Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Can I answer that question a little bit, to add to what Gugsa said?

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes. First of all, there is no access for investigation. If there is no investigation, how could we say that no child soldier has been used? Because of that blockade, it is a possibility. The likelihood is that child soldiers have been used, but we don't have the facts. In orde

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  We think that is the case. Otherwise, why is Canada not taking any action? Canada is known for its feminist.... I mean, the Government of Canada, the Prime Minister, repeatedly say that it's a feminist government. Given the fact that there are thousands and thousands of women bei

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you for that question. Actually, we have been trying for the Prime Minister of Canada to take concrete action, and one of these actions would be to stop funding Ethiopia with the bilateral aid. That aid, that taxpayers' money, is going to buy armaments—weapons. That's the

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  In order to have a resolution to this crisis, to this genocidal war, I think from the Tigray government's perspective, the number one thing is to end the siege as well as the blockade. Imagine if some of us here in Canada didn't have banking services, we didn't have telephone ser

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I will come to that. I think what happened is that Abiy Ahmed tried to delay the election in Ethiopia. At that time, the excuse he used was COVID-19. There were apparently less than 100 people infected with COVID-19, but he used it to exploit the situation so that there would b

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I think the refugee crisis involving Tigrayan refugees is so horrific. Most of them, as my colleague said, are in the Sudan, and they went through a horrific journey. There was trauma. That's why we have an organization called the Tigrayan-Canadian Immigration Association, and it

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  The food is going through Afar, from Addis Ababa to the Afar Region. The president of the Afar Region is a good friend of Abiy Ahmed. They collaborate with each other not to pass on the food. It's a kind of deliberate attempt not to feed the people. They tried through bullets.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  What we're asking the international community, including the Canadian government, is to pressure Abiy Ahmed, to sanction Abiy Ahmed. I think the international community is being used, deceived. I'm really sorry to say that, but sanctions are the only way to listen, open everythin

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Just to add to that, I think I understand your question. The question is, what solution is there? Is there any opportunity for a solution? I think the government of Tigray is ready for peace, but Abiy Ahmed is not ready, because Abiy Ahmed is talking about this, but the Governm

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you for the question. In fact, the Prime Minister of Ethiopia declared a humanitarian truce, but that is not fact. You know, on one hand, he declared a humanitarian truce. On the other, he creates obstacles so that aid to Tigray, to the Tigray region, would not be transpor

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  First of all, thank you for the opportunity to speak to you. The forces of Ethiopia and Eritrea in the Amhara region, coupled with those drawn from the United Arab Emirates, Turkey and Iran, are committing unprecedented atrocities, crimes against humanity, war crimes, mass rape