Samuel M. Gebru
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CEO @BlackLionStrat ; Prof @TuftsUniversity ; Sr Advisor @deWitImpact ; professional troublemaker; coffee & ice cream aficionado; Tigrayan American
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BREAKING:
@SFRCdems
@SenateForeign
just passed S.3199 in today's business meeting. The bill is now the
#Ethiopia
Peace and Stabilization Act of 2022. Thanks so much to
@SenatorMenendez
and
@SenatorRisch
, and your staff, for shepherding this bill, and to all advocates nationwide!
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I’m honored to share that I’ve been appointed as a Professor of the Practice of Political Science at
@TuftsUniversity
! Today is the first day of the spring semester and first day of my course. I’m so excited for the enriching journey ahead.
#goodtrouble
#mapoli
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Great to spend some much needed quality time today with you,
@BurukAregawi
. I’m so glad to see you smiling, my friend. Know that you’re loved by your family, friends, and community. Your well-being and happiness are important. We lift and climb together. ❤️✊🏾
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Please join me this Saturday, September 17 at 2:00pm Eastern Daylight Time for a
#TwitterSpaces
discussion on “Sleepless Diaspora: How Global Armenians and Tigrayans Respond to Genocide” with
@simonforco
.
👂🏾
#Armenia
#Tigray
#HumanRights
#Genocide
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BIG NEWS: I am thrilled to share that
@RepAdamSchiff
of California, Chairman of
@HouseIntel
, is now a co-sponsor of
#HR6600
: the
#Ethiopia
Stabilization, Peace, & Democracy Act. This bipartisan bill is vital for
#HumanRights
. Thank you to Chairman Schiff and his staff!
#Tigray
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BIG NEWS:
@RepMcGovern
of Massachusetts, Chairman of
@RulesDemocrats
& Co-Chairman of
@TLHumanRights
, & longtime champion of
#FoodSecurity
&
#HumanRights
is now a co-sponsor of
#HR6600
:
#Ethiopia
Stabilization, Peace, & Democracy Act. Thank you, Chairman McGovern!
#mapoli
#Tigray
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I only have faith in the Tigray Defense Force. TDF stands tall in the face of genocide. It is the watchful protector. May God be with our sisters and brothers on the field. Tigray forever!
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In addition to supporting
#S3199
&
#HR6600
, Members of Congress should press
@POTUS
to:
1. Designate TPS for
#Ethiopia
2. Implement last year's Executive Order
3. Release
@StateDept
's
#Tigray
atrocity report
4. Direct
@USTreasury
to vote against more
@WorldBank
funding this month
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Thanks
@reda_getachew
for joining a meeting I hosted yesterday with many of the key Tigrayan Americans & friends of
#Tigray
that coordinate grassroots advocacy nationwide, including outreach to Members of Congress. Everyone appreciated your briefing & candid answers.
@TigrayEAO
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BREAKING: 18 advocacy organizations have issued a statement criticizing
@SenatorRounds
& calling on
@SFRCdems
@SenateForeign
to urgently pass S.3199, the
#Ethiopia
Peace & Democracy Promotion Act of 2021, & stand up for equality, liberty, democracy, & peace.
#TigrayGenocide
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The Trump-appointed
@WFPChief
is a backer of
@PMEthiopia
. He has no sense of urgency or truth. Beasley fraternizes with dictators & stands in the way of human rights & accountability. Thankfully his term ends in 2023.
@WFP
deserves a leader with integrity & maturity.
#Tigray
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#Tigray
is
@JoeBiden
’s
#Rwanda
. It’s his first major and urgent test in
#Africa
. There doesn’t have to be a sad movie about this
#genocide
in 20 years. Solidarity, urgency, and intervention are needed to end
#TigrayGenocide
. We can stop this madness.
#BlackLivesMatter
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(1/2) The United States has enormous leverage over Ethiopia, yet
@POTUS
&
@SecBlinken
choose to stand idle while Ethiopia’s senseless war on Tigray persists. I appreciate Biden’s executive order on Ethiopia, & its recent extension, but it’s meaningless unless fully implemented.
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Tegaru abroad are very effective. We don’t have the infrastructure of the Abiy regime, all of our community groups are volunteer-led, & we don’t have a foreign service. But we have passion, truth, & God. Ultimately, that is what prevails. ዓወት!
#TigrayGenocide
#StopWarOnTigray
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Good to meet in person with
@MikeHammerUSA
, United States Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa. We discussed the many challenges & opportunities facing Ethiopia. Access, justice & accountability, economic insecurity, federalism, truth & reconciliation, & dialogue are top of mind.
