The main idea of this is to Persuade hey have suffered persecution or fear that they will suffer persecution due to:
Race. Tigray.
Nationality.
Please use the above criteria and persuade a reader that it is real persecution will happen. Please use strong and convincing language to show returning to country of origin is not possible due to still war is happening in Tigray although our family live in addis,( the capital)
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/ethiopia-conflict-tigrayans/
https://www.state.gov/atrocities-in-ethiopias-tigray-region/
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-57226551
https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/11/1077592
Tigray, the Armenian Genocide and an Open Letter to Pres. Biden
https://www.reuters.com/world/ethiopian-orthodox-church-head-says-genocide-is-taking-place-tigray-2021-05-09/
My full name is Yared ..I was born and raised in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia even though both by parents was born and raised in Tigray. My mother (Genet Aregawi Hailemariam) moved to Addis Ababa when she was a teenager and my dad (Goitom Girmay Gebreyohannis) moved when he was in his 20s. I have 6 siblings which of whom 2 are girls. All 4 of my 6 siblings are currently living in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. I was born on August 6, 2000. I received education in a school named school of tomorrow up until grade 2 and transferred to Gibson Youth Academy and graduated from high school there.
Ethiopia is a very diverse country with over 80 different cultures and languages. I myself being tigraway, one of the minority ethnic groups. My whole life I lived thinking that our difference is what makes us beautiful. I am deeply hurt to say that I was wrong. I transferred to Gibson Youth Academy because it was known to be one of the most disciplined school with a very respectable students in the country. Even in that situation I experienced numbers of ethnic hate from students and also some teachers. I have so little memory of my old school so I cant speak much about that. Thinking back to my high school days I remembered everyone used to label me as (Tigre). I didnt find it to mean anything at that time but I understand now that they were trying to tell me I was different than them. I no longer talk with some people that I considered my closest friend before the actual war started because they had just been disguised to be my friend and as soon as the government accepted to harass and discriminate my ethnicity they switched up and acted like they dont even know me. I still remember one time in 5th grade, as I was walking in class from lunch I over heard my classmates calling my dad leba because which directly translates to thief( Because he is from Tigray they will label you anything)
As they realize I heard them they acted even more on it and involved the whole class constantly shouting they my dad is a thief, the teacher heard but just smiled and ignored the situation. These were people I considered friends. Now I have no one to trust but my family.
I was lucky enough to leave Ethiopia and come to America 3 years ago to pursue my education on business management and a minor of international business here in the University of. This was before the situation in Ethiopia intensified. I was in complete shock when I heard that the government of Ethiopia waged war on the people of Tigray claiming that they just want to obliterate TPLF (the legal government of Tigray) and turned off all electricity and water in Tigray and kept the whole country in blackout for a couple months. I still have families and extended relatives in Tigray
My parents house and business were searched multiple times in which they arrested two security guards from the business for more than a week. My younger siblings are still being harassed at school being called junta which is a term they use to tigraways. I cant imagine how hard it is on my siblings who are currently in Addis Ababa. Being called this names and being harassed and even killed just because of being a certain ethnic group is what is happening non Ethiopia.
When I first came here it was just to peruse my education and to go back to Ethiopia to work and create a good life there but now the situation have changed I have been mentally drained by the horror stories my families in Tigray and in Addis Ababa have told me and what I am seeing from the videos on the media. Even tho I have been harassed and criticized by the people of Ethiopia before, what is happening now is Genocide to my own people and there is a report about it from UNHCR, Human rights, US state departments, Eu and major news out lets such as CNN
I fear that if I go back to Ethiopia the government will do the same to me that they are doing to other tigraways there. I fear I will be harassed, I fear I will be discriminated, I fear i will get heart and mostly I fear I will get killed. Therefore, for my safety, I hereby seek asylum in the United States of America.
Please add as many as possible to show the prosecution based on race.
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