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Tell Congress About the Massacres of Amharas Across Ethiopia!

Write to your U.S. Representative and Senators about these atrocities - join our Call to Action!

Dear Ethiopian-Americans,

We need your help to let Congress know that Amharas are under attack across Ethiopia!

Congress needs to hear from the diaspora about the recent and ongoing massacres of Amharas in Ataye and Welega. They also need to learn about the previous mass killings of Amharas in Metekel, Oromia, Mai Kadra, and Guraferda over the past few months.

The goal is for Members of Congress to issue public condemnation of these massacres, call for the Ethiopian Government to fully protect Amharas and other civilians, and work on longterm political reform to the ethnic federalist Constitution to bring peace and stability to Ethiopia.

Instructions: fill out all the information on the form using your phone, tablet, or computer to generate a pre-written email to your congressional Representative and Senators. The process is easy, but if you have any questions, please email info@amharaamerica.org and we will help you. Don't forget to click "Take Action" to send the email!

Click HERE to read a March 20, 2021 Al Jazeera article about the latest massacres of Amharas in Horo Guduru (includes a quote from the Amhara Association of America).

Click HERE to read a February 11, 2021 Addis Standard article about the Benishangul-Gumuz Prosperity Party admitting its complicity in the massacres of Amharas/Agews and Shinashas.

Click HERE to read a January 13, 2021 New York Times article on the latest massacres in Metekel.

Click HERE to read a December 25, 2020 Reuters article on the December 23 massacre in Metekel.

Click HERE to read the November 24, 2020 Preliminary Investigation results of Mai Kadra from the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission.

Click HERE to read a November 15, 2020 Al Jazeera article on the previous day's massacre of civilians on a bus in Metekel.

Click HERE to read the November 12, 2020 Amnesty International investigation into the Mai Kadra Massacre.

Click HERE to read the November 2, 2020 statement from Amnesty International condemning the West Wolega Massacre and the government's failure to protect Amhara civilians.

Click HERE to read the October 27, 2020 report from Amnesty International on the multiple massacres of Amharas in Metekel and Guraferda during the previous two months.

Click HERE to read an English summary of the January 1, 2021 Ethiopian Human Rights Commission's report on its investigation into the attacks and human rights violations that occurred after Hachalu Hundessa's assassination. The full report in Amharic is HERE.

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Subject: Condemn Ethnic Cleansing of Amhara Civilians in Ethiopia

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As a constituent, I request that the Member raise awareness about the continued massacres and displacement of ethnic Amhara civilians in various parts of Ethiopia. Over the weekend of March 20, ethnic Amharas were massacred by Oromo Liberation Army militants in several towns within the Amhara Region. Violence there is ongoing, so reporting on the situation is still preliminary. In Ethiopia's Oromia Region, at least 56 Amharas were killed by in massacres on February 25, March 6, and March 9: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/20/worsening-violence-western-ethiopia-forcing-civilians-to-flee In February, the ruling party in the country's Benishangul-Gumuz Region admitted to their complicity in a series of massacres that have killed nearly 400 Amharas and displaced nearly 200,000 from the area since September: https://addisstandard.com/news-benishangul-gumuz-region-ruling-party-admits-ethnic-targeted-killings-in-metekel-issues-an-apology-sacks-senior-members/ According to preliminary investigations by the human rights community, on November 9, at least several hundred Amhara civilians were killed by forces loyal to the Tigray People's Liberation Front in the town of Mai-Kadra. On November 1, Amnesty International reported at least 54 Amharas were killed by the Oromo Liberation Army in West Welega, Oromia Region. And from October 18-21, unknown militants killed at least 31 Amharas in Guraferda, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region. I believe that the roots of this violence lie in Ethiopia's ethnic federalist Constitution. This forces millions of ethnic Amharas outside of the "Amhara Region" to have second class political, civil, and economic rights, and makes subject to persecution by local governments and militants. Unfortunately, state security forces have been either unwilling or unable to protect civilian Amharas during all of these attacks. As such, I ask that the Member strongly condemn these massacres, call on the Ethiopian Government to protect civilians from future attacks, and for Ethiopians to come together and pursue genuine longterm political reform to stabilize the country. Additional Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/13/world/africa/ethiopia-ethnic-killings.html https://reliefweb.int/report/ethiopia/ethiopia-benishangul-gumuz-region-flash-update-6-january-2021 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ethiopia-violence/death-toll-from-attack-in-western-ethiopia-reaches-222-red-cross-says-idUSKBN28Z0U0 https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/12/ethiopia-at-least-100-dead-surge-of-violence-against-ethnic-minorities/ https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/11/ethiopia-investigation-reveals-evidence-that-scores-of-civilians-were-killed-in-massacre-in-tigray-state/ https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/11/ethiopia-over-50-ethnic-amhara-killed-in-attack-on-village-by-armed-group/ https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/10/ethiopia-authorities-ban-protests-as-illegal-and-unnecessary/

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