Protesters marched on the streets of Addis Ababa on Sunday, May 30, 2021, to condemn US sanctions against Ethiopian and Eritrean officials. Washington is concerned about human rights abuses during the Tigray War. RFI was able to document a massacre perpetrated by the Eritreans, the allies of the Ethiopian troops. In Goda, soldiers led residents around a bottle factory. They performed them on the company’s website.
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Residents burst into tears when they see the graves of their loved ones buried in the factory where 19 people are buried. Families accuse Eritrean to have executed them in early December.
Hagos, 66, lost his three sons: “The soldiers plundered my house, took my children before slaughtering them here. They forbade me to bury them for two weeks. We buried them there because the bodies were too damaged. They had life ahead of them. I will never forgive. I’m not even looking in the direction of Eritrea anymore. ”
Families will meditate on these graves every day. Kahsa is almost blind, but she looks at the place where two of her children, her brother and her nephew are buried. Her voice suffocated: “They beat them and took them away. My children were everything to me. My heart is broken. We still see Eritreans passing by. Every time it scares us. I do not know if we will be able to live normally again. “
Prison pieces twist in the wind. The factory was completely looted and destroyed by the Eritreans. Gebrehiwot is one of the guards: “The soldiers loaded everything they could on trucks. Today the factory is destroyed. We had over 300 employees. This attack dragged down the economy and crushed our families. ”
Residents do not expect too much to get justice one day. Some, however, hope that this crime will become known and that the place will one day be turned into a memorial.
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