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HATE SPEECH: OromoPhobia

Ethiopian government officials, particularly Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, Amhara regional leaders, Fano militant generals and their prominent tycoon donors like Worku Ayitenew, repeatedly use social media platforms and bully pulpit to spread OromoPhobia and incite violence against the Oromo people. Together with the Amhara regional government and activists, they are responsible for the unprecedented violence against Oromo civilians.

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HATE SPEECH: OromoPhobia

Ethiopian government officials, particularly Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, Amhara regional leaders, Fano militant generals and their prominent tycoon donors like Worku Ayitenew, repeatedly use social media platforms and bully pulpit to spread OromoPhobia and incite violence against the Oromo people. Together with the Amhara regional government and activists, they are responsible for the unprecedented violence against Oromo civilians.

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The old strategies of psychological war against the Oromo people will no longer help the fascist Ethiopianist ideology for their expansion plans in Oromia! @SecBlinken, @antonioguterres, @JosepBorrellf @NATO @hrw @amnesty @Reuters @DRovera @USAID #OromoVoice #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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The recent deployments of thousands of Amhara militants & Fano killers across Oromia are primarily targeting innocent civilians. Gruesome human rights violations must stop! @SecBlinken @antonioguterres @JosepBorrellF @NATO @hrw @amnesty @Reuters #OromoVoice #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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Oromo mothers are intimidated by Fano militants and are not able to perform day to day activities. pic.twitter.com/YQnYFA75Ry @SecBlinken @antonioguterres @JosepBorrellF @USTradeRep @NATO @hrw @amnesty @Reuters @DRovera @USAID #OromoVoice #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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Amhara militants are using media outlets to spread fake news and the Ethiopian government's propaganda to incite violence against Oromos. @SecBlinken @antonioguterres @JosepBorrellF @NATO @hrw @amnesty @Reuters @USAID #OromoVoice #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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The preliminary assessments of the Amnesty Intl., UN, EU & the US diplomats revealed that Fano/Amhara militants & Eritrean forces committed gruesome human right violations in Tigray & elsewhere! @SecBlinken @JosepBorrellF @hrw @Reuters #OromoVoice #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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Victim-blaming to cover up inhumane acts has become a modus operandi for Fano militants, ENDF & Eritrean troops. @SecBlinken @antonioguterres @JosepBorrellF @USTradeRep @NATO @hrw @amnesty @Reuters @DRovera @USAID #OromoVoice #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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Oromos are terrorized by Fano militants across Ethiopia! It's an open secret that the government is sponsoring terrorists. @SecBlinken @antonioguterres @JosepBorrellF @NATO @hrw @amnesty @Reuters @DRovera @USAID #OromoVoice #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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Independent Oromo medias are prohibited to broadcast in Ethiopia. State sponsored medias are allowed to spread hate speech and anti-Oromo messages. pic.twitter.com/iVSLC6Dnum @hrw @amnesty @Reuters @DRovera @USAID #OromoVoice #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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Part 1: Along with 11 others Sintayehu Tamiru, a 25 yrs. old Oromo woman was sentenced to 16 yrs. in prison. Related to Hachalu Hundessa’s assassination. @SecBlinken @antonioguterres @JosepBorrellF @USTradeRep @NATO @hrw @amnesty @Reuters @DRovera #OromoVoice #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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Part 2: Sintayehu was about 233 km away from where Hachalu was assassinated and it's not possible for her to be involved. @SecBlinken @antonioguterres @JosepBorrellF @USTradeRep @NATO @hrw @amnesty @Reuters @DRovera @USAID #OromoVoice #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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Part 3: By subjecting a 25 yrs. old Oromo woman to 16 yrs. imprisonment for a crime she did not commit, the ETH gov’t is depriving Sintayehu of her God given right. @SecBlinken @antonioguterres @JosepBorrellF @hrw @amnesty @Reuters @DRovera @USAID #OromoVoice #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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In Shawa & Nekemte, Oromia, mothers are grieving over the killings of their children by the Eth govt. In Nekemte, the govt. conducted mass murder twice killing 5 youth each time. In W. Shawa several families lost multiple children. @SecBlinken @hrw #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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Eskinder Nega, the founder of Balderas, an Amhara extremist has been promoting attacks against Oromos by the Fano terrorists. He wants Oromo’s inalienable right to self-determination be denied. