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@Amnesty, As a person with few years of experience in humanitarian sector; I truly admire what you stand and fight for. In the current and ongoing #WarOnTigray, Ethiopia; it has been reported that there are several occasions where #WarCrimes have been committed
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and human rights violated. 1 of the most horrific incident is the massacre #Maikadra, #Tigray where 100s of #Tigrayans lost their lives & 10Ks fled into #Sudan with nothing but the cloth on their backs. U have released a statement based on a dubious reporting by #EHRC
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& a phone interview with few “witnesses” which contradicts with the account of the 10Ks of survivors who have now become #Refugees

This grave human rights violation requires a thru investigation & extensive fact checking.We have pleaded with U to just do this & report
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what really happened. This is the least that you owe to the victims of this heinous crime. An apology even better. Other credible organizations such as @hrw have made an effort, sent a team to Sudan and interviewed the victims. The same is expected of your organization
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Unfortunately, your questionable reporting has only fueled the ethnic tensions & intensified the attack on ethnic #Tigrayans.
You have now released another questionable statement on the massacre in #Benensahgnul-Gumuz in #Ethiopia; which is going to add more fuel to
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the fire. Your reporting seems to back the government’s propaganda that aim in targeting ethnic minorities who dare to aspire & believe in self-rule & determination in #Ethiopai. How is it even possible that you were able to determine who the victims & perpetrators are
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by only having a couple of phone interviews? This is not only lazy investigation but a careless act that will cause more death & destruction. I again plead with you to do your due diligence, send a reliable team to those areas, probe the facts on the ground and release
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a statement. If this is too much to ask; then please refrain from releasing questionable and hasty statements. What is mind boggling is you haven't made any significant effort to shine a light on the current #WarOnTigray which is ravaging our homes for the past 51 days
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