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18/ This is precisely why we kept saying: PROTECT LIFE. INVESTIGATE. ACCOUNT FOR ABUSES. PREVENT ANOTHER WAR. Prevention was never rhetoric. It was about keeping children alive. #Tigray #ProtectCivilians #EndImpunity @UN @_AfricanUnion @AUC_PAPS martinplaut.com/2026/10/02/c…

19/ The question is no longer: “Could Tigray return to war?” Civilians are already being killed & wounded. The urgent questions are: How many more can be protected? How quickly can escalation be stopped? #Tigray @UN @UNOSAA1 @_AfricanUnion @AUC_PAPS martinplaut.com/2026/10/02/c…

16/ RESTORE THE LIFELINES. 📞 Communications 🏦 Banking 💊 Medicine ⛽ Fuel 🍞 Food 🚑 Humanitarian access Whatever the political dispute, civilians retain their rights and dignity. #Tigray #ProtectCivilians #ProtectHealthCare @UN @WHO @ICRC @UNOCHA martinplaut.com/2026/10/02/c…

20/ CUT OFF & CASHLESS. But Tigray’s civilians must never become invisible. Restore essential services. Protect healthcare. Protect humanitarian access. Investigate civilian deaths. De-escalate. Prevent wider war. PROTECT LIFE. #Tigray @UN @WHO @ICRC martinplaut.com/2026/10/02/c…

15/ No civilian should become collateral damage in a struggle for political or military power. Not the newborn. Not the mother. Not the farmer. Not the patient. Not the displaced family. CIVILIANS ARE NOT THE BATTLEFIELD. #Tigray @UNHumanRights @UN martinplaut.com/2026/10/02/c…

17/ A blackout creates another danger: When journalists, monitors and families cannot communicate, documenting alleged violations becomes harder. Independent access matters. Documentation matters. Truth matters. #Tigray @UNHumanRights @UN @ICRC martinplaut.com/2026/10/02/c…

14/ DON’T WAIT FOR THE DEATH TOLL TO BECOME A HEADLINE TOO LARGE TO IGNORE. 52 civilians are already reported dead around Alamata. Hundreds wounded. The time for preventive diplomacy is before another mass casualty report. #Tigray @UN @_AfricanUnion martinplaut.com/2026/10/02/c…

13/ To @_AfricanUnion: Pretoria was not supposed to become a historical document. It was supposed to provide a pathway away from war. #Tigray @AUC_PAPS @UNHumanRights @eu_eeas @StateDept martinplaut.com/2026/10/02/c…

12/ The world often counts war through bodies. But there are casualties statistics cannot immediately capture: The patient without medicine The family without cash The parent unable to reach a child The displaced person unable to call home #Tigray @UN martinplaut.com/2026/10/02/c…

11/ The blackout. The fear. The wounded. The unreachable family. The empty bank. For Tigrayans who survived 2020–2022, today’s disruptions inevitably carry memories of yesterday. Do not allow history to repeat itself. #Tigray @UN @_AfricanUnion martinplaut.com/2026/10/02/c…

10/ Tigray lived through blackout once before. That history should have produced one lesson: NEVER AGAIN CUT CIVILIANS OFF FROM THE WORLD DURING WAR. #Tigray @UNHumanRights @ICRC @_AfricanUnion @UN_HRC martinplaut.com/2026/10/02/c…

9/ 700+ wounded reportedly reached MSF-supported hospitals. Communications, banking and basic services are disrupted. Healthcare cannot function on courage alone. Hospitals need access. Supplies. Fuel. Communications. Cash. #Tigray @WHO @ICRC @UN martinplaut.com/2026/10/02/c…

8/ First comes the explosion. Then comes another emergency: No phone. No internet. No cash. No transfer. No information. For civilians, infrastructure can determine who eats, who receives medicine—and who gets help in time. #Tigray @UN @WHO @ICRC martinplaut.com/2026/10/02/c…

7/ COMMUNICATION IS A LIFELINE. A mother searching for her child. A hospital arranging a referral. An aid worker coordinating assistance. A family checking whether relatives survived. Restore civilian communications. #Tigray @UN @ICRC @UNOCHA @hrw martinplaut.com/2026/10/02/c…

6/ BANK ACCOUNTS ARE NOT BATTLEFIELDS. Civilians need access to their own money to buy food, medicine and other essentials. Measures taken during conflict must not indiscriminately deepen civilian suffering. #Tigray @UNHumanRights @UN @ICRC @AUC_PAPS martinplaut.com/2026/10/02/c…

5/ Imagine surviving bombardment— then discovering you cannot access your money. Cannot call your family. Cannot reliably transfer money for food or medicine. War destroys the systems that keep civilians alive. #Tigray @UN @UNHumanRights @AUC_PAPS martinplaut.com/2026/10/02/c…

4/ 52 civilians reportedly killed. Among the dead: mothers, cattle herders—and children, according to hospital sources cited by the BBC. Behind every number was a human life. STOP CIVILIAN BLOODSHED. #Tigray #ProtectCivilians @UN @ICRC @_AfricanUnion martinplaut.com/2026/10/02/c…

3/ A civilian should not need to choose between: war outside and no medicine inside. Restore essential services. Protect hospitals. Allow humanitarian access. Protect civilians. #Tigray #ProtectCivilians #ProtectHealthCare @WHO @ICRC @UNHumanRights @UN martinplaut.com/2026/10/02/c…

2/ We warned: A NEW YEAR MEANS NOTHING IF A WOUNDED CHILD HAS NOWHERE SAFE TO BE TREATED. Now hospitals are receiving hundreds of wounded while banking & communications are disrupted. This is why prevention mattered. #Tigray @WHO @ICRC @UN @AUC_PAPS martinplaut.com/2026/10/02/c…