt's decision to lock him up was an absolutely correct decision.
Aba wrote: ↑13 Apr 2021, 12:28No justice for Dawit Isaak, the world’s longest detained journalist
Reporters Without Borders. 13 Apr 2021
https://mg.co.za/opinion/2021-04-13-no- ... ournalist/
Re: Biden, hold Afwerki accountable for Tigray
Posted: 13 Apr 2021, 16:33
Don't you love this humble president? Nah, you stooges only love bruts and brutality.
Re: Biden, hold Afwerki accountable for Tigray
Posted: 13 Apr 2021, 16:44
Tell that dummy doing the reading, to stay off the bottle!
You guys daily obsess about PIA, & we're "the stooges"?
In Tgray you'd elect him a god, let alone a leader.
You guys daily obsess about PIA, & we're "the stooges"?
In Tgray you'd elect him a god, let alone a leader.
Aba wrote: ↑13 Apr 2021, 16:15This is for the two stooges below and their fellow stooges .Please wait, video is loading...Zmeselo wrote: ↑13 Apr 2021, 13:53We don't like anyone, whom demons eagerly support & cry crockodile tears about!
This is way far, from being "idiotic". It's a self preservation tactic, from human Covid viruses. So if ppl like you have an iota of humanity left in them, then stop openly propagating ur "support"; lest you wanna see him rot in jail for the rest of his life!
Lieba, you guys haven't realized yet how deep our hate for you ppl goes. No clue!
Aba wrote: ↑13 Apr 2021, 12:58What an id!@tic logic.Zmeselo wrote: ↑13 Apr 2021, 12:40The more criminal rodents like you feign empathy for the guy the more certain we become, that the govt's decision to lock him up was an absolutely correct decision.
Aba wrote: ↑13 Apr 2021, 12:28No justice for Dawit Isaak, the world’s longest detained journalist
Reporters Without Borders. 13 Apr 2021
https://mg.co.za/opinion/2021-04-13-no- ... ournalist/
Re: Biden, hold Afwerki accountable for Tigray
Posted: 13 Apr 2021, 17:11
TPLF are criminals
Re: Biden, hold Afwerki accountable for Tigray
Posted: 13 Apr 2021, 18:16
ካብ ውሽጢ ኤርትራ- - ስድራቤታት ኤርትራ ብምጥፋእ ደሃይ ደቀን ከብደን ሓቒፈን ኣለዋ