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sandra@hrf.orgelektra@hrf.orgCeline@hrf.orgtara@hrf.orgAlex@hrf.orgholly@hrf.orgJavier@hrf.orgGustav@hrf.orgMalaak@hrf.orgMariana@hrf.orgHolly@hrf.orgAmy@hrf.orgAlexander@hrf.orgCC: Contact@hrf.orgpress@hrf.orgSubject; Speaker at Oslo Freedom ForumDear OsloFreedom Forum Lead,It has come to our attention that the Oslo Freedom Forum has scheduled an event tocelebrate activism, and has invited to speak on this impactful and momentous occasion.The Ethiopian community across the globe, recommends that the Oslo Freedom Forumtake a good look into the TPLF organization, which Kassa highlights in a positive lightacross all of her published works. Kassa has been a prominent pro-TPLF voice, who hasused her platform to elevate the once registered terrorist group’s voice and furtheraggravate the conflict in the country and expand the divide and heighten the tensionbetween the affected areas and communities in the country.As background, TPLF has committed barbaric atrocities during the 27 years of its reignand beyond, when it waged a war that killed half a million Ethiopians leaving the countryin an economic turmoil.We, as the Ethiopian diaspora and those of us living in the country, strongly recommendthat the Oslo Freedom Forum looks into the role that the TPLF has played insystematically creating the current pandemonium that Ethiopia is faced with.Here are a few examples of how TPLF members have waged and aggravated the war!● Alula Solomon, a TPLF member and Director of Tigrayans Association in the US,CEO of the Tigray Media House, and an influential agenda-setter for thepro-secessionist nucleus is documented using his social media platform to inciteviolence and widen popular divisions. In May 2020, on his media platform he isseen here saying: “if it is inevitable, war is a traditional game for Tigray”.● Daniel Berhane, a famous pro-TPLF activist, was also interviewed on the TigrayMedia House a little earlier before the war broke and argued that “war may not be
a bad thing” to stop the tension between the federation and Tigray governmentgoing on since TPLF lost its dominance in the incumbent. Daniel added, “war isone method of bringing them [the federal government] to negotiation. … we haveto shorten the war process by using preemptive strike if we need to.” That wasexactly what a TPLF official said when they admitted to attacking the northerncommand of the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF).With all the available studies and evidenced reports, Kassa continues to use herplatform to blast false narratives and amplify false allegations against the EthiopianGovernment, while echoing unverified claims of “Tigray genocide” demonizing thepeople of Ethiopia and their elected representatives knowing that UN Human RightsOffice and the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) on their joint investigationhave pointed out that no genocide was committed in Ethiopia!By all accounts, Lucy Kassa has failed to present balanced perspectives on the conflictin Ethiopia and has acquired the reputation for being extremely partisan, here is anarticle where she is described as using ethnic slurs to describe Ethiopians where shetransposed a donkey on the Ethiopian flag! Her unverified accusations in herpublications have delivered devastating outcomes in the court of people’s opinion andalso have flamed the conflict and the distrust amongst the people who have coexistedfor over 3000 years.To the horror of most Ethiopians, Kassa has consistently acted as the mouthpiece of theTPLF propaganda machine, continuously boosting the violent insurrectionist group tothe world stage, and failing to use her podium and networks to demand accountability,to demand peace, or ask for a path for enduring solutions.Rather, she has failed Ethiopians around the globe by not using her platform to providepropaganda-free, balanced reporting of the conflict by demonstrating time and againthat she is capable of providing reports that lack ethics and integrity on the subject ofEthiopia.In addition, Kassa has shamelessly and falsely made accusations that the Ethiopiangovernment is carrying out ethnically motivated crimes, applying the immoral trickery togenerate sympathy for the terrorist group that waged a war in the country to achieve itssecessionist goals.While the Ethiopian community applauds Oslo Freedom Forum’s platform thathighlights activists, we are gravely concerned about your choice of Berhe Kassa as theoptics of celebrating the mouthpiece of TPLF are extremely alarming.We urge you to reconsider your choice, and highlight activists for peace who arecapable of providing context on the conflict such as political historian Ann Fitz-Geraldwho has released her recent breakthrough and evidence-based scholarly report titled“The frontline voices: Tigrayans speak on the realities of life under an insurgencyregime”, or other prominent Ethiopian intellectuals such as Tesfaye B. Mersha who hasreleased a recent insightful article on crimes commited by the Tigrayan Liberationinsurectionist group, or prominent journalists like Hermela Aregawi, who is of Tigrayan
ethnic background yet, has shown professionalism throughout the conflict and hasprovided unbiased reporting.on the war without choosing sides.We are gravely worried that celebrating an opinion based, and dangerously biasedjournalist such as Kassa on on such a highly regarded platform, will embolden theinsurgecy regime TPLF, that is continuing to cause atrocities, such as systemic gangrape, shelling of entire towns currently in Afar,, destruction of infrastructure like medicalfcilities and schools and committingcrimes in Ethiopia as reported by AmnestyInternational and other highly respected scholars and career journalists..Sincerely,