Statement on the Hypocrisy of the West Regarding the Conflict in Tigray, Ethiopia
Vision Ethiopia, a non-partisan association of Ethiopian scholars and professionals, denounces in the strongest terms the blatant misinformation campaign waged by Western establishments, think tanks, pundits, former diplomats and media outlets, to exploit the current predicaments of our fellow citizens in the Tigray region of Ethiopia in a last-ditch effort to defend and bring back to power the criminal leaders of the disgraced Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF).
The German theologian, Martin Luther, famously said: “It is the nature of all hypocrites and false prophets to create a conscience where there is none, and to cause conscience to disappear where it does exist.” Unsurprisingly, none of these groups have raised as much concern about the raging genocidal violence in the Oromia and Benishangul-Gumuz regions, perpetrated by the TPLF in collusion with regional leaders, or the decades of repressive rule by the TPLF regime.
While we deeply sympathize with our fellow citizens in Tigray over their suffering as a result of the justified campaign to bring the criminal TPLF leaders to justice, we vehemently deplore the efforts of the West to mischaracterize the true state of affairs in the Tigray region for the sole purpose of giving a new lease of life to a terrorist organization they have nurtured for decades.
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