Global Protests in 30 Cities Against Fascist War Crimes In Ethiopia and the Graziani Mausoleum

International
public protests in the form of peaceful demonstrations, meetings, and/or
prayers took place in over 30 major cities during February 17-19, 2013 in
remembrance of the 3-day Fascist massacre of 30,000 Ethiopians in Addis Ababa
in February 1937, as well as all of the Italian Fascist war crimes that were
perpetrated in Ethiopia, with the support of the Vatican, during 1935-41.

The cities
where the event took place include Addis Ababa, Washington, DC, New York,
Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Minneapolis, Seattle, Los Angeles, Denver, Aurora,
Chicago, Boston, Tampa, Las Vegas, Miami, 
Cologne, Munich, Stockholm, Rome, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Amsterdam, The
Hague, The Caribbean region, Sidney, Vancouver, London, and Dubai.

In
the Lazio Region of Italy where the Graziani monument
was opened, a new governor, Nicola Zingaretti, was
elected who has vowed to close the despicable park and mausoleum. In fact,
unlike the Prime Minister and President of Italy, Mr. Zingaretti
voiced his opposition to the Graziani monument in Affile early and unequivocally in public. For this act of
courage and truth, he received over 53% of the vote in a three way election.
The Prime Minister on the other hand who, to this day, has not released a
public statement denouncing it, only received 9% of the vote and was
resoundingly defeated.

In Italy, many organizations and political movements have come to the side of
Ethiopians to call for the Graziani Monument to be
closed. These include the Democratic Party of Italy, the Ecology and Liberty
Party of the Left, The Jewish Community of Rome, The Italian Women’s Jewish
Committee, The Ethiopian Community in Italy as well as
The National Association of Partisans of World War II. On February 19, 2013 for
the first time, Italians of Jewish and Ethiopian origins as well as Ethiopians  gathered
in Rome to remember the victims of the Graziani
Massacre in Addis Ababa and called on the Italian government to shut down the Graziani monument in Affile.

The Global
Alliance for Justice – The Ethiopian Cause hereby expresses its deepest
appreciation and thanks to all those who joined in the protest throughout the
world as well as those organizations such as the Ethiopian Patriots Association
in Addis Ababa; the Italian organizations mentioned in the above paragraph;
Ethiopian community associations in Dallas, Atlanta, Seattle, the Netherlands,
Israel, etc; “Little Ethiopia”; various churches, etc. and media institutions
including ESAT (Ethiopian Satellite), VOA, Deutsche Welle
(DW), and radio stations in several cities, which supported the Ethiopian
cause.

Fascist War Crimes in Ethiopia

The Italian
Fascist war crimes that were committed in Ethiopia resulted in the massacre of
one million Ethiopians, the destruction of 2,000 churches and 525,000 homes as
well as the perpetration of an environmental pollution including the killing of
14 million animals.

As if to
add insult to injury, the Italian Government has inaugurated a mausoleum and a
park for the Fascist war criminal, Rodolfo Graziani,
at Affile, south of Rome on August 11, 2012 in the
presence of a Vatican representative.  

Vatican Support for the Fascists

Justice for Ethiopia

The justice demanded on behalf of the Ethiopian people for all the war crimes committed by the Fascists, with the complicit support of the Vatican, is:

• That the Vatican express its apology to the Ethiopian people;
• That the Italian Government pay adequate reparations to the Ethiopian people;
• That the United Nations recognize the Fascist war crimes committed in Ethiopia;
• That the Italian and Vatican Governments return the properties looted from Ethiopia; and
• That the Italian Government dismantle the Graziani monument inaugurated at Affile, south of Rome, in the presence of a Vatican representative.