Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I think Canada and the international community's failure has emboldened both the Eritrean and Ethiopian governments. By declaring these atrocities, I don't think things will be aggravated by it. Once they know that they will not live with impunity, and once they know that they wi

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  If that question is for me, I am not sure. For instance, in Tigray, the sexual abuse survivors there couldn't get any support, and they're still just left in limbo, without any medical supplies or hygiene materials. I'm not sure if the Canadian generosity has reached the poor in

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I think I'll echo her response. In my view, Canada should stand by its own moral obligation. That's the bottom line. Canada should not just move to appease the government or Tigrayans. It just has to stand on its own moral obligation, so they can move, anyway. What matters is no

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you very much. What we have to do is.... The regional African Union, in my view, is not much of a guarantee for peace. Anyway, if we have to stick on that, the international actors like Canada, the European Union and the United States may have involvement—international or

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  My conclusion is that all of this rape is not just an incident; it is a systematic campaign to subjugate the whole of society so that they will live in fear and panic and be submissive to the central government. In my view, all this amounts to a genocide and sexual slavery happe

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you very much for giving me a chance to speak to the committee. Before I came to the United States, during the war I was in Tigray. I was an academic dean for the Mekelle University hospital, Ayder, in Tigray. I was witness to all the atrocities happening during the war as