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(1/2) Seyoum Mesfin would’ve turned 72 today had he not been assassinated this month. His shocking death is a loss for diplomacy, Africa, & the world. He served Ethiopia with honor as its longest & greatest Minister of Foreign Affairs, retiring in 2010. Rest in power, my friend.
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Part of what makes the talks in Djibouti between
#Tigray
&
#Ethiopia
difficult is that the negotiating teams are unequal. Tigray's
@reda_getachew
& Gen. Tsadkan are empowered with full authority. Ethiopia's Gedion & Redwan are merely messengers with no power to negotiate. (1/3)
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(1/2) It was a pleasure to co-convene with
@Heritage
’s
@JMeservey
a discussion today for several dozen key stakeholders with
@TigrayEAO
’s
@reda_getachew
. We must all work to foster a better understanding of the crises in Tigray & Ethiopia in the U.S. & globally.
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Thanks to
@SFRCdems
Chair
@SenatorMenendez
for pressing
@StateDept
today on why we do nothing while nefarious regimes like
#Ethiopia
commit atrocities in
#Tigray
. Our selective outrage with
#Russia
is noted by all tyrants. Notice the official’s non-answer.
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There’s no better person than
@DrTedros
to receive the 2022
#NobelPeacePrize
. He has shown exceptional grit, humility, service, and leadership as Director General of
@WHO
, especially during a pandemic all while the pain of the genocide in his native
#Tigray
region of
#Ethiopia
.
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#Ethiopia
thinks it can go into tomorrow’s“peace talks” in South Africa with military gains & having committed additional war crimes so as to force a surrender by the government & people of
#Tigray
. No one in Addis Ababa understands the history & psyche of Tigrayans.
#FreeTigray
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Not only is
@POTUS
dispatching
@ChrisCoons
to
#Ethiopia
today to deliver a harsh message to
@AbiyAhmedAli
regarding
#Tigray
, he is also sending a high-level USG delegation of senior
#Africa
experts to accompany the Senator. This won't be a friendly trip for Addis Ababa.
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Glad to see bipartisan Members of Congress dialing up the heat privately & publicly on Biden for his failure to end the war on
#Tigray
. Biden’s approach to
#Eritrea
&
#Ethiopia
is a disaster. His campaign promise to center
#HumanRights
in
#ForeignPolicy
was a lie.
#TigrayGenocide
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I’m so sad to see the anti-Jewish and anti-Tigrayan hateful responses directed at
@HolocaustMuseum
’s tweet and statement on Tigray.
#Holocaust
and
#TigrayGenocide
denialism is real. We must prevail in the face of disinformation, hate, and fascism.
#NeverAgain
must mean something!
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Proud of my family, friends, & fellow Tigrayan Americans & our allies who have been flooding the streets of DC & NYC yesterday & today, raising awareness of
#TigrayGenocide
. I have serious FOMO! እንቋዕ እዚ ህዝቢ እዚስ ናይ ማትና ኣይኮነን! እንቋዕ ካባኻትኩም ተፈጠርና!
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Thanks to
@SFRCdems
Chair
@SenatorMenendez
for issuing a strong statement today going after
#Ethiopia
’s
@AbiyAhmedAli
& his mercenaries from
#Eritrea
, & demanding Abiy “lift his cruel blockade of
#Tigray
.” He also called on
@SecBlinken
to do his job.
#FreeTigray
#TigrayGenocide
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It was an honor to join my fellow Tigrayans & our allies today protesting at the
@UN
HQ. Thanks for inviting me to speak on this horrific 100th day of
#TigrayGenocide
. We urge swift UN intervention in
#Tigray
& demand peace in
#Ethiopia
& the Horn of
#Africa
.
#100DaysOfGenocide
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#UAE
is indeed revising its foreign policy with a shift to soft power & economic growth. Earlier this year, UAE even proposed to host
#Tigray
-
#Ethiopia
peace talks.
@MohamedBinZayed
should embrace peace & stop aiding
@AbiyAhmedAli
. Sadly, for MBZ, old habits seem to die hard.
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Diaspora Tigrayans have already raised millions of dollars for Tigray in the past few months for locusts, COVID, refugees, & post-war reconstruction. We are ready to deploy through our established institutions once Eritrea, Ethiopia, Amhara, & UAE withdraw from Tigray.
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This is precisely why donor countries &
@WorldBank
should stop funding
#Ethiopia
’s Abiy regime. Aid is being misused, fueling the war in
#Tigray
. Could you imagine your home country’s education ministry or health ministry donating to the armed forces for a war effort…?
