Ethiopia is Bleeding: Stories of the Tigray People
Hey Readers, For those of you who are reading this blog post today, December 24th, before I go into today's story, I want to wish you a Merry Christmas Eve!!! Hope you are all having a great time with family and friends! Today's blog post is to shed light on what is going on in Ethiopia. The Tigray people in Ethiopia report an increase in discrimination and abuse from authorities. Nearly 50,000 Tigrayans have fled Ethiopia, in what the United Nation calls as the worst exodus of refugees Ethiopia has seen in more than two decades. Many ethnic Tigrayans who live in the capital and other parts of Ethiopia say they have been treated like criminal suspects and subjected to various forms of discrimination, harassment and abuse by government officials. They report being detained without charges, put under house arrest, and barred from traveling outside the country. Tigrayans say they have had their businesses shut down, homes ransacked and money extorted by security officials. My ...