An Unending Siege;

After annexing Amhara territories to Tigray, TPLF attempted to systematically change their heritage. It started with renaming them (e.g. Telemt Tselemt, Tegede Tsegede) but also involved demographic engineering which saw people indigenous to the... https://twitter.com/ababegichew/status/1324376329379336192

...region killed, displaced, disappear w/o a trace so their hereditary land could be seized & redistributed to settlers from Tigray. Historically these regions were inclusive & because it bordered Eritrea & Sudan, the people were multilingual speaking Amharic, Tigrigina &...

...Arabic mainly for economic reasons (e.g. caravan trading). TPLF disrupted this harmony & criminalized speaking of Amharic & Amhara traditions to the extent that people could not openly practice their traditions. This included persecution of anyone who opposed them including...

...Tigrayans who stood in solidarity with their Amhara neighbors. TPLF even systematically identified the families & descendants of the old feudal balabatoch to prioritize for killing because they were some of the most prominent keepers of local tradition, history & otherwise...

...heritage. Prior to the age of the internet & smartphones, these people resisted the regime in the dark & most of the country had no idea what was taking place. But it was in fact one of TPLF's first genocides.

I forever stand in solidarity w/ the heroic patriotic people of...

...Ethiopia who have been under siege for decades now. They fought & bled for their country only to be attacked by their fellow countrymen. I will never forgive TPLF for this.

Regions incl.: Welkait, Tegede, Telemt, Kefeta Humera, Raya Alamata & Kobo, Metekel, & Southern Shewa.