⚡ Lightning
appeared to strike near the Washington Monument during July 4
fireworks.
Amid a pyrotechnic display billed as the largest in history, Mother
Nature staged its own fireworks show.
The Washington Monument Looks Like an Obelisk, the
Axum Obelisk.
� Facts
about Washington Monument vs Obelisk of Axum
1.
Purpose:
• Washington Monument honors George Washington
•Axum Obelisk marks ancient royal tombs
2.
Age:
• Washington Monument: completed 1884
• Axum Obelisk: built around 4th century AD
3.
Design:
• Washington: plain, smooth sides
• Axum: carved with windows and doors, like a multi-story building4.Material
& Style:
• Washington: marble, granite, bluestone gneiss
• Axum: single carved granite block (monolithic)
5.Cultural
Context:
• Washington: modern national monument
• Axum: part of the ancient Axumite Empire
👹 HE
WHO DEFIES THE MANDATE OF HEAVEN SHALL FACE RUIN
📦 Keep
Your Hands Off The Ark of The Covenant
❖[Luke
10:18 ]❖
“And
he said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.”
This
amazing verse affirms Christ’s eternal pre-existence before His
Incarnation and highlights His ultimate victory over evil. In
Orthodox Christian teachings, the fall of Satan from heaven was
caused by PRIDE (the official End of Pride Month), which brought down
the first of the angels.
When
the disciples returned joyfully to Jesus reporting that demons were
subject to them in His name (Luke 10:17), Jesus was reminding them
that Satan’s kingdom was already being dismantled by the power of
God.
God
ain't happy with the genocidal Edomites and Ishmaelites!
Dollar
Trump, imagining himself the master of the universe, not the
temporary custodian of a country born around the same time as the
hot-air balloon. The last decade was proof that “divine providence”
had made Trump president for America’s 250th anniversary of
independence, his demon Stephen Miller posted on social media.
❖ R.I.P Berlusconi –
Who Was Forced to Return The Axum Obelisk to Ethiopia After Lightning
Struck It
😔 The
Thailand and Tibetan Tragedies
– completely separate incidents – both happened yesterday on
7/2...😮
🙏 Only Tibetan
Monks Showed Solidarity With Christians of Tigray, Ethiopia.
March 2021: Humanity at
its best: a Tibetan Buddhist child monk holds a banner that reads,
“Today we pray for Tigray”.
🙏
Tibetan man protesting China’s occupation fatally set himself on
fire outside the United Nations headquarters in Manhattan on Thursday
evening, capturing the horrifying scene on livestreamed footage.
The protester,
identified by a friend as Lobga Rangzen, was dressed in full monastic
garb when he planted a Tibetan flag on the sidewalk. Sign read:
"China out
of Tibet."
Rangzen,
crumbled to the ground less than a minute after he was engulfed in
flames.
He was taken to
Belleview Hospital. Pronounced dead.
He scattered
pieces of paper as he burned to death.
Rangzen, who
has lived in the US for about 20 years and worked as an Uber driver,
crumbled to the ground less than a minute after he was engulfed in
flames as passing cars honked their horns.
Lobsang Paljor,
a fellow Uber driver and friend of Rangzen, said he met Rangzen
through their local Tibetan community and was shocked that he
self-immoluted.
Paljor said his
friend embraced peaceful protests.
“No, never
aggression,” Paljor told The Post. “But he was always like, you
know, peaceful protest, as always,” he continued.
Paljor
emphasized that Rongzen opposed the Chinese occupation and that he
wanted “to have a complete, free Tibet.”
Since March
2009, more than 150 people are known to have set themselves on fire
in Tibet to protest what they describe as “Chinese occupation,”
according to Free Tibet.
The “Free
Tibet” movement seeks to recapture sovereignty for the Tibet
Autonomous Region, marked by the restoration of power to the Dalai
Lama, the highest spiritual leader in Tibetan Buddhism.
“Many of the
protesters have shouted slogans while on fire, including calling for
the Dalai Lama’s long life and his return to Tibet, for the Panchen
Lama to be freed, and for human rights and freedom in Tibet,” Free
Tibet says on its official website.
“Severe
punishments are handed out to those accused of assisting or
encouraging the protesters or sharing information abroad,” Free
Tibet continues.
This movement
challenges the region’s incorporation into China, which followed
the Seventeen Point Agreement in May 1951 — an accord that sought
to establish a peaceful transition while the People’s Liberation
Army moved into the region.
He was not a
"lunatic." He was a man driven to an act of profound
desperation to draw the world's attention to the suffering of the
Tibetan people under Chinese Communist Party rule.
His protest
came just after China's new "Ethnic Unity" law took effect
on July 1—a law that many Tibetans and human rights advocates argue
accelerates the erasure of Tibetan identity, language, and culture
under the banner of "unity" and "harmony."
