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Ethnic profiling of Tigray-Ethiopians was started by the Eritrean Meles Zenawi in 1992 after the defeat of Eritrea!

Post by EthioRedSea » 17 Jun 2021, 07:58

I am not supporting Ethnic profiling of any ethnic group in Ethiopia or any other part of the world. But the history of Ethnic profiling of Tigrayans was started by TPLF, which is dominated by Eritreans. Meles Zenawi killed, imprisoned or retired Tigrayan army elites and civilians alike. All members of TPLF had to be Eritreans or have some Eritrean blood. This ethno-fascism was promoted by Seyoum Mesfin, Abay Tsehaye, Sebhat Nega etc

What TPLF did in Tigray was practised in greater Ethiopia, where mixed Ethiopians with Eritrea were trusted to lead. Those Oromos and Amara who were pure Ethiopians were side-lined.

Land grabbing in Raya and Enderta was systematically done to make the local population landless and to force them migrate to other parts of Ethiopia. Agame, Adwa and Shire were getting land for free in Enderta and Raya. This same policy was applied in Greater Ethiopia and led to the demise of TPLF.

The current government is wrong in killing and displacing thousands of Tigray-Ethiopians. They should have arrested the leaders of TPLF. It is also wrong to allow Eritrea kill Tigrayans or allow Eritrea destroy the infrastructure in Tigray. It would have been easier to arrest the leaders and cadres of TPLF.