To the Honorable Ministers of the Hague,
I write this letter to you with deep feelings of distress and anguish over the tragic situation in Tigray, the northern part of Ethiopia. The Prime Minster, Abiy Ahmed, is solely responsible for causing this. Tigray opted to remain independent, which led the Prime Minster to send in troops from Ethiopia and Eritrea. Many people, including children, were killed. Women were raped. There have been mutilations and assassinations. The capital city of Tigray, Mekele, was bombed. Banks have no funds. To be blunt, Ministers, it is as if Tigray itself was raped. Her people are suffering. They are starving. I feel heartsick.
Thirteen years ago, our daughter and son-in-law adopted a one year old baby girl from Ethiopia. She came from Tigray. A number of circumstances led to the discovery of our granddaughter’s birth mother. We have kept in close touch with her. As a result, we receive first-hand knowledge of the horrific crimes perpetrated by the policies of Abiy Ahmed. It is because of this tragic situation heaped upon a peaceful Tigray that I am asking you to bring Abiy Ahmed before the tribunal of the Hague. He must be charged with war crimes for the utter brutality and misery the innocent people of Tigray are being subjected to. As I write this letter, children of Tigray are dying of starvation.
Thank you for “hearing” me.
Wendy Blumberg
Carlsbad, CA
I am the daughter that Wendy writes of here, the adoptive mother of an Ethiopian girl, now a thriving 8th grader. Knowing that her birth mother, sister, and our extended Tigrayan family are hanging on by the hairs of their chinny-chin-chins, is sickening. Literally, this Tigray Genocide has made me, and countless others, sick. Abiy Ahmed, who was illegitimately elected, is intent on wiping Tigray from the face of the Earth. His Nobel Peace Prize in itself has become a crime. My opinion, widely shared, further includes demanding that this cruel man be tried and imprisoned for war crimes.