Self-immolation
is not an act intended to harm others. It is an extreme form of
nonviolent political protest in which the individual sacrifices only
themselves in the hope of awakening the conscience of the world.
Whether one agrees with the act or not, dismissing it by calling the
protester a "lunatic" ignores the oppression and
desperation that drove such a tragic decision.
China Just
Past Their New Ethnic Minority Law
China has
brought into effect a new ethnic unity law that rights groups and
foreign officials have warned could accelerate the forced
assimilation of ethnic minorities.
The world’s
second most populous nation officially recognises 55 ethnic minority
groups, which together account for 8.9 percent of mainland China’s
population.
The largest
communities among China’s ethnic minorities include the Uighurs,
about 11 million people, and Tibetans, about 7 million people. Tibet
and Xinjiang, where most Uighurs live, are China’s only two
provinces where communities that nationally are ethnic minorities
form the majority of the population.
“Chinese
authorities have human rights obligations requiring them to protect
minority communities and their cultures, but this law does the
opposite,” Sarah Brooks, the deputy regional director of Amnesty
International, said on Tuesday.
“Rather than
celebrating difference, it is about pushing ethnic groups such as
Uighurs, Tibetans and Mongolians to adopt a single state-defined
national identity dominated by Han Chinese culture.”
Brooks
added that “activities which already carry great risk within China
– such as promoting minority languages, documenting human rights
abuses or campaigning for the release of those detained because of
their expression of culture, opinion or belief – could be further
criminalized.”
😈 China:
Mind-Blowing Welcoming Ceremony for The Evil War Criminal Isa Abdella
Afewerki
When the entire
world started the genocidal Jihad against
the ancient Christian people of Ethiopia, on November 4th
, 2024, the mountainous Buddhist monks in Tibet and in the Tibetan
diaspora were the only community to demonstrate
solidarity with the mountainous Christians of of Tigray, Ethiopia
through joint prayers, interfaith messages, and global awareness
campaign
What
is even more sad, regrettable and infuriating is that the governments
of Israel, Turkey, Europe, America, Russia, Ukraine, China, Arab,
Turkish, Iranian, African, etc. governments and the UN continue to
support the brutal fascist Gala-Oromo regime of Ethiopia that is
committing genocide against Ethiopian Christians. The entire world –
except the wonderful Tibet people of China – is conspiring against
Ethiopian Christians. Up to two million
Ethiopian Christians were massacred since November 4, 2020. Woe! Woe!
Woe!
❖[Proverbs 22:22-23 ]❖
“Never oppress the poor
or pass laws with the motive of crushing the weak. For the Lord will
rise to plead their case and humiliate the one who humiliates the
poor.”
😔 An
11-year-old boy stole a pickup truck and drove it into a procession
of Buddhist monks on a pilgrimage, resulting in the deaths of 10
monks and seriously injuring 13 others.
The 11-year-old
boy drove his car into a procession of monks on a pilgrimage, killing
ten monks.
At the scene,
monks were found scattered on the road and roadside. Emergency
personnel provided first aid and transported the injured to nearby
hospitals.
The incident
occurred on Ban Na Si Nuan Road, Mueang District, Mukdahan Province.
Five monks died at the scene, while seven others were seriously
injured and taken to the hospital for urgent medical treatment.
Later, it was
learned that three more monks died at the hospital, bringing the
total death toll to 8, with 13 others seriously injured.
The pilgrimage
consisted of 34 monks and 5 lay people, who were traveling from
Mukdahan city towards Ubon Ratchathani Province.
The perpetrator
has been apprehended by police. Preliminary information indicates he
is an 11-year-old juvenile with special needs. Initial investigations
revealed that the victim stole a pickup truck belonging to their
guardian and was driving against the flow of traffic from Don Tan
District towards Mueang District when the tragic accident occurred.
The Governor of
Mukdahan Province is currently on the ground investigating the facts
and has visited the injured at the hospital. Further updates will be
reported.
The oracle concerning
Arabia. In the thickets in Arabia you will lodge, O caravans of
Dedanites. To the thirsty bring water; meet the fugitive with bread,
O inhabitants of the land of Tema. For they have fled from the
swords, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow, and from the press
of battle.
❖[Jeremiah
49:7-8]❖
“Concerning
Edom: This is what the LORD Almighty says: “Is there no longer
wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their
wisdom decayed? Turn and flee, hide in deep caves, you who live in
Dedan, for I will bring disaster on Esau at the time when I punish
him.”
❖[Ezekiel 25:13]❖
“Therefore
thus says the Lord GOD, I will stretch out my hand against Edom and
cut off from it man and beast. And I will make it desolate; from
Teman even to Dedan they shall fall by the sword.”