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uvMtO3EuZaE&t=1219s @Reuter #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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Eskinder Nega resides in the capital under the protection of the ETH regime while he promotes Fano terrorist's deployment to Wallo, E. Wallaga, & Shawa to commit genocide against Oromos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGBgQXqhJs4#t=40m23s @hrw #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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Part 1: A hate speech flier distributed in Addis Ababa University 6-Kilo campus called for the eradication of Oromummaa (Oromo Identity) & those who advance Oromummaa. pic.twitter.com/hn5AxWgKNB @SecBlinken @antonioguterres @JosepBorrellF @NATO @USAID #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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Part 2: The flier described Oromia as an antithesis to ETH as ETH is antithesis to Oromia and thus Oromia must be destroyed for 4 ETH to exist. @SecBlinken @antonioguterres @JosepBorrellF @USTradeRep @NATO @hrw @amnesty @Reuters @DRovera @USAID #OromoVoice #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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The international community must denounce the national, racial, ethnic & religious hatred being propagated against Oromos, through traditional media & social media by Amhara extremists. @SecBlinken @JosepBorrellF @NATO @hrw @amnesty @USAID #OromoVoice #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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The Ethiopian PM repeatedly used demonizing phrases like “Cancer” to incite ethnic violence that is leading to burning of human beings alive. pic.twitter.com/7xj5qNWLR8 @SecBlinken @antonioguterres @JosepBorrellF @USTradeRep @NATO @amnesty @Reuters @DRovera #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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The Ethiopian government is using hate speech & discrimination against Oromos to divert from the catastrophic humanitarian crises unfolding in Oromia. @SecBlinken @antonioguterres @JosepBorrellF @NATO @hrw @amnesty @Reuters @DRovera @USAID #OromoVoice #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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Abiy Ahmed & Amhara extremist supporters are spreading fake news to divert the international community from investigating war crimes committed by Amhara regional militias, Fano & Eritrean troops in Oromia, Benishangul-Gumuz, Tigray. pic.twitter.com/r0gDV8ByBB… Click To Tweet

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The Ethiopian government must refrain from using, encouraging, and aiding hate speech against Oromos. pic.twitter.com/VJgMRvL2Qw @SecBlinken @antonioguterres @JosepBorrellF @USTradeRep @NATO @hrw @amnesty @Reuters @DRovera @USAID #OromoVoice #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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The Ethiopian government must refrain from using state-controlled, government-affiliated media & social media platforms to encourage and circulate hate speech. pic.twitter.com/VJgMRvL2Qw @antonioguterres @JosepBorrellF @amnesty @DRovera @USAID #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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We call upon the international community, civil society organizations and UN agencies to exert their influence on the government of Ethiopia and its supporters to stop encouraging, aiding, and circulating hate speech against Oromo. @hrw @amnesty #OromoVoice #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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The Amhara expansionists have openly declared war on Oromos along w/the Eth. govt. & hundreds of thousands of women, children, & elders are displaced from their homes. pic.twitter.com/iGpSm6F0qi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1Im6I3-t4o#t=1m54s #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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“Attacks by armed groups from Amhara state continue to displace thousands in Western Oromia” Addis Standard. pic.twitter.com/s9y2Yiuzfd @SecBlinken @antonioguterres @JosepBorrellF @USTradeRep @NATO @hrw @amnesty @Reuters @DRovera @USAID #OromoVoice #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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The international community must recognize the gruesome acts of ENDF, Eritrean troops, Fano and Amhara militants in Wallaga, Wallo, W. Shawa as the most dangerous version of terrorism against humanity. pic.twitter.com/VLoiumYXDh @hrw #OromoVoice #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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“According to the eyewitness, apart from those whose bodies were recovered, there are many people whose whereabouts are still unknown. “They (Amhara Militias) also took several young girls and women by force,” Addis Standard pic.twitter.com/Tna97D5oD4 #OromoVoice #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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Amhara Fano, Amhara Special forces & Eritrean mercenaries are burning villages, crops, raping children, & destroying villages in Wollo, E. Wallaga, Shawa & rest of Oromia region. @SecBlinken @antonioguterres @hrw @amnesty @Reuters @USAID #OromoVoice #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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Ethiopian government officials, including Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, Amhara regional leaders, Fano militia leaders repeatedly use social media platforms to incite violence against Oromos. pic.twitter.com/r0gDV8ByBB @JosepBorrellF @USTradeRep @NATO #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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PM Abiy’s pal, a wealthy financier of Fano calls on Fano militias to roast & eat human flesh like that of goat. Fano is burning humans alive in Wollo, Wallaga, Tigray, Showa, Gumuz-Benishangul regions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXgzyvqX1hs#t=5m46s #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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Eskindir Naga, an extremist Amhara, calling on Fanno and Amhara militia to go to Oromia and kill Oromo civilians openly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGBgQXqhJs4#t=40m23s @SecBlinken @antonioguterres @JosepBorrellF @USTradeRep #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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An Amhara region militia commander proudly stated that for every Amhara killed by an Oromo, they would kill 100 Oromos, and, for every Amhara killed by a Gumuz, they would kill 100 Gumuz. @SecBlinken @antonioguterres @JosepBorrellF @USTradeRep @NATO #OromoVoice #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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Amhara activists, government officials, and tycoons preach to their followers that Amhara can only live in peace; Ethiopia can only live in peace, if we remove Oromia from the map. pic.twitter.com/VJgMRvL2Qw @SecBlinke @JosepBorrellF @USTradeRep @NATO #OromoVoice #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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Hate speech of Amhara Region Militia officers and Amhara activists Tamanye Beyene and Neyamin Zelekeare are responsible for the mass murder of of Oromo civilians in East Wollaga by Amhara settlers. @SecBlinken @antonioguterres @JosepBorrellF @USTradeRep @NATO #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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Terrorism evolves as crisis continues in Ethiopia! Fano Amhara militants have been burning human alive! Fano leaders & donors tell Fano militants publicly to burn the victims & eat their flesh! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXgzyvqX1hs @SecBlinken #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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Human suffering due to gruesome and savagery actions of Fano Amhara militants have result in the worst societal/psychological trauma! It’s the newest version of maximum human cruelty against humans! @SecBlinken @antonioguterres @JosepBorrellF @USTradeRep @NATO #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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Practices of the former Ethiopian empire has plunged to its lowest level by its silent support of actions by Fano Amhara militants who burn Oromo civilians! This is complicating all hopes of peaceful coexistence among civilians as it drives fear! @SecBlinken #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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The int’l investigation by UNHRC into the crimes of the ETH gov’t should include those committed against the Oromos incl: extrajudicial killings, burning people & homes, & illegal imprisonment of political opponents. @SecBlinken @JosepBorrellF #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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The old strategies of psychological war against the Oromo people will no longer help the fascist Ethiopianist ideology for their expansion plans in Oromia! @SecBlinken, @antonioguterres, @JosepBorrellf @NATO @hrw @amnesty @Reuters @DRovera @USAID #OromoVoice #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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The recent deployments of thousands of Amhara militants & Fano killers across Oromia are primarily targeting innocent civilians. Gruesome human rights violations must stop! @SecBlinken @antonioguterres @JosepBorrellF @NATO @hrw @amnesty @Reuters #OromoVoice #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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Oromo mothers are intimidated by Fano militants and are not able to perform day to day activities. pic.twitter.com/YQnYFA75Ry @SecBlinken @antonioguterres @JosepBorrellF @USTradeRep @NATO @hrw @amnesty @Reuters @DRovera @USAID #OromoVoice #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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Amhara militants are using media outlets to spread fake news and the Ethiopian government's propaganda to incite violence against Oromos. @SecBlinken @antonioguterres @JosepBorrellF @NATO @hrw @amnesty @Reuters @USAID #OromoVoice #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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The preliminary assessments of the Amnesty Intl., UN, EU & the US diplomats revealed that Fano/Amhara militants & Eritrean forces committed gruesome human right violations in Tigray & elsewhere! @SecBlinken @JosepBorrellF @hrw @Reuters #OromoVoice #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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Victim-blaming to cover up inhumane acts has become a modus operandi for Fano militants, ENDF & Eritrean troops. @SecBlinken @antonioguterres @JosepBorrellF @USTradeRep @NATO @hrw @amnesty @Reuters @DRovera @USAID #OromoVoice #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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Oromos are terrorized by Fano militants across Ethiopia! It's an open secret that the government is sponsoring terrorists. @SecBlinken @antonioguterres @JosepBorrellF @NATO @hrw @amnesty @Reuters @DRovera @USAID #OromoVoice #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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Independent Oromo medias are prohibited to broadcast in Ethiopia. State sponsored medias are allowed to spread hate speech and anti-Oromo messages. pic.twitter.com/iVSLC6Dnum @hrw @amnesty @Reuters @DRovera @USAID #OromoVoice #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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Part 1: Along with 11 others Sintayehu Tamiru, a 25 yrs. old Oromo woman was sentenced to 16 yrs. in prison. Related to Hachalu Hundessa’s assassination. @SecBlinken @antonioguterres @JosepBorrellF @USTradeRep @NATO @hrw @amnesty @Reuters @DRovera #OromoVoice #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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Part 2: Sintayehu was about 233 km away from where Hachalu was assassinated and it's not possible for her to be involved. @SecBlinken @antonioguterres @JosepBorrellF @USTradeRep @NATO @hrw @amnesty @Reuters @DRovera @USAID #OromoVoice #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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Part 3: By subjecting a 25 yrs. old Oromo woman to 16 yrs. imprisonment for a crime she did not commit, the ETH gov’t is depriving Sintayehu of her God given right. @SecBlinken @antonioguterres @JosepBorrellF @hrw @amnesty @Reuters @DRovera @USAID #OromoVoice #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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In Shawa & Nekemte, Oromia, mothers are grieving over the killings of their children by the Eth govt. In Nekemte, the govt. conducted mass murder twice killing 5 youth each time. In W. Shawa several families lost multiple children. @SecBlinken @hrw #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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Eskinder Nega, the founder of Balderas, an Amhara extremist has been promoting attacks against Oromos by the Fano terrorists. He wants Oromo’s inalienable right to self-determination be denied. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uvMtO3EuZaE&t=1219s @Reuter #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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Eskinder Nega resides in the capital under the protection of the ETH regime while he promotes Fano terrorist's deployment to Wallo, E. Wallaga, & Shawa to commit genocide against Oromos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGBgQXqhJs4#t=40m23s @hrw #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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Part 1: A hate speech flier distributed in Addis Ababa University 6-Kilo campus called for the eradication of Oromummaa (Oromo Identity) & those who advance Oromummaa. pic.twitter.com/hn5AxWgKNB @SecBlinken @antonioguterres @JosepBorrellF @NATO @USAID #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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Part 2: The flier described Oromia as an antithesis to ETH as ETH is antithesis to Oromia and thus Oromia must be destroyed for 4 ETH to exist. @SecBlinken @antonioguterres @JosepBorrellF @USTradeRep @NATO @hrw @amnesty @Reuters @DRovera @USAID #OromoVoice #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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The international community must denounce the national, racial, ethnic & religious hatred being propagated against Oromos, through traditional media & social media by Amhara extremists. @SecBlinken @JosepBorrellF @NATO @hrw @amnesty @USAID #OromoVoice #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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The Ethiopian PM repeatedly used demonizing phrases like “Cancer” to incite ethnic violence that is leading to burning of human beings alive. pic.twitter.com/7xj5qNWLR8 @SecBlinken @antonioguterres @JosepBorrellF @USTradeRep @NATO @amnesty @Reuters @DRovera #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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The Ethiopian government is using hate speech & discrimination against Oromos to divert from the catastrophic humanitarian crises unfolding in Oromia. @SecBlinken @antonioguterres @JosepBorrellF @NATO @hrw @amnesty @Reuters @DRovera @USAID #OromoVoice #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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Abiy Ahmed & Amhara extremist supporters are spreading fake news to divert the international community from investigating war crimes committed by Amhara regional militias Fano, Eritrean troops in Oromia, Benishangul-Gumuz. pic.twitter.com/r0gDV8ByBB #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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The Ethiopian government must refrain from using, encouraging, and aiding hate speech against Oromos. pic.twitter.com/VJgMRvL2Qw @SecBlinken @antonioguterres @JosepBorrellF @USTradeRep @NATO @hrw @amnesty @Reuters @DRovera @USAID #OromoVoice #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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The Ethiopian government must refrain from using state-controlled, government-affiliated media & social media platforms to encourage and circulate hate speech. pic.twitter.com/VJgMRvL2Qw @antonioguterres @JosepBorrellF @amnesty @DRovera @USAID #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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We call upon the international community, civil society organizations and UN agencies to exert their influence on the government of Ethiopia and its