Report: 78 Priests Allegedly ‘Massacred’ in Ethiopia Conflict
11 May 2021
Ethiopian army soldiers and allied Eritrean troops allegedly “massacred” at least 78 priests of the Christian Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Ethiopia’s separatist Tigray region in recent months, Britain’s
Telegraph newspaper reported on Monday.
An official Ethiopian Orthodox Church letter dated April 15 and recently leaked to the newspaper detailed the alleged attack on Tigray priests.
“The letter, which was addressed to the Synod [council] of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, says that ‘priests, deacons, choristers, and monks’ have been ‘massacred’ over the last five months,” the
Telegraph wrote on Monday. “Half a dozen survivors confirmed the news to this newspaper and said that both Ethiopian national army soldiers and Eritrean troops went into their holy spaces across southeast Tigray and ‘shot them down. ”
By Bileh Jelan
Addis Abeba, May 10, 2021 – A Grand Iftar event organized by the Ethiopian-Muslim community of Addis Abeba, in collaboration
with Halal Promotion Plc., was violently dispersed when security forces prevented thousands Muslims who descended on Meskel Square, a public space in the center of the city on May 9, 2021
Videos and photos showing chaotic scenes from the event and the crackdown including security forces firing teargas at crowds flooded social media outlets overnight causing an frustration and critique from several leading Muslim activists and clerics.
“Muslims refuse anything less than equality and will not accept being second class citizens.”
Ahmedin Jebel
By Etenesh Abera
Addis Abeba, May 10/2021 – Government media quoted the General Secretary of the Ethiopian Orthodox Twahdo Church Holy Synod and Archbishop of Sidama and Gedeo Dioceses, His Holiness Abune Yoseph, as saying that the remarks made by His Holiness Abune Mathias I, Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (EOTC), were that of His Holiness’ and were not approved by the Holy Synod, the highest assembly of the Church
#Ethiopia: Ethiopian Orthodox Patriarch says war in #Tigray “barbarism” & “attempt to erase Tigrayans from the face of the earth. He also said his repeated pleas are censored –https://t.co/wr4ghiGiho “For 6 months our mouth were sealed, unable to speak for fear and influence.” Addis Standard (@addisstandard) May 8, 2021
May 8, 2021
Feltman is in Addis Ababa, first and foremost, to “address the interlinked political, security and humanitarian crises, specifically the volatile situation in Ethiopia”.
Deciphered from diplomatic mumbo jumbo, that means Feltman is in Addis to negotiate the TPLF back to power and to coordinate a propaganda war with remnants of the TPLF, including “Abuna” Matias, the TPLF politically appointed cadre head of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church.
His second mission is to deliver the letter of “five senators” commanding the Ethiopian Government to cancel the June 5, 2021 election.
In other words,
NO ELECTION = TPLF RETURNS TO POWER = REGIME CHANGE!
There is an old cowboy saying Feltman oughta heed. “If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin’.”