Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I did get information from some of the panellists who were supposed to be here. This is a perfect question for them, so I can explain how the international community, specifically Canada, can help with that. We need to ask the Canadian government to urge the Ethiopian government

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes, I'm so sorry. Additionally, SDIR should ask the Government of Canada to press the Ethiopian government to co-operate fully with the commission and provide the experts with full access to carry out their work as their original mandate. Press the Ethiopian government to per

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I would say that the absolute main issue would be access to humanitarian aid into Tigray because, without that, people are dying by the second. That would be the absolute main and the number one thing, if I can prioritize it to one thing. We need immediate humanitarian access int

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you. The devastating part of the story is that it's not only women. It's also very young children. There is documented evidence of children as young as eight years old being raped. It's not only young girls. Nuns are also being raped. Soldiers go into homes or churches and

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  The situation in the refugee camps is not much better. It's very dire there as well. They are extremely overcrowded. The number of refugees in Sudan is anywhere between 60,000 and 80,000, including children who have been separated from their families escaping war. There is very

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I think the Canadian government needs to apply pressure on Abiy Ahmed to fulfill what he's saying he is going to do. For us, the major thing we're concerned about is the humanitarian aid. There is no peace if the people are all dead. He needs to apply pressure on Abiy Ahmed, whe

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Hi. My name is Feben. Thank you for having us here. I will be talking about the gender-based violence that's happening in Tigray. It's been almost 600 days of Tigray genocide, and rape is still being used as a weapon of war against the women and children of Tigray to demoralize