November 30, 2023
The Amhara Society Network (ASN) strongly condemns drone strikes targeting civilians and expresses its disappointment about the silence of the International Community in the face of the tragedy on the Amhara people in Ethiopia.
It is with great sorrow and outrage that we bring to the world's attention the ongoing atrocities being committed by the Oromo regime in Addis Ababa against the Amhara people. As the world's attention continues to be focused on the events in the Middle East, the regime has been relentlessly bombarding civilians with drones purchased with funds that could have been used to avert the famine-related deaths in Ethiopia. Marketplaces, schools, religious institutions and busy town squares have been bombarded in an action that amounts to war crimes.
In this week alone, more than 25 drone strikes have been committed, resulting in the death of hundreds of civilians, including teachers and students who perished when schools were bombarded in the North Showa Zone. On 29 November 2023, a drone strike in a place called Lasta woreda of Northern Wollo zone has callously killed more than 118 civilians. On 30 November 2023 an Ambulance with a patient and five physicians was stricken by a drone in South Wollo Zone of Amhara resulting in a cruel demise of all its occupants. These actions are big indicators how the strikes have broadened their scale and intensity as the regime forces continue incurring huge losses in the battle against Fano.
It is our conviction that the international community's silence in the face of this tragedy has greatly emboldened the fascist Oromo regime, leading to an escalation in war crimes and crimes against humanity. Therefore, we urge immediate action be taken by the international community to stop the deadly strikes and to hold Abiy Ahmed Ali accountable for the hate-based crimes being committed against the Amhara people.
We urge the international community to fulfill its duty by condemning this genocidal war waged on the Amhara civilians and doing its part to bring the perpetrators into account. The world cannot continue to turn a blind eye to the plight of innocent Amhara civilians in Ethiopia.
Last but not least, while we strongly condemn the cruel massacre of innocent civilians in drone strikes and ask the international community to play its mandated role in standing for humanity, we would like to make it clear to the world that Amhara's’ fight against Oromo Prosperity fascism shall not be deterred by the cruelty and savagery the regime is exhibiting against innocent Amhara women, children, and civilians. The world should remember that turning a blind eye to the pains of Amhara's and minimizing a full-scale genocidal war on Amhara to communal violence would have dire consequences to peace and stability in the already fragile Horn of Africa.
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