☪ Iran and Co. Will
Be Forced to Target Mystery Babylon Mecca and Medina
The oracle concerning
Arabia. In the thickets in Arabia you will lodge, O caravans of
Dedanites. To the thirsty bring water; meet the fugitive with bread,
O inhabitants of the land of Tema. For they have fled from the
swords, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow, and from the press
of battle.
Ethiopians on
death row in Saudi Arabia's Khamis Mushait detention centre speak to
MEE about their plight.
In Saudi
Arabia’s Khamis Mushait detention facility, hundreds of Ethiopian
prisoners are held on death row in harrowing conditions, waiting in
fear of their eventual execution.
On 21 April,
the shouts of the guards echoed through the overcrowded prison in
Aseer province as they came to read out the names of those scheduled
to be executed.
Three
Ethiopians were taken away to their fate.
Hailay Berhane,
a migrant from the Gulomahda district of northern Ethiopia’s Tigray
region, is being held in Khamis Mushait. He told Middle East Eye what
happened using the messaging app Imo. Like other prisoners MEE
communicated with for this article, his name has been changed.
“Guards came
early in the morning in a rush, handed cards to three of the
Ethiopian migrants among us and took them away,” he said.
“Two hours
later, the same guards came back and told us that the three migrants
had been beheaded and warned us that is what awaited us all.”
Ephrem Kidane,
another death row prisoner, also saw his friends taken away. After
they were executed, he told MEE, the guards wrapped their lifeless
bodies in their blankets.
Kibrom
Gebremariam, Tsigabu Hagos and Kidane Angesom were executed. They
were young men who had fled to Saudi Arabia from war-ravaged Tigray,
where the humanitarian situation remains dire.
The three
Tigrayans had crossed the Gulf of Aden and travelled through Yemen to
Saudi Arabia, seeking work. They carried khat, the plant chewed as a
mild stimulant in large parts of east Africa, with them.
According to
Human Rights Watch, Saudi security authorities arrested the three
Ethiopians between 2023 and 2024, accused them of drug-related
offences, and moved them between various detention centres until they
ended up in Khamis Mushait.
On 23 June,
five more Ethiopian nationals were executed, among many foreigners
accused of non-violent drug crimes by Saudi authorities. Multiple
sources said the prisoners admitted to the crimes, fearing that if
they did not, they would simply be executed without legal assistance.
The migrants
were forced to sign documents in Arabic without understanding their
content and, in some cases, were beaten by security forces, said
Berhane.
“They
handed me 41kg of drugs and forced me to believe it was mine and made
me sign documents that I don’t even understand what they were
saying in Arabic,” he told MEE, recalling the moment he was caught
by Saudi security men three years ago.
He was in the
deadly border region between Yemen and Saudi Arabia known as Rago.
It’s a place that has become known for the brutal apprehension of
migrants, with human rights organisations highlighting accusations
that Saudi border guards have fired indiscriminately on them.
“In the past
three years, I appeared in court three times for a very short period,
all without an interpreter,” Berhane said, describing how difficult
it was to present his case and prove his innocence.
“Foreign
nationals who are on death row in Saudi Arabia are, most of the time,
subjected to grossly unfair trials,” said Yared Hailemariam, an
Ethiopian human rights advocate.
Almost 100
executions in Saudi Arabia this year
Saudi
authorities have executed almost 100 people so far this year,
including at least 61 for drug-related offences, according to a new
report from Amnesty International.
“Foreign
nationals have borne the brunt of Saudi Arabia’s ruthless use of
the death penalty for drug-related offences, frequently after grossly
unfair trials,” the report said.
Amnesty said
that it was “profoundly alarming” that at least 63 Ethiopian
nationals are being held in a single ward of Khamis Mushait, and that
they were at “imminent risk of execution solely for drug-related
offences”.
According to
local officials, local civil society organisations and human rights
defenders who spoke with MEE, as many as 200 Ethiopian citizens are
currently on death row awaiting execution in Saudi Arabia. Many
prisoners say the figures could be higher.
“There are
many migrants in all six prison blocks here in Saudi Arabia,”
Berhane said. “In the Khamis Mushait detention facility there are
58 Ethiopian migrants, and most are from Tigray, uprooted by constant
conflict and crises, and dwindling humanitarian support.”
Speaking on a
phone smuggled into the detention centre, with security cameras
following his every move, the Ethiopian prisoner said he wonders how
long he has left to live.
“Every time
the security guards knock on the door, we feel that our names will be
called and we will become another figure among many who are wrongly
accused like myself, whose plea goes on unnoticed,” Kidane, another
prisoner, told MEE.
Kibrom
Gebremariam, 30, was among the Ethiopian migrants executed at Khamis
Mushait detention facility for drug-related offences on 21 April.