supporters to stop encouraging, aiding, and circulating hate speech against Oromo. @hrw @amnesty #OromoVoice #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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The Amhara expansionists have openly declared war on Oromos along w/the Eth. govt. & hundreds of thousands of women, children, & elders are displaced from their homes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1Im6I3-t4o#t=1m54s pic.twitter.com/iGpSm6F0qi #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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“Attacks by armed groups from Amhara state continue to displace thousands in Western Oromia” Addis Standard. pic.twitter.com/s9y2Yiuzfd @SecBlinken @antonioguterres @JosepBorrellF @USTradeRep @NATO @hrw @amnesty @Reuters @DRovera @USAID #OromoVoice #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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The international community must recognize the gruesome acts of ENDF, Eritrean troops, Fano and Amhara militants in Wallaga, Wallo, W. Shawa as the most dangerous version of terrorism against humanity. pic.twitter.com/VLoiumYXDh @hrw #OromoVoice #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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“According to the eyewitness, apart from those whose bodies were recovered, there are many people whose whereabouts are still unknown. “They (Amhara Militias) also took several young girls and women by force,” Addis Standard pic.twitter.com/Tna97D5oD4 #OromoVoice #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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Amhara Fano, Amhara Special forces & Eritrean mercenaries are burning villages, crops, raping children, & destroying villages in Wollo, E. Wallaga, Shawa & rest of Oromia region. @SecBlinken @antonioguterres @hrw @amnesty @Reuters @USAID #OromoVoice #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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Ethiopian government officials, including Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, Amhara regional leaders, Fano militia leaders repeatedly use social media platforms to incite violence against Oromos. pic.twitter.com/r0gDV8ByBB @JosepBorrellF @USTradeRep @NATO #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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PM Abiy’s pal, a wealthy financier of Fano calls on Fano militias to roast & eat human flesh like that of goat. Fano is burning humans alive in Wollo, Wallaga, Tigray, Showa, Gumuz-Benishangul regions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXgzyvqX1hs#t=5m46s #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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Eskindir Naga, an extremist Amhara, calling on Fanno and Amhara militia to go to Oromia and kill Oromo civilians openly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGBgQXqhJs4#t=40m23s @SecBlinken @antonioguterres @JosepBorrellF @USTradeRep #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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An Amhara region militia commander proudly stated that for every Amhara killed by an Oromo, they would kill 100 Oromos, and, for every Amhara killed by a Gumuz, they would kill 100 Gumuz. @SecBlinken @antonioguterres @JosepBorrellF @USTradeRep @NATO #OromoVoice #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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Amhara activists, government officials, and tycoons preach to their followers that Amhara can only live in peace; Ethiopia can only live in peace, if we remove Oromia from the map. pic.twitter.com/VJgMRvL2Qw @SecBlinke @JosepBorrellF @USTradeRep @NATO #OromoVoice #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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Hate speech of Amhara Region Militia officers and Amhara activists Tamanye Beyene and Neyamin Zelekeare are responsible for the mass murder of of Oromo civilians in East Wollaga by Amhara settlers. @SecBlinken @antonioguterres @JosepBorrellF @USTradeRep @NATO #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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Terrorism evolves as crisis continues in Ethiopia! Fano Amhara militants have been burning human alive! Fano leaders & donors tell Fano militants publicly to burn the victims & eat their flesh! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXgzyvqX1hs @SecBlinken #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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Human suffering due to gruesome and savagery actions of Fano Amhara militants have result in the worst societal/psychological trauma! It’s the newest version of maximum human cruelty against humans! @SecBlinken @antonioguterres @JosepBorrellF @USTradeRep @NATO #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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Practices of the former Ethiopian empire has plunged to its lowest level by its silent support of actions by Fano Amhara militants who burn Oromo civilians! This is complicating all hopes of peaceful coexistence among civilians as it drives fear! @SecBlinken #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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The int’l investigation by UNHRC into the crimes of the ETH gov’t should include those committed against the Oromos incl: extrajudicial killings, burning people & homes, & illegal imprisonment of political opponents. @SecBlinken @JosepBorrellF #StopOromophobia Click To Tweet

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