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I don’t care who is on
@twitter
’s board of directors. Congratulations,
@elonmusk
, I guess…
Now that that’s out of the way, what can be done to use
@SpaceX
’s
#Starlink
to reconnect
#Tigray
to the rest of humanity?
👀
@netblocks
#internetfreedom
#humanrights
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🚨 Excellent letter today from
@SenatorMenendez
,
@SFRCdems
Chairman, to
@POTUS
! He asserts
#Ethiopia
has committed
#genocide
in
#Tigray
, urges
@StateDept
to release its atrocity determination, & calls for stronger action to secure peace, relief, & accountability.
#TigrayGenocide
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5 things the U.S. and EU can do today to help the people of Tigray:
👉🏾 Sanction the Red Sea Trading Corporation
👉🏾 Launch humanitarian airdrops over Tigray
👉🏾 Sanction Ethiopian Airlines
👉🏾 Provide resources to the Tigray Defense Force
👉🏾 Declare a no-fly zone over Tigray
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Happy birthday to Lt. Gen. Tsadkan Gebretensae! እንቋዕ ናትና ኮንካ!
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Greetings from
#Ireland
🇮🇪☘️ Just wrapped up a meeting with
#HornOfAfrica
and
#HumanRights
leads at
@dfatirl
in Dublin. Pleasantly surprised to see a model of the ancient Obelisk of Axum in the conference room as we discussed the challenges in
#Tigray
and throughout
#Ethiopia
.
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Today is
#100DaysOfGenocide
against my people in
#Tigray
,
#Ethiopia
💔
👉🏾4.5m starving, 2.3m are kids
👉🏾2.2m displaced, 60k refugees
👉🏾mass raping
👉🏾drones
👉🏾looting
👉🏾massacres
👉🏾destruction of religious sites
@AbiyAhmedAli
is a monster!
#AbiyMustGo
#TigrayGenocide
#genocide
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Without exaggeration,
@POTUS
@SecBlinken
@AsstSecStateAF
&
@MikeHammerUSA
are enabling a
#genocide
to take place in
#Tigray
. Their lack of action & strategy is not an accident or oversight. They know exactly what’s going on & still do nothing.
#Africa
#Ethiopia
#BlackLivesMatter
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Elites who profit from supporting
#Ethiopia
’s unelected tyrant
@AbiyAhmedAli
, including via nepotism & exclusive access to lucrative opportunities, may try to silence our activism but it isn’t working.
#TigrayGenocide
is real. It’s evil. We are fighting to end it. ዓወት ንሓፋሽ
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Abba (Father) Serekebirhan Woldesamuel is a longtime family friend. I’m outraged that he was detained upon arrival in Ethiopia. As an Australian citizen, Tigrayan Orthodox priest, & prominent anti-war advocate, Australia’s
@dfat
@SenatorWong
must secure his release immediately.
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Are we supposed to believe
#Ethiopia
’s national security advisor
@RedwanHussien
, who is a liar & sycophant, or the head of
#Tigray
’s largest hospital
@kibrom30
as well as aid workers who can’t speak on-the-record due to the Ethiopian regime’s record of NGO expulsions?
#FreeTigray
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Today is Monday, November 14. Today is the 12th day since the cessation of hostilities went into effect. There is still no unfettered humanitarian aid to the
#Tigray
region of
#Ethiopia
(none since August 23). The Ethiopian regime must allow live-saving aid.
#Africa
#HumanRights
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(2/2) Policymakers & influencers must listen to Tigrayan perspectives, in & out of government. Those in Tigray & its diaspora are demanding an end to Ethiopia’s blockade. We’re calling for peace, relief, & accountability. I look forward to more discussions & better understanding.
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There is something worse than
#Ethiopia
’s Abiy regime. It is the people at
@StateDept
/
@AsstSecStateAF
,
@WHNSC
,
@UN
,
@_AfricanUnion
,
@WorldBank
, & elsewhere who enable his reign of terror.
#Tigray
isn’t the only casualty either. The entire country is on fire. May God judge you.
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Western media is reporting on
#Ethiopia
’s drone strikes in
#Mekelle
, rightfully so, but there are many ongoing aerial bombardments throughout
#Tigray
that don’t get covered. These attacks are killing civilians, including children, and destroying infrastructure.
#HumanRights
#UNGA
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President Biden needs to get new people running his
@StateDept
@AsstSecStateAF
and actually develop a strategy on
#Ethiopia
and the Horn of
#Africa
that, in the words of Leo McGarry, “doesn't look like it was put together at an Amway rally.”