News of
Kibrom’s death shocked his parents in the Egela district of Tigray,
from where many young people migrate to Saudi Arabia.
Of the family’s
seven children, two had already made the hazardous journey across the
Gulf of Aden and then through war-torn Yemen.
Kibrom's older
brother, Merhawi, who migrated illegally to Yemen in 2020, was killed
by security forces three years ago. Migration has now claimed two
children from this family.
“Illegal
migration took our children. We anticipated Kibrom’s wedding, not
his death. His murder has become an open wound for us,” his
heartbroken mother, Gimja Gebremariam, told MEE at her home in
Tigray.
Tears filled
her eyes as she explained that nowadays, she prays that Saudi
authorities will release the corpse of her child, so that he can be
properly buried. This remains a distant dream for her and many
parents like her, who have been forced to mourn without a proper
burial.
When Kibrom
travelled through Somalia, across the sea and through Yemen into
Saudi Arabia 12 years ago, he dreamed of a life far away from the
reality of his village, where prospects were scarce.
He knew he was
taking a risk, but he never imagined that he would be thrown in
prison and left there for 11 years before being executed, his father,
Gebremariam Gebrezgiabher, said.
He had been
waiting for his son’s release from prison for years. Instead, he
received news that Kibrom had been executed. The shock has left him
bedridden.
The 30-year-old
Kibrom last spoke to his father on 20 April at midday, a day before
his death. Via the Imo messaging app, he assured his father that he
would return soon and be reunited with his family.
His death was
later confirmed by other prisoners, who sent a voice message saying
Kibrom had been beheaded.
“It was very
hard to hear of his death as a father, especially how he was killed,”
Gebrezgiabher, now a frail 60-year-old, told MEE. “His death has
killed a part of me and is made worse by the fact that I have nothing
to bury.”
'He wanted to
live a productive life'
One of Kibrom’s
cellmates, Tsigabu Hagos, was also executed.
Hagos was the
only son of eight children from a family whose livelihood is based on
agriculture. In 2020, he made it to Saudi Arabia travelling through
Somalia and Yemen. He wanted to stay there or go on to Europe, his
father, Hagos Gebremeskel, said.
“He wanted to
have his own business, be self-sufficient and live a productive
life,” Gebremeskel told MEE, as he glanced at his 26-year-old son’s
portrait on his mobile phone.
His mother,
Letekristos Gebretsadkan, recalled what Tsigabu told her after
reaching Saudi Arabia. He said he’d make her proud and promised to
support his younger sisters.
Gebremeskel,
who had previously been in Saudi Arabia in his early 20s and knew the
risk of a drug offence, said he didn’t think his son was involved
in such a trade, given his experience.
“I wasn’t
shocked when he was arrested. I was hoping he would eventually be
released as he was innocent,” the father said.
“I never
thought they would kill my son,” Letekristos lamented. She said she
was consoled by her husband. She wondered how much their son had been
tortured before he was killed, if the family would ever get justice,
if they would at least get the body of their son back.
Masho Hagos,
his sister, said her brother’s fate would not deter her from going
to Saudi Arabia. The 20-year-old is still a high school student
because she had to suspend her studies because of the brutal Tigray
war.
War and
economic crisis in Tigray
Since the
Tigray war officially ended in 2022, the region has been a little
more stable, though the humanitarian situation remains dire. Hundreds
of thousands of people died in the war, which also displaced
millions.
Many young
people continue to flee the region as fear of yet another conflict -
this time a proxy war involving Eritrea – remains.
High
unemployment rates, a collapsed wartime economy and recurring
conflict lead them to take the dangerous journey to Saudi Arabia or
Europe.
“Political
instability, armed conflict and economic crisis are the major factors
affecting the life of Ethiopian youths,” said Hailemariam, the
Ethiopian human rights expert. “They are also forcefully recruited
for military training and deployed as soldiers for both internal
conflicts and cross-border war.”
Christian
bishops from the Catholic and Orthodox churches in Tigray have
appealed to Saudi Arabia to show clemency for the 200 prisoners in
the kingdom. The president of the Tigray region has done the same.
“Saudi
Arabia’s willingness to execute foreign migrants for non-violent
offences following trials that denied them basic due process reflects
a profound disregard for their rights and lives,” said Nadia
Hardman, senior refugee and migrant rights researcher at Human Rights
Watch. “Saudi Arabia’s partners should urgently intervene before
it is too late.”
Back in the
village of Egela, Kibrom’s father is heartbroken, hoping other
parents won’t have to go through the nightmare of hearing that
their child has been killed in a Saudi prison.
He hopes such
tragedies will stop before the lives of too many more young
Ethiopians are shattered as they look for a future in richer
countries.
“That must
end,” he said, whispering in a voice that could barely be heard,
overwhelmed by the sorrow that comes from losing a child.
