Addis Ababa (PP News Desk) — Twitter yesterday suspended the account of Professor Mehari Taddele Maru, a part-time professor at the European University Institute at Florence.
Professor Mehari was tweeted about the conflict in Ethiopia. In several tweets he urged the International Community to put pressure on both the Ethiopian Government and TPLF to deescalate the conflict.
“Professor Mehari has never promoted narrow ethnicity or ethonationist outlooks in any form. His tweets reflect a support for the Ethiopian federal system as opposed to the uninary approach being pursued by Prime Minister” says a lawyer in Addis Ababa. Several influential analysts have called for Twitter to restore Professor Mehari’s twitter account. “ I add my voice to those appealing to @TwitterSupport to restore @DrMehari’s account.
Dr Mehari Tadele Maru is a respected Horn scholar, a peacemaker and an ally of truth and progressive values” tweeted Dr Rashid Abdi, an analyst and researcher. The Ethiopian Government has instructed the local media not to quote TPLF or report on the war against Tigray.
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