#Tigray
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There’s no such thing as “African solutions to African problems.” That’s a myth. The main warring parties in Ethiopia’s war on Tigray were reluctantly brought to the negotiating table by a mix of fate and circumstance, including immense diplomatic pressure from the United States.
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We‘ve been right every step of the away about
#TigrayGenocide
. From Eritrean involvement to ethnic cleansing to weaponized rape & hunger to destruction of religious sites. Tigrayans want Ethiopia to succeed, but not at the cost of dignity & facts. ዓወት ንሓፋሽ!
#TigrayCantWait
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Today is my 26th
#ComingToAmerica
anniversary! My mother and I arrived in the U.S. on June 7, 1995. I was 3. I’m proud of my Tigrayan heritage, humbled by my Sudanese birthplace, and grateful for my American citizenship. ✊🏾🇺🇸
#ImmigrantsWelcome
#ProudAmerican
#BlackInAmerica
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Growing rift at
@StateDept
: real differences around whether to use sanctions/smart power to induce
#Tigray
-
#Ethiopia
ceasefire. Mind blowing how
@AsstSecStateAF
arrogantly refuses to act & has put all American eggs in the AU’s basket. Not everyone in Foggy Bottom agrees with her.
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‼️‼️‼️
@ChrisVanHollen
has filed four amendments designed to significantly weaken S.3199, the
#Ethiopia
Peace and Democracy Promotion Act of 2021. These amendments, co-sponsored by
@ChrisMurphyCT
and
@SenatorRounds
, would aim to:
[a thread 🧵]
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The stability of the Horn of
#Africa
rests on
#Tigray
.
@mrubin1971
gets it. Tigray Defense Force is fighting against tyranny & for human rights & freedom. We hold these values dear as Americans. The U.S. must indeed support Tigrayans.
#Ethiopia
#Eritrea
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There is a range of reactions among Tigrayans in
#Tigray
& abroad towards the cessation of hostilities agreement. Every reaction is valid. Those of us in the diaspora must maintain unity & trust, make space for dialogue & debate, & expect honesty, transparency, & accountability.
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Never ever bet against a people fighting to survive. That willpower is a flame that cannot be extinguished.
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Thank you
@RepKClark
, Assistant Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (one of my favorites!), for welcoming me to the Capitol. Great to reconnect & discuss the atrocities in
#Ethiopia
’s
#Tigray
region & the urgent need for peace, relief, & accountability.
#HumanRights
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I look forward to the day when
#Tigray
& Tigrayans achieve self-determination, security, & safety. I know that
#NeverAgain
means everything to those of us in the diaspora & in Tigray.
#FreeTigray
from war, trauma, famine, genocide, & monsters — now & forever. Resist & persist!
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I'm being attacked & slandered for
#StopWarOnTigray
activism. Legal counsel & law enforcement are aware. Nothing new. I've experienced this over my 15 years of civic engagement.
@SMGebru
is my only handle — same for Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, Medium, & my website.
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Pleasure to meet
@KarimKhanQC
, Prosecutor of
@IntlCrimCourt
, in The Hague. Honored he attended my
@IBAnews
#WarCrimes
Conference panel “Blindspots in International Criminal Justice: Who don’t we see & why” where I spoke on atrocities & accountability in
#Tigray
& all
#Ethiopia
.
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The best way to honor the
#RwandanGenocide
is to stop current and prevent future genocides.
#Kwibuka28
#TigrayGenocide
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Thanks to
@SenatorRisch
,
@SenateForeign
Ranking Member, for a strong statement. Today's cessation of hostilities does not address accountability for the atrocities committed in
#Tigray
. The Biden Administration has failed to lead.
#S3199
and
#HR6600
are still important.
#Ethiopia
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It’s sad that
@StateDept
has descended into irrelevance. You’ve failed to end the siege war on
#Tigray
. You’ve also failed to enforce private commitments
#Ethiopia
made. The people of Tigray—the Tigray Defense Force—are within their rights to protect themselves from genocide.
The U.S. condemns the continuing TPLF offensive outside Tigray, the Ethiopian government’s airstrikes, and Eritrea’s re-entry into the conflict. We call on all parties to immediately halt military operations and redouble efforts to engage in peace talks.
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#Tigray
advocates must be ruthlessly disciplined in the coming years to ensure truth, justice, accountability, & reconciliation are central to any lasting peace. You can’t have a credible, inclusive, & permanent peace in Tigray or
#Ethiopia
without these pillars.
#TigrayGenocide
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