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HOME:- Statement of Concerned Eritreans Regarding the Civil War in Ethiopia

We, the undersigned Eritrean citizens, express our grief over the Ethiopian civil war that started on Nov. 4th and condemn in the strongest possible terms the wanton killings, displacement, famine and distress that the Ethiopian Federal Government and its partners have since inflicted upon the civilian population of Tigray.
The Eritrean military is actively involved in the war on orders of President Isaias Afwerki and his close circle. We have a duty as citizens and as human beings to take a firm stand against the role of the Eritrean military in subjecting the people of Tigray and Eritrean refugees in Tigray to conditions that led to killings, pillaging, sexual violence, destruction of heritage sites and displacement. Because Eritreans inside the country are unable to openly voice their concerns, we, on our own behalf and on behalf of our people who are muffled and silenced:
• Strongly condemn President Isaias Afwerki and his close circle for coercing
young Eritreans into causing death and destruction for the sole purpose of exacting
personal vengeance.
• Note that President Isaias and his associates aim to sow generational feud and hatred between Eritreans and their Tigrayan neighbors. We can only overcome such seeds of hatred with love, compassion and remorse, and hence we express our respect for and solidarity with the people of Tigray.
• Unequivocally reject and condemn the inflammatory, malicious, and divisive rhetoric surrounding the atrocities that specific Eritrean groups are purportedly committing. Soldiers of the Eritrean Defense Forces (irrespective of their ethnic roots) who have been designated to waste in this debacle are themselves victims of the repressive regime, and their commanders and the regime in Asmara bear primary responsibility for the violations that they endure and that they inflict.
• Strongly condemn the hypocrisy of enforcing the strictest lockdown since April 2020 while sending citizens to battle. While most governments are working hard to combat the spread of COVID-19, President Isaias Afwerki has created a conducive environment for large-scale deaths by exposing Eritrean soldiers to mass-spread of the virus and battlefield deaths.
• Call for the immediate and unconditional withdrawals of the Eritrean military from Tigray and Ethiopian forces from Eritrean territories. We urge the world community and international and regional organizations to pressure the Ethiopian federal government and President Isaias and his associates to end the war.
• Call upon the international community to pressure the Ethiopian federal government to grant humanitarian access to Tigrayans and Eritrean refugees in the region, who are in dire need due to war-caused hunger and shortage of other basic necessities.
• Call upon the United Nations, U.N. Security Council, the African Union, the European Union, President Joe Biden’s administration and other partner countries to appoint an impartial body to investigate and bring the perpetrators to justice. The atrocities that are being committed in Tigray amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity and violate many international treaties and conventions that Eritrea and Ethiopia have signed.

Signatories

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1.  Jemal Ali Khelil, Canada

2. Jemila Seid Hamid, Canada

3.  Kassahun Checole, USA

4.  Kebreaab Teklegiorgis, USA

5.  Kesete Haregot, USA

6. Khedijah Ali Mohammed-Nur, UK

7. Kheiria Sheriff Adem, Canada

8. Meron Estefanos, Sweden

9. Mesfin Ahferom, UK

10. Michael Teckle, Canada

11. Mohamed Kheir Omer, Norway

12. Mussie Tesfagiorgis, Canada

13. Nazareth Amlesom Kifle, Norway

14. Netsenat Berhane, USA

15. Omar Huruy, USA

16. Paulos Tefagiorgis, USA/Canada

17. Rahel Weldu, USA

18. Saba Tesfayohannes Kidane, USA

19. Sabine Mohamed, Germany

20. Saleh “Gadi” Johar, USA

21. Saleh Younis, USA

22. Sarah Ogbay, UK

23. Selam Kidane, UK

24. Simon Y Aman, USA

25. Teclesenbet Teclai, Germany

26. Tedros Amanuel, Sweden

27. Tekle Melekin, Sweden

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28. Tesfai “Degiga” Weldemichael, USA

29. Tewolde Mehari, Canada

30. Timnet Gedar, USA

31. Tomas Solomon, USA

32. Tsigabu Asmelash, USA

33. Tsigheyohannes Kidane, Netherlands

34. Uoldelul Chelati Dirar, Italy

35. Woldu T. Debessai, Canada

36. Yassin Abrahim, USA

37. Yohannes Haile, Canada

38. Yohannes Tseggay Berhe, UK

39. Yonatan T. Tewelde, USA

40. Yordanos Habtemariam, USA

41. Abdalla Adem Omer, UK

42. Abeba Baatai, USA

43. Abraham T. Zere, USA

44. Ahmed Saleh Al Qaisi, Yemen

45. Ahmed Youssouf Mohamed, Canada

46. Aklil Hailu, USA

47. Almaz Zerai, Switzerland/Germany

48. Amal Saleh, UK

49. Amanuel Mehreteab, USA

50. Araya Debessay, USA

51. Arhe Hamednaca, Sweden

52. Asghedet Mehreteab, USA

53. Ashebir Jacob, USA

54. Assefaw Tekeste, USA

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55. Awet T. Weldemichael, USA/Canada

56. Ayah Said, USA

57. Bereket Habte Selassie, USA

58. Berhan Ahmed, Australia

59. Binega Adhanom Markos, Canada

60. Chefena Hailemariam, UK

61. Daniel Mehari, UK

62. Dawit Gebremeskel, USA

63. Dawit Mogos, Canada

64. Efrem Yohannes, USA

65. Elias Habte-Selassie, Kenya

66. Elsa Tekle, USA

67. Eseyas S Tsehaye, USA

68.Feruz Kaissey, UK

69. Freweini Ghebresadick, Germany

70. Gebremedhin Yohannes, USA

71. Ghirmai Negash, USA

72. Habret Berhe, USA

73. Habteab B. Feseha, USA

74. Habteab Yemane, Switzerland

75. Habtom Habte, USA

76. Haddish Tesfayohannes Hagos, USA

77. Haikel Negash, USA

78. Haile Debas, USA

79. Hailemichael Yosief, USA

80. Hana Abdurahman, USA

81. Helen Kidan, UK

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