WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned General Filipos Woldeyohannes (Filipos), the Chief of Staff of the Eritrean Defense Forces (EDF), for being a leader or official of an entity that is engaged in serious human rights abuse committed during the ongoing conflict in Tigray. Filipos is designated pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13818, which builds upon and implements the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act and targets perpetrators of serious human rights abuse and corruption around the world.
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Connect the World (@CNNConnect) July 15, 2021
“The psychological and physical wounds are so deep and so painful, that many people I spoke to there said it would be difficult for them to go back to being part of Ethiopia as it was before.”@finbarroreilly speaking to @BeckyCNN on what he witnessed in #Tigray. pic.twitter.com/WpcS2Tn022
— Connect the World (@CNNConnect) July 15, 2021
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“They were cheering the Tigrayan fighters and jeering the Ethiopian troops, whose eyes were downcast and looking very defeated at that particular time. But there was a sense of joy, relief and a venting of frustration.”@finbarroreilly on what he witnessed in #Tigray. pic.twitter.com/mSMhjFWJPc
— Connect the World (@CNNConnect) July 15, 2021
Michael Deibert (@michaelcdeibert) July 13, 2021
I’ve got your “Nobel Peace Prize” winner right here… #Ethiopia #Tigray pic.twitter.com/8gyIKOS9s3
— Michael Deibert (@michaelcdeibert) July 13, 2021