 Alright guys, let's go! Are you guys ready? Yeah! Distraided by the Ethiopian government. So we are kept in the dark as to what is really going on. So important for those here today who are from Tigray, that you are here. History. They know that they're against their people, their family, that it's taken before I got my act together to organize this rally and show you how much I care. 20. On the night of the election in this country, when the world was escalated, the West was spreading that victory. And meanwhile, Amir Ahmed, the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, having just won the Nobel Peace Prize for brokering a peace deal with Eritrea and Tigray and eradicated its people and its land. This is what a genocide is. An erasure of the people. The army has methodically traveled through Tigray, first thing to be bombed and destroyed. And hundreds, probably thousands of young men have been rounded up by the Eritrean Ethiopian troops saying, we'll see if America will save you now. Who are now living in the mountains or in displacement camps or who have fled across the border into Sudan looking for safety. That's two million people in less than seven months. Recently by CNN said, they take us out one by one and torture us. This is the third time I've been beaten by soldiers like this. People here start running and are scared every time they see someone wearing a military uniform. The world has to hear our cries and do something. We are living in terror. It is true. People are living in terror. Not only in Tigray, but the families of those living here and the Dunley members for months and months now. My daughter tells me she is glued to the news because when there is coverage on TV, she needs to look to see if her brother is able to process the Tigray where every time I visit, I am treated with kindness, love and care would be at the brink of starvation. There's over 5.2 million people at the brink of starvation. It is estimated that over 90% of the harvest has been lost due to looting and burning and that 80% of the livestock has been looted or slaughtered. The United Nations has warned that 91% of the people of Tigray need emergency food aid now if a man-made famine is to be avoided. My daughter has always been a fighter. She had to be to survive. She has now become an organiser, an activist, a leader, a role model for the people of Tigray here in the US and for people throughout the world. To this war that have taken place in their name, National Policy Advisor worked with us to fight for the people of Tigray and exert his influence to bring an end to genocide. Thank you. I'm going to read that out. Welcome, welcome. I'll read that, 2020. Can you hear me now? Yeah. Okay. Just call, sir. Yeah, thank you. Here, right. We will recall the shocking images back in 1984 of a million emancipated Ethiopian men, women and children, many of them from the country, a midst of, okay, a midst of massive famine caused by prolonged drought and discriminatory government policies. Eventually, the rain returned and the refugee went home, but the country has been plagued by periods of conflict and food insecurity ever since. Today, the people of Tigray are being subjected to human rights atrocities on an appalling scale, and they are being denied urgently needed humanitarian aid, aid that is being blocked by Ethiopian and Eritrean elites. Despite significant diplomatic efforts by the United States and others, the parties to the conflict in Tigray have taken no meaningful steps to end the hostilities or seek a peaceful resolution of the conflict. The United States government has condemned the killings, the forced removals, sexual violence, and other human rights violations, as well as the destruction of water resources, hospitals, and other medical facilities in Tigray. Our government has called on the Ethiopian government to meet its public commitment to hold accountable those responsible for those crimes, to protect civilians and to ensure humanitarian access. The Eritrean government also should live up to its public commitment and immediately return its troops to Eritrean territory. The terrible reality today is that famine, crime-against humanity, and genocide are occurring in Tigray. And they are occurring for one reason, for one reason. The complicity of government officials in Addis and Asmara, that's in Eritrea, in fact there are reports that the situation in Tigray could be worse than in Darfur. So I join with you in calling for an end to the atrocities and an end to the blockades of food and other humanitarian aid. A dialogue to resolve the conflict peacefully and justice for civilians who have been the victims of atrocities. The history of Ethiopia has shown that there is no resolution to its ethnic rivalries by force of arms. The only solution is one based on tolerance and recognition of the rights and aspirations of all Ethiopians. This is a letter from Senator Leahy. Thank you, Senator Leahy. Thank you. Speaking in front of this thing and I always wanted to do this. Thank you. Welcome to Burlington. I am from here. Let me tell you a little bit about who I am. I am from Bhutan. It's a small country in near India, Nepal. When I was one year old, neat cleansing in my country and my people were killed, they were raped and exactly what is happening in Tigray that had happened to me when I was one year old. Now I regret it that I wish I could be older. I could have speak up like my dad did and who was listed on a blacklist and couldn't come see me even after I was born for six months. The first time he saw me was when I was 15 months old when we were in Nepal in a refugee camp. Because of what happened then, our people are still suffering all the trauma that happened to them. My grandfather still goes through the pain. They still wake up in the middle of the night dreaming their homeland, their country, their people. And if we are silent today, if we don't speak up, then we are letting the government do whatever the fuck they want to do, they don't care, they don't really care because they are in the position of the power and that's why they're doing it. They're killing the people and they're trying to hide this and suppress our voice. And I don't want it to be that voice. I want my voice to be heard. I want that one person and I want to be that one person and I know more people will join, more people will come and this one lasts for long. This needs to end. Genocide integrity needs to end. Today, now, no more enough is enough. A small city here in Burlington, I know you guys drove all the way from Boston and I'm really happy that you guys came in. Thank you, thank you. Thank you so much for using your platform, using your power to speak on behalf of Tigray systemic hunger. Tigray cannot wait. It's been seven months. I've managed all the world leaders to take action now that it went. So now is our time to let the world know to stop this genocide and we don't want this to happen again. Especially in the 21st century in 2021. So I just want to say thank you so much to the people of Burlington for welcoming us and for being a voice and we will definitely come back again. The street, why not? And this is Burlington. Thank you so much for organizing this meeting. I'd like to thank all the people who came to demonstration to be the voice of the voice lesson. Tigray. To also to pass who started this America. This is the final stage. The world has no Tigray where it is.