{"content":[{"text":"Washington Update \n April 2, 2021","bbox":{"left":0.118968,"top":0.100188,"width":0.26532,"height":0.057472999999999996}},{"text":"The U.S. and the global community must do everything possible to stop \n the killing and human rights abuses. Assistance from the international \n community can help prevent Ethiopia from becoming a failed state and a \n haven for terrorists only if it bases its actions in an accurate \n understanding of the situation on the ground. \n Unfortunately, resolutions calling for an end to violence in Ethiopia that \n are pending in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives are based \n on a flawed conception of the conflict. By failing to acknowledge the \n TPLF atrocities and need to step back from policies based on ethnic \n division that are foreign to Ethiopia’s history, the resolutions could make \n a terrible situation even worse.","bbox":{"left":0.118968,"top":0.192046,"width":0.755511,"height":0.223632}},{"text":"The lack of balance in reporting about Ethiopia is exemplified by the \n world’s indifference to the fate of over 600 innocent people who were \n killed by TPLF soldiers and militia on November 12 in Mai-Kadra. \n The massacre, and the identity of its perpetrators, have been described \n by Amnesty International and the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission.","bbox":{"left":0.118968,"top":0.450063,"width":0.746515,"height":0.10888299999999995}},{"text":"The recent letter to his constituency, Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) wrote, \n As the lead Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee \n dealing with human rights and civilian protection, I feel a great sense of \n responsibility to stand up against the sort of discrimination and violence \n that you have described. I strongly condemn the atrocities carried out in \n Metekel, Mai-Kadra, West Welega, and Guraferda, and urge the \n Ethiopian government to ensure that all its people, regardless of their \n ethnicity, religion, or political affiliations, can live in peace and security. \n Rest assured that, as your Senator, I will continue advocating for the \n protection of human rights in Ethiopia and around the world.","bbox":{"left":0.118968,"top":0.593331,"width":0.74519,"height":0.19498399999999994}},{"text":"There are many other examples of ethnically motivated violence in \n Ethiopia, including in Metekel where ethnic Gumuz armed groups have \n engaged in a targeted campaign against members of other ethnic groups \n in the area, including the Amhara.","bbox":{"left":0.118968,"top":0.822699,"width":0.7582420000000001,"height":0.080206}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}