Tghat
Type of site | News |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Area served | Ethiopia |
| URL | tghat |
| Launched | November 2020 |
Tghat is a Tigray news site known for reporting on the Tigray War.[1][2][3]
Creation and editorial line[edit]
Tghat describes its creation during the Tigray War as motivated by communication blocks and the lack of reporting on "Tigrayan collective national sentiment, and the atrocities committed upon Tigrayans".[4]
Editorship[edit]
France 24 describes the Tghat editorial group as "Tigrayan activists living abroad".[1] Meron Gebreananaye describes herself as a United Kingdom-based PhD student and one of the Tghat editors.[5] Gebrekirstos Gebreselassie Gebremeskel (aka Gebrekirstos G. Gebremeskel[6]) states that he is an Amsterdam-based researcher who manages Tghat, and is described by Al Jazeera English as a researcher and manager of Tghat.[7][8] The editorial group includes several university-based researchers.[9]
Coverage[edit]
As of 2022[update], Tghat reporting is focussed on the Tigray War.[3] Tghat describes its role as "documenting civilian casualties, the destruction of civilian infrastructure, hate campaigns, and providing perspectives and analyses on the war on Tigray".[9]
Tghat's report on the Debre Abbay massacre on 12 January 2021[2] and its publication of video footage of the massacre in early February were followed by The Daily Telegraph on 19 February 2021 and by France 24 on 10 March 2021.[1][10]
Casualty recording[edit]
According to Associated Press (AP), Tghat's victim list is compiled by Desta Haileselassie, a Tigrayan living in Stockholm. AP randomly selected 30 of the named victims and judged the information to be authentic after contacting the victims' families and friends.[11]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Mas, Liselotte (10 March 2021). "Ethiopia: video of Tigray massacre lifts lid on 'war without photos'". France 24. Archived from the original on 18 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- ^ a b Kassa, Lucy; Bulos, Nabih (19 March 2021). "In an out-of-sight war, a massacre comes to light". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 18 July 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
- ^ a b Vaswani, Sharnam (10 January 2022). "Ethiopia grants amnesty to high-profile political prisoners". JURIST. Archived from the original on 27 July 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
- ^ "Tghat, About". Tghat. 2021. Archived from the original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- ^ Gebreananaye, Meron (23 June 2021). "'Hands Off Ethiopia': A new phase in the Tigray disinformation campaign". Ethiopia Insight. Archived from the original on 5 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- ^ "Gebrekirstos Gebreselassie Gebremeskel". Tghat. 2022. Archived from the original on 3 May 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
- ^ Gebremeskel, Gebrekirstos (18 December 2020). "The war on Tigray: A multi-pronged assault driven by genocidal undercurrents". Ethiopia Insight. Archived from the original on 26 May 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- ^ "What would a full-blown conflict mean for Ethiopia's future?". Al Jazeera English. 26 November 2021. Archived from the original on 25 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
- ^ a b "About". Tghat. 2022. Archived from the original on 7 October 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
- ^ Mas, Liselotte (10 March 2021). "Éthiopie : dans un conflit 'sans images', la vidéo d'un massacre documente un possible crime de guerre au Tigré" [Ethiopia: in a conflict 'without images', the video of a massacre documents a possible war crime in Tigray]. France 24 (in French). Archived from the original on 18 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- ^ Anna, Cara; Keyton, David; Castaneda, Nat (15 November 2021). "'You can't even cry loudly': Counting Ethiopia's war dead". Associated Press. Archived from the original on 15 November 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2021.