👮
Police have charged a
39-year-old man after he allegedly sexually assaulted a woman outside
a church in Nashville, Tennessee, on Thursday evening before she
died.
In
a press release on Friday, the Metropolitan Nashville Police
Department said detectives charged the suspect, identified as Mohamed
Mohamed, with four counts of rape in the case.
He
is accused of targeting the impaired and unconscious woman outside
the church in the 2600 block of Nolensville Pike.
“The
woman was transported to Vanderbilt University Medical Center where
she died shortly after arrival. An autopsy is pending,” the
department said, noting the 34-year-old woman was identified, is
believed to have been homeless, and officials are working on finding
and notifying her next of kin.
🛑 We
need a Muslim ban, keep these people out of the United States.
• I
completely agree with this sentiment. Islam is not a religion it's a
destructive political system and should not be allowed in any western
civilization.
• "...should
not be allowed to exist."
• That
should have happened right after 9/11 or actually after the bombing
of the world trade center in 1993.
🛑
Mohamed Mohamed? Once wasn’t
enough?
Islam…where
intoxicated women, young boys and goats are scared.
🛑 What
do you expect when their Pedo-Prophet married a 6 year old girl and
had sexual with Aisha when she was 9. This is not some Islamaphobic
made up story. This is in their own texts. The Quran and Hadith is
all the evidence anyone with a brain needs to know that Islam and the
West do not share the same culture, values, or future!
Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) is a New York-based advocacy
organisation that uses science and medicine to prevent mass
atrocities and severe human rights violations.
Ongoing
Conflict-Related Violence in Tigray Constitute Crimes Against
Humanity
In Tigray,
survivors experienced brutal and deliberate forms of conflict-related
sexual and reproductive violence which caused severe and permanent
psychological and physical harm to survivors, their families, and
communities.
“Gang
rapes, including culturally prohibited practices, raping when they
are bleeding, entering bad things like steel into their wombs, raping
mothers in front of their families. Imagine how it is, it is very sad
their children were killed and they were also raped. The damage to
their bodies cannot be described.”
multiple
perpetrator rape;
vaginal,
oral, and anal rape;
forced
witnessing of sexual violence including against family members;
insertion
of foreign objects into the vagina following sexual violence;
forced
pregnancy and forcible transmission of HIV or other sexually
transmitted infections (STIs);
sexual
violence against children; and/or,
sexual
violence committed alongside other forms of torture or killings.
Combatants in Ethiopia
have perpetrated widespread, systematic, and deliberate acts of
conflict-related sexual and reproductive violence, according to a new
report published today by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) and the
Organization for Justice and Accountability in the Horn of Africa
(OJAH).
The new report (“You
Will Never Be Able to Give Birth”: Conflict-Related Sexual and
Reproductive Violence in Ethiopia) is the most comprehensive study to
date utilising medical evidence to understand the intent of
perpetrators in the Tigray region – documenting how Ethiopian and
Eritrean armed forces aimed to prevent future Tigrayan births and
exterminate the ethnic group – and how impunity for sexual and
reproductive violence is enabling further attacks in Amhara and Afar.
PHR and OJAH
call on all parties to the conflict to adhere to international law
and facilitate rehabilitation of survivors of conflict-related sexual
and reproductive violence. The international community must ensure
credible, independent documentation of crimes in Ethiopia and advance
full accountability for perpetrators.
Researchers
analysed an unprecedented scale of data from across the Afar, Amhara,
and Tigray regions of Ethiopia, including 515 medical records of
survivors of conflict-related sexual violence; 602 survey responses
from health workers who have treated survivors; and 40 in-depth
interviews with health workers and four focus groups with
professionals who provided care to survivors.
“After
triangulating medical records with survey data and interviews of
health professionals, we have documented the intent that perpetrators
expressed to survivors, including the Ethiopian and Eritrean
militaries, to eradicate the Tigrayan ethnic group. The ongoing
impunity for years of conflict-related sexual violence in Tigray –
enabled by the Ethiopian government and the inaction of United
Nations member states – has contributed to conflict-related sexual
violence spreading to other regions of the country, including Afar
and Amhara,” said Lindsey Green, report co-author and deputy
director of research at PHR. “The crimes we’ve documented are
harrowing and demand accountability: Perpetrators raping women and
holding them in captivity until giving birth; rape by a median of
three perpetrators at a time; foreign objects – including stones,
nails, hand-written letters – inserted inside of survivors’
vaginas.”
“In the
absence of any meaningful forms of justice and accountability,
impunity for conflict-related sexual violence is fueling a vicious
cycle of lawlessness and recurring conflict in Ethiopia. When
perpetrators face no consequences, violence is normalised, survivors
are silenced, and peace remains fragile. With conflict currently
escalating in Amhara and tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea
rising, breaking this cycle is vital not only for survivors, but for
the future of Ethiopia and sustainable peace in the Horn of Africa,”
said a report co-author at OJAH (identity not disclosed due to
security threats).
