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EU Border Agency: Use Aerial Surveillance to Save Lives at Sea

Frontex, the European Union’s Border and Coast Guard agency, should ensure that its aerial surveillance capacity is used to save lives at sea, Human Rights Watch said today. The organization met with Frontex executive director Hans Leijtens on April 2, 2025, to deliver an EU-wide petition calling on the agency to take concrete steps that would enable more timely rescues of vessels in distress.

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🚨 £4.8bn in disability social security cuts — AND the govt ruled out input on the most damaging policies. They're breaking their own rules by shutting out people with disabilities from decisions that will directly affect their lives. An absolute sham. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Labour benefit cuts consultation labeled a ‘sham’ as PIP changes not up for debate

Campaigners have called the conversation a ‘sham’ as people are invited to discuss only half of the proposals

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🚨 MPs are being asked to vote on disability social security cuts without knowing the full impact. This is a political choice. It’s cost-cutting at the expense of people with disabilities. Reckless and cruel. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

MPs to vote on disability benefit cuts without knowing ‘full impact’

Britain’s economic watchdog may not publish forecast of employment prospects until the end of October

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This is genocide … Their aim is to erase Tigray.’ Survivors share chilling evidence of systematic attempts to destroy Tigrayan identity. International intervention is urgently needed. #TigrayGenocide #EritreanTroopsOutOfTigray #UpholdPretoriaAgreement

#TigrayGenocide Over 600K lives have been taken, 3M displaced & +120K #Tigrayan women &girls subjected to systematic sexual &gender-based violence. Z 🇪🇹 government’s actions have inflicted unimaginable suffering, systematically destroying #Tigray. #Justice4TigraysWomenAndGirls @cnn.com #UN

Tigray Mothers Relief and Rehabilitation Association which is established to prevent sexual and gender based violence against women and girls in Tigray, and to support the victims and guarantee their lasting recovery is looking for secured budget. #SupportTMRRA #Justice4TigraysWomenAndGirls

Acts of sexual violence promulgated against Tigrayan women and girls during the #TigrayGenocidalWar left unforgettable bad memories that forced our heroic women to become disabled. This young girl is one of the rape victims under the @tmrra5533.bsky.social project. #Justice4TigraysWomenAndGirls

This monument or"stele" in English was built around the 4th century AD along with other monuments in Aksum. This is an indication of the civilization of ancient Aksum(People of Tigray) #Axum #Tigray @nohelema.bsky.social @burbridgeduke.bsky.social @ge1solomon.bsky.social @dawitawramba.bsky.social

Ancient Axum, Top Historical Place in the Horn of Africa. Aksum Zion (Capital of the Holy Virgin Mary Zion) Aksum is an ancient church in Tigray. #VisitTigray #Tigray #Axum @nohelema.bsky.social @ge1solomon.bsky.social @burbridgeduke.bsky.social @tekgw.bsky.social @dawitawramba.bsky.social

9/10 Strengthening legal frameworks& ensuring access to justice for survivors sexual violence in conflict zones is critical. This includes holding perpetrators accountable. #Justice4TigrayanWomenAndGirls @justice4tigray.bsky.social @tmrra5533.bsky.social addisstandard.com/the-unfinish...

The Unfinished Peace: Why women’s inclusion is key to Tigray’s recovery - Addis Standard

The Unfinished Peace: Why women’s inclusion is key to Tigray’s recovery Addis Standard Op/Ed -

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8/10 Collaboration between government bodies, civil society, & international organizations is crucial to effectively addressing the multifaceted needs of women in post-conflict. #Justice4TigrayanWomenAndGirls @ge1solomon.bsky.social @hrw.org addisstandard.com/the-unfinish...

The Unfinished Peace: Why women’s inclusion is key to Tigray’s recovery - Addis Standard

The Unfinished Peace: Why women’s inclusion is key to Tigray’s recovery Addis Standard Op/Ed -

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7/10 Expanding access to emergency medical care & mental health support for survivors of conflict-related violence is essential to rebuilding their well-being #Justice4TigrayanWomenAndGirls #UpholdPretoriaAgreement @tekgw.bsky.social @sesenbahita.bsky.social addisstandard.com/the-unfinish...

The Unfinished Peace: Why women’s inclusion is key to Tigray’s recovery - Addis Standard

The Unfinished Peace: Why women’s inclusion is key to Tigray’s recovery Addis Standard Op/Ed -

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6/10 Initiatives that support women’s economic empowerment, such as skills training &livelihood programs, can help them rebuild their lives &contribute to their recovery. #Justice4TigrayanWomenAndGirls. @unwomen.bsky.social @profmulugeta.bsky.social addisstandard.com/the-unfinish...

The Unfinished Peace: Why women’s inclusion is key to Tigray’s recovery - Addis Standard

The Unfinished Peace: Why women’s inclusion is key to Tigray’s recovery Addis Standard Op/Ed -

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5/10 Establishing safe spaces& community-based solutions, such as gender violence prevention training& awareness campaigns, can create protective environments for women. #Justice4TigrayanWomenAndGirls @unwomen.bsky.social @dawitawramba.bsky.social addisstandard.com/the-unfinish...

