Why is the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Congratulating a Political Leader Accused of the Murder of Thousands of Innocent Civilians?

In a press release issued this past Tuesday, the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kidscongratulated Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on his election as the new Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO).Dr. Ghebreyesus 'CV notes that he " facilitated critical health investments and reforms that helped expand health care access to tens of millions of Ethiopians, " which sounds like a strong qualification for his election to this position as leader of WHO. However, the CV is only telling part of the story.The Rest of the StoryThe rest of the story is that Dr. Ghebreyesus, as one of the nine executive members of the politburo of the Tigray People ’s Liberation Front (TPLF), has been accused of leading a campaign ofrepression andmurder that some have even called agenocide.According to multiple sources, the TPLF has allegedly engaged insevere repression of civilian protests in Oromia and Amhara, including a military response in which more than 1,000 innocent civilians were killed, hundreds of thousands imprisoned, and millions displaced.The repression of dissent in Oromia is documented by a 2014Amnesty Internationalreport, which confirms the TPLF ' s role in arbitrary arrest of civilians based purely on dissent or suspected dissent, the arrest of peaceful protestors and students, violations of free speech and assembly rights, violation of the right to education, and even " arbitrary detention, " " enforced disappearance, " " extra-judicial executions, " and " torture, " incl...
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