Key findings
include:
Intent to
destroy reproductive capacity: 73 percent of surveyed health care
workers in Tigray treated survivors who reported that perpetrators
used language expressing intent to destroy their ability to reproduce
or have children.
Multiple-perpetrator
rape:
In Tigray: 91
percent of surveyed health workers reported seeing patients who had
experienced multiple perpetrator rape; medical records showed a
median of three perpetrators per incident.
In Amhara: 47
percent of health care workers surveyed reported treating survivors
who had experienced sexual violence committed by multiple
perpetrators.
Unwanted
pregnancies from CRSV: 90 percent of surveyed health workers in
Tigray saw at least a few patients with unwanted pregnancy from
conflict-related sexual violence.
One survivor
had a contraceptive implant forcibly removed before sexual violence
with the intent to impregnate.
Foreign objects
and CRSV: Medical records and interviews reveal that perpetrators in
Tigray inserted objects – stones, nails, hand-written letters with
revenge plans citing previous wars – inside of survivors’
vaginas.
Perpetrator
identification:
In Tigray: 84
percent of health workers surveyed indicated survivors identified
members of Eritrean military as perpetrators. 73 percent of health
workers surveyed indicated survivors identified members of Ethiopian
military as perpetrators; 51 percent indicated Amhara militias and
Fano.
In Amhara: 79
percent of health care workers who were surveyed indicated survivors
identified Tigray Forces as perpetrators. 35 percent indicated
Ethiopian military and 24 percent indicated Amhara Special Forces.
In Afar: 33
percent of health care workers who were surveyed indicated survivors
identified Tigray Forces as perpetrators; 9.5 percent indicated
Eritrean militias.
Transmission of
sexually transmitted infections: Within the medical records reviewed
in Tigray, 50 percent of patients tested were positive for STIs and
17 percent were positive for HIV, while the national HIV prevalence
rate in Ethiopia is 0.09 percent.
The conflict in
Tigray, Ethiopia started in November 2020 between the government of
Ethiopia and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), with
involvement from Eritrean military forces who were called in to
support Ethiopian armed forces, and numerous ethno-regional militia
groups notably from the Amhara and Afar regions of Ethiopia. The
conflict was marked by widespread and severe forms of
conflict-related sexual and reproductive violence as well as other
human rights violations by all parties, some of which amount to
crimes under international law. Following the signature of the
Cessation of Hostilities Agreement in November 2022 by the government
of Ethiopia and the TPLF, violence continued, including widespread
and severe sexual and reproductive violence along ethnic-political
lines across regions by military actors.
As the conflict
unfolded, both the United Nations and the African Union established
independent investigative mechanisms to document atrocities and
preserve evidence for future justice and accountability processes.
However, both mechanisms were prematurely shuttered in October 2024,
without investigators even being allowed into the country, after
successful lobbying by the Ethiopian government to defer to national
mechanisms, including the transitional justice process outlined in
the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement.
The governments
of Ethiopia and Eritrea failed to respond to letters sharing the
findings of the report and seeking further information about the
governments’ efforts to ensure justice and accountability.
The report
confirms that impunity for conflict-related sexual and reproductive
violence in Tigray has contributed to further violence in Amhara and
Afar, where the data shows such acts constitute war crimes, breaches
of international humanitarian law, and human rights violations.
Survivors identified perpetrators from military groups including the
TPLF, who expressed intent when committing sexual and reproductive
violence related to revenge for Amhara and Afar forces actions in the
conflict in Tigray.
“Buckling to
pressure from the Ethiopian government, the UN decision to
prematurely shut down its justice mechanism emboldened perpetrators
to act with impunity – and allowed conflict-related sexual violence
to continue and spread across Ethiopia,” said Payal Shah, JD,
report co-author and director of research, legal, and advocacy for
PHR. “Ethiopians are facing a crisis: A health system still in
tatters from war; threats of conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea;
federal government crackdowns on civil society; U.S. aid cuts
exacerbating public health crises. Survivors of sexual and
reproductive violence and the brave clinicians who care for them have
been sidelined and neglected. All parties to the conflict and UN
member states must finally prioritize healing, accountability, and
justice for sexual violence and forced pregnancy before impunity
turns to violence yet again.”
👹 Notice
how much they hate and mock us Christians: Just three days ago,
Mussolini-admirer 'Female' Prime Minister of Italy, Giorgia Meloni
traveled to Ethiopia to meet the mass sexual assaulter and genocider,
Black Mussolini, Ahmed Ali. As usual, she was greeted with a very
warm hug and a kiss by Genocidal Abiy Ahmed Ali who massacred and
starved to death up to 2 million Orthodox Christians of Ethiopia.