The Unfinished Peace: Why women’s inclusion is key to Tigray’s recovery - Addis Standard

The Unfinished Peace: Why women’s inclusion is key to Tigray’s recovery Addis Standard Op/Ed -

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4/10 Ensuring women’s voices are included in policy-making and peace negotiations is necessary for addressing their specific needs and fostering long-term peace. @hrw-fr.bsky.social @who.int #Justice4TigrayanWomenAndGirls #UpholdPretoriaAgreement addisstandard.com/the-unfinish...

The Unfinished Peace: Why women’s inclusion is key to Tigray’s recovery - Addis Standard

The Unfinished Peace: Why women’s inclusion is key to Tigray’s recovery Addis Standard Op/Ed -

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3/10 @tmrra5533.bsky.social will create burden reduction mechanisms to assist society by providing capacity building training and case management activities to stakeholders working with women and girls who have experienced GBV. @irobanina.bsky.social #Justice4TigraysWomenAndGirls

2/10 @tmrra5533.bsky.social which was established to prevent sexual and gender based violence against women and girls in Tigray, and to support the victims and guarantee their lasting recovery is looking for secured budget. @tdrfund.bsky.social @lmaepa.bsky.social #Justice4TigraysWomenAndGirls

1/10 If we are ready to ensure the sustainable rehabilitation of rape survivors across tigray, each and every Tigrayan should support @tmrra5533 by donating via the commercial Bank of Ethiopia ACCT No: 1000548272258. @burbridgeduke.bsky.social #Justice4TigraysWomenAndGirls

Tigray Mothers Relief and Rehabilitation Association is a local non-profit and non-governmental organisation in Tigray. Primarily, it is a charitable organization established to respond to the sexual violence committed against women in Tigray during the 2-year genocide. #Justice4TigraysWomenAndGirls

10/10 Empowering women as leaders in peace processes ensures that their unique perspectives on conflict resolution and community recovery are integrated, leading to more sustainable outcomes. @justice4tigray.bsky.social #UpholdPretoriaAgreement addisstandard.com/the-unfinish...

The Unfinished Peace: Why women’s inclusion is key to Tigray’s recovery - Addis Standard

The Unfinished Peace: Why women’s inclusion is key to Tigray’s recovery Addis Standard Op/Ed -

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Axum stands united as it prepares for Hidar Tsion Festival, blending centuries-old traditions with revered remembrance. Four years after the tragic Axum massacre of November 2020, the city invites pilgrims and visitors to a celebration of faith, resilience, and unity. tigraitv.com/en/faith-and...

Faith and Resilience: Axum Awaits Thousands for Hidar Tsion - Tigrai Tv

Axum: Ark of the Covenant City Welcomes Pilgrims for the Festival of Mary of Zion.

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The death toll from this conflict / #GenocidalWar on #Tigray exceeds any other in the 21st century, yet it has largely gone unnoticed globally. ⤵️⤵️⤵️ #16Days #Justice4Tigray ⤵️ #KnowMore regarding ⤵️ #TigrayGenocide

Zecharias Zelalem@zekuzelalem.bsky.social · 2y ago

The death toll being worse than any conflict of the 21st century but was hardly a global talking point. So some of you may have missed the initiative of the governments of Ethiopia and Eritrea, mobilizing to manufacture consent for their war. Twitter played a critical role. I'll try and show how.

For everything in Tigray, Abbink uses a single investigation (JIT 2021) conducted in the presence of govt handlers and soldiers, during a time when the people being interviewed lived under military occupation by the alleged perpetrators, before the conflict was even halfway over. /10

Abbink, on the other hand casually dismisses the genocide in Tigray by repeating a well-worn argument based on a handful of posts on the first night of the war. We agree that these posts were, at best, premature. After a mountain of evidence, the point becomes moot. /9

The contributors to the report were legal and human rights experts with decades of experience. They based their analysis on publicly available evidence. They did not get their information from social media and are eminently more qualified than Abbink to issue this opinion. /8

Genocide Facts first. This is a comprehensive analysis by the @newlinesinst.bsky.social, which found “reasonable basis to believe that members of the ENDF, ASF, and the EDF have committed genocide against Tigrayans.” newlinesinstitute.org/rules-based-... /7

If the genocide, weaponized starvation, systematic sexual violence, and civilian massacres actually happened, then you would expect social media activity surrounding these topics. Abbink says they didn’t happen. Let’s examine his claims... /6

I have an alternative theory: There was no global conspiracy. These atrocities actually happened. The people who Abbink calls “Pro-TPLF activists” were the families of the victims who were trying to get the world to notice that their people were being slaughtered. /5

First, Abbink’s theory. At the root of the so-called “disinformation,” Abbink imagines a global conspiracy promulgated by partisans of Tigray’s regional political party, the TPLF. He marvels at the reach of this conspiracy and blames it for the length of the war. /4

Abbink examines what he calls “social media memes,” which include the worst imaginable atrocities: genocide, forced starvation, systematic sexual violence, civilian massacres. Sadly, none of this was “generated by social media accounts.” It all happened. /3