Today the Mekelle Zone court sentenced two men for life in prison for the murder of Zewdu Haftu, a 32 year old woman whose killing in 2023 sparked public outrage and serious concerns about accountability and the rule of law in Tigray.
Thank you to the Wegahta team for your relentless efforts to report news and events without fear or favour (at least so far).
While browsing LinkedIn, I came across a post by someone named Hana Lema (link below), which appears to have copied almost 90% of the text directly from Wegahta’s report—without proper acknowledgment.
You make some glaring omissions. The crime begins in the early 90s by renaming the area to "Western Tigray" and forcing the Amharas to either leave or change their identity. It continues today by wildly inflating IDP numbers, because the aim is not to return genuine IDPs, but to use demographic change to reestablish Tigrayan ethnonationalist rule, including, yes, the wealth and power that springs from the sesame trade. It is telling that you never talk about ethnic coexistence and have refused to hand over a list of names and former domiciles of IDPs.
Thank you to the Wegahta team for your relentless efforts to report news and events without fear or favour (at least so far).
While browsing LinkedIn, I came across a post by someone named Hana Lema (link below), which appears to have copied almost 90% of the text directly from Wegahta’s report—without proper acknowledgment.
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7349398661610598401?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A7349398661610598401%2C7349422076388126722%29&dashCommentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A%287349422076388126722%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7349398661610598401%29
Thank you for appreciating Wegahta’s work.
You make some glaring omissions. The crime begins in the early 90s by renaming the area to "Western Tigray" and forcing the Amharas to either leave or change their identity. It continues today by wildly inflating IDP numbers, because the aim is not to return genuine IDPs, but to use demographic change to reestablish Tigrayan ethnonationalist rule, including, yes, the wealth and power that springs from the sesame trade. It is telling that you never talk about ethnic coexistence and have refused to hand over a list of names and former domiciles of IDPs.