Officially, the two evils have met five times in two genocidal years.
No word from Meloni about this crime during her visit. She and her
European colleagues are genocide enablers. They are telling us that
they promote and support this horrendous crime against Christians.
These equally evil European politicians are more
concerned for the fate of the genocidal Arab Muslims in Gaza than the
incomparable suffering and degradation of Ethiopian Christians.
❖[Ecclesiastes
5:8]❖
“If you see in a
province the oppression of the poor and the violation of justice and
righteousness, do not be amazed at the matter, for the high official
is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them.”
💭 Ethiopia:
Rusted screws, metal spikes and plastic rubbish: the horrific sexual
violence used against Tigray’s women.
Tens of thousands of Tigrayan women
report brutal wartime abuse by Oromo and Eritrean soldiers, such as
gang-rape and the insertion of objects into their uteruses. But
justice seems a distant prospect.
Tigray is often described as a
forgotten war. If it has been forgotten, it is not by those who
endured it, but by the global powers that looked away from one of the
most brutal conflicts of this century. It began in November 2020. The
fascist Oromo Islamic army of Ethiopia invaded, joined by forces from
the country’s then-ally, Eritrea, and militias from the nearby
Ethiopian region of Amhara.
Nobel Peace Laureate Oromo prime
minister of Ethiopia, Abiy Ahmed Ali faces allegations of Genocide,
war crimes, crimes against humanity by his military forces but has
had no charges or sanctions laid at his door. The entire world
continues supporting and aiding genocidal Abiy Ahmed. The World Bank
just gave him one billion US Dollars so that he could by more drones.
A handful of soldiers have been charged for participating in
massacres or raping women. The genocidal ascist Oromo Islamic regime
repeatedly pushed to defund a UN-backed probe into the abuses, and
the commission was finally disbanded
in 2023 with no resolution to continue its mandate. Two advisers
to the joint UN-Ethiopian human rights investigation, Aaron Maasho
and Martin Witteveen, wrote
last year that the transitional justice policy had become a
“farce”, making it “all but certain that the Ethiopian
government will successfully sweep its atrocities in Tigray under the
rug”. The Ethiopian and Eritrean governments did not respond to
Guardian requests for comment.
While the war is officially over, the
violence in Tigray continues. Research since the ceasefire shows
sexual violence by security forces has continued unabated. According
to the Office of the UN high commissioner for human rights (OHCHR),
Eritrean soldiers continue
to occupy significant parts of Tigray, particularly eastern
regions, where they are “committing violations, including
abductions, rape, property looting and arbitrary arrests”. And now,
rising tensions between the Ethiopian government and armed groups in
Amhara and Oromio leave the entire
region vulnerable to toppling into civil war again.
Many of the women speaking to
the Guardian allege they were held and repeatedly raped at military
bases by both Ethiopian and Eritrean forces – reports that indicate
sexual violence against Tigrayan woman was systematic, and to some
extent condoned by military hierarchies.
All of the women being
interviewed by the Guardian have sustained significant internal or
external injuries, and most need ongoing medical interventions,
surgeries and medication. Yet their access to already-limited help is
being severed by huge cuts to aid from the US.
Nearly 90%
of the women who experienced sexual violence during Tigray’s
war have not received any form of medical or psychological
assistance, with about half citing a lack of medical facilities as
the reason.
For the women who survived the
insertion of objects, living with this kind of foreign body means
“severe and long-lasting adverse health consequences and injuries”,
says Dr Rose Olson, an internal medicine specialist and instructor at
Harvard medical school, who has reviewed and commented on X-rays from
the cases.
👉 Selected Comments from “The Guardian” readers
• Sarah
Jane wrote:
Ooof well that’s a tough
read. Poor women and girl, I can’t understand the cruelty. This
needs attention. So sad. No words. Where’s the outcry for these
women? The protests? Bless you all I hope more attention comes to
this..,
•Leena Maria wrote:
I read the article and
went to throw up. How could we help these
women and those small clinics when those in power are not interested?
•Louisa Downes wrote:
I have no words for this.
My heart breaks for these women. How anyone can do this to another
human being is beyond me. These people make me sick
•John
Wiede wrote:
Sounds
like something the UN purposely turned their back on, quietly
supported with their genocide agenda
•Sarah Christian wrote:
It’s time for these men
to experience what they put out into the world. Women and children are
sick of being used and abused.
•Ilona Marianna wrote:
I'm crying. Not because of
horror, but because I can't avenge those poor souls and do the same
to those inhumane scumbags who destroyed innocent lives.
•Thomas Gower wrote:
How do we get justice for
these poor women? This is absolutely horrific! This is heartbreaking!
•lexus Woroniecki wrote:
Please actually read the
article, so you can truly understand how bad (which is just the tip
of the iceberg) it really is.
