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Canada is abdicating its responsibility to protect civilians in Tigray

  • Now seven months in, the civil war in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region has deteriorated into one of the world’s most dire humanitarian crises. In
Opinion | BY PATRICK WIGHT | July 1, 2021
In March, Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau, pictured, called his Ethiopian counterpart to express “Canada's deep concern regarding credible reports of human rights violations and abuses” in Tigray, but the Liberal government possesses diplomatic levers that it has been unwilling to use and that needs to change, writes Patrick Wight. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada is abdicating its responsibility to protect civilians in Tigray

Opinion | BY PATRICK WIGHT | July 1, 2021
  • Now seven months in, the civil war in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region has deteriorated into one of the world’s most dire humanitarian crises. In

Canada is abdicating its responsibility to protect civilians in Tigray

Opinion | BY PATRICK WIGHT | July 1, 2021
  • Now seven months in, the civil war in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region has deteriorated into one of the world’s most dire humanitarian crises. In
In March, Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau, pictured, called his Ethiopian counterpart to express “Canada's deep concern regarding credible reports of human rights violations and abuses” in Tigray, but the Liberal government possesses diplomatic levers that it has been unwilling to use and that needs to change, writes Patrick Wight. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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