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BREAKING: Ethiopian Orthodox Church Patriarch sharply criticizes Ethiopia for conducting Tigray Genocide (incl video)

Post by sarcasm » 07 May 2021, 17:22

Ethiopian Orthodox Church patriarch blsts Tigray 'genocide'

The head of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in his first public comments on the war in the country’s Tigray region is sharply criticizing Ethiopia’s actions, saying he believes it's genocide

Via AP news wire

The head of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in his first public comments on the war in the country’s Tigray region is sharply criticizing Ethiopia’s actions, saying he believes it's genocide: "They want to destroy the people of Tigray.”


In a video shot last month on a mobile phone and carried out of Ethiopia, the elderly Patriarch Abune Mathias addresses the church’s scores of millions of followers and the international community, saying his previous attempts to speak out were blocked. He is ethnic Tigrayan.

The video comes as the conflict in Tigray marks six months. Thousands of people have been killed in the fighting between Ethiopian and allied forces and Tigray ones, the result of a political struggle that turned deadly in November. Dozens of witnesses have told the AP that civilians are targeted.

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The Patriarch's interview begins at 1:54
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Sam Ebalalehu
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Re: BREAKING: Ethiopian Orthodox Church Patriarch sharply criticizes Ethiopia for conducting Tigray Genocide (incl vide

Post by Sam Ebalalehu » 07 May 2021, 17:50

Eden, I know you have no principle. I know that, but it is a new low even for you. This morning you posted here in ER condemning the Ethiopian Orthodox Church involvement in politics. In the afternoon you infer to praise the church patriarch for giving his political opinion that you agree with.

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