•Freya
Normington wrote:
It's a shame that the BBC
is mostly focused on Gaza so there is little time to report on
Eritrea etc.
•Ken
Thornton wrote:
Horrific, did not hear The
Glastonbury bands or their hipster fans protesting against this. Not
fashionable enough
•Joan
Bennett wrote:
This is one of the most
harrowing articles I have ever read, the trauma, pain and suffering
these poor women endured at the hands of these “ men”. War is
brutal and I wish none existed, but sadly they do, and the use of
rape, sexual assault on girls and women in war is beyond abhorrent, (
as it is in every case on a daily basis without question), but what
these “men” have done is beyond words, beyond abhorrent!! Do
these “ men” not understand that they are birthed by women, their
mothers, how would they like this done to them, to their sister,
daughter, aunt, niece, wife, granddaughter!! I truly hope that each
and every “ man” who did this truly barbaric act is found, and
brought to justice and I hope that justice is harsh!!! Where has this
come from, why would you even think of doing this barbarous act
against a girl or woman, you are not a man, you are evil, pure and
simple, evil. I hope that when your days are done, you find yourself
in the kind of place you fear the most, your hell not your heaven
•Sue
Hughes wrote:
Thank you for putting this
in the public eye. There is not enough on
mainstream news to inform the public. They focus more on frippery and
repetition.
•Laurelie Lau wrote:
This is beyond atrocious
horrifying. There are no words to describe the suffering of these
women.
•Rasheed Kaytz wrote:
This is inhuman I wonder n ask myself
what's the role of the do called "UN"?
I READ acts of war crimes
happening in the presence of these people in EU, NATO, AU, G7, why do
they keep on putting on neck ties when these acts are happening? Why?
•Morris Tedd wrote:
Where is America? Are
there no resources to pillage there?
•
Natalie Monica Lottersberger wrote:
HELP the women, publish it
an take action against the perpetrators!
•Yasmin Wilde wrote:
Oh my god. I think this is
the worst thing I’ve ever read. I feel physically sick.
•Scott Frost wrote:
And no street marches by
the usual thousands of useful idiots...
• Davy
Anderson wrote:
Where are the mass
protests, the flag waving etc?
•
Harrison Scott wrote:
Davy Andersonthe
perpetrators aren't white or Jewish so nobody cares. Speaking our
against these kinda of atrocities don't get as many likes on
Facebook.
•Lily Pop wrote:
Admirations to The
Guardian for writing such an incredible article on a topic that none
speaks about - the horrors these people endure must be made public in
order someone to react. It is a real atrocity and human cruelty to
stages beyond limits that have to be stopped. Keep on being bold
journalists and caring to speak about what matters.
•
Sandra Vymetal wrote:
Oh my god. I got no words
for this horror…. Except: Hell is empty
because all the devils are here ( Shakespeare)
•Isabelle Efternamn wrote:
Barbaric and inhumane
behaviour. I hope justice finds them brutally.
•Ria
Parkinson wrote:
This is one of the most
horrific things I’ve ever read. Those poor women.
•Samera Chiad wrote:
God help these poor women
and bring them aid and peace.
•Giulia Caruso wrote:
This is an absolute
atrocity and unspeakable pain
•Girmay Gebremariam wrote:
Thank you for covering one
of the most horrific stories of the Tigray war. There was nothing
left undone in Tigray while the world chose to remain silent. This
and many more painful stories need to get attention.
•Yarima Muazu wrote:
While the world and super
powers are watching
•Angesom Gebregergs wrote:
Our struggle will continue
until the perpetrators of this atrocity are brought to justice.
•Ọnụọha Udochukwu Ebubedike wrote:
The animals that did this
shall not go unpunished, one way or the other. I pray the women get
all the help they need to recover from this evil act Done by Abiy
Ahmed Ali.
•Maria
Cosima Brandt wrote:
I would like to know how I
can help... both for the medical help, as well as pressuring
politicians ...
•The
Scouse African wrote:
I sent you an article I
wrote when I was in Ethiopia last year. I witnessed the Ethiopian
military bombing farms and civilians. I was in the Tigray and the
Amhara region. Munition of choice? Turkish drones. In the past month
alone I have been sent 3 videos of atrocities committed by the ruling
party.
•Jorge Legends wrote:
Where on earth could this
happen, particularly in the twenty-first century? All those who did
it are in absolute denial.
•Haftom G Gebre wrote:
The world we are living
becomes horror from time to time. Justice for Tigray women is justice
for all women in the world.
•Amelia TheCoach wrote:
Unfortunately, none of
this is reported or condemned in the mainstream media. For all the
talk of feminism in the West, there is horrific violence committed
against women of all ages and young girls in places like these. I
wish something more can be done.
I wonder n ask myself
what's the role of the do called "UN"?
