The Case of Heaven Awot

This week, Drewby and Yergy head to Ethiopia to discuss the horrific case of Heaven Awot, a 7-year-old girl that was sexually assaulted so severely that her spine was visible from outside of her body. In addition, we discuss TikTok's war on Heaven, her mother, and anyone who wanted justice for this little girl - as well as the disgusting "crimes of opportunity" committed against women and girls at times of war.  Support Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/themiserymachine PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/themiserymachine Join Our Facebook Group: https://t.co/DeSZIIMgXs?amp=1 Instagram: miserymachinepodcast Twitter: misery_podcast Discord: https://discord.gg/kCCzjZM #themiserymachine #podcast #truecrime Source Material: https://globalvoices.org/2024/09/06/the-murder-of-a-young-girl-in-ethiopia-reveals-tiktoks-content-moderation-failures/ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c07edzd37zro https://standard.asl.org/33449/opinions/ethiopias-legal-system-fails-to-provide-justice/ https://www.reuters.com/article/economy/ethiopia-carries-out-rare-execution-idUSL06550887/ https://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/Res/Ethiopia%20ICCPR%20Report%20Death%20Penalty%20v1.pdf https://rollinghype.com/xayne-outlanders-heaven-awot-the-story-behind-the-tribute/) https://addisfortune.news/breaking-the-cycle-of-silence/ https://addisstandard.com/rising-sexual-violence-against-women-and-girls-is-seeping-into-whats-left-of-the-ethiopian-social-fabric-without-accountability-the-worst-is-yet-to-come/ https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2024/08/21/rape-murder-of-seven-year-old-in-ethiopia-sparks-outrage https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-54964378 https://www.africanews.com/2024/08/19/outrage-in-ethiopia-over-sentence-for-man-who-raped-and-killed-7-year-old// https://evrimagaci.org/tpg/public-outrage-sparks-after-sentencing-of-sevenyearolds-murderer-31021?srsltid=AfmBOoopE6hQA3oVyjINf7-YFZDiFld1NLhNq091RlDkbc3-SISZCXfm https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/04/04/ethiopia-military-executes-dozens-amhara-region https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7L_27-PgrU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgqMUzQ9trQ&t=2019s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dWI9qj_t90 https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-may-13-mn-63029-story.html) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6933849.stm https://addisstandard.com/research-finds-amharic-language-used-to-evade-tiktok-moderation-bypass-hate-speech-detection/ https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.36LC88G https://www.arabnews.com/node/2595278 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9vy2x04pepo https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/mar/21/tigray-mekelle-coup-war-ethiopia-eritrea-assab-port-abiy-ahmed https://www.yahoo.com/news/ethiopia-eritrea-tigray-back-war-131649602.html https://addisstandard.com/un-reports-worsening-malnutrition-in-parts-of-amhara-region-as-renewed-fighting-disrupts-aid/ https://www.facebook.com/share/p/16b2zAyFCk/ https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100066467117303 https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php/?story_fbid=882744343951128&id=100066467117303&locale=en_GB https://www.linkedin.com/posts/gifty-t-mulugeta_in-memory-of-heaven-awot-newa-network-of-activity-7232467012080353280-YX5W?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAADqZomwB7SKlvMQtLEzJ-a_2ztaMjpCeOko https://www.linkedin.com/posts/bethlehemtadesse19_justiceforheaven-justiceforgbvvictims-womenrightsactivist-activity-7234590813844889603-7Z-b?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAADqZomwB7SKlvMQtLEzJ-a_2ztaMjpCeOko https://www.tiktok.com/@jordinbezabih?lang=en https://www.tiktok.com/@user1227765489064/video/7406378958956055841?q=%23JusticeforHeaven&t=1743258177602 https://www.tiktok.com/@user1227765489064/video/7406922852588375329?q=%23JusticeforHeaven&t=1743258177602 https://www.tiktok.com/@human1t.y/video/7405826738263035167?q=%23JusticeforHeaven&t=1743375539430 https://www.tiktok.com/@soul_brotha_trad2.0/video/7404527573197131038?q=%23JusticeforHeaven&t=1743375539430 https://www.tiktok.com/@zuzu_zuh/video/7404565546068495659?q=%23JusticeforHeaven&t=1743375539430 https://www.tiktok.com/@leleda/video/7405311371249962286?q=%23HeavenAwot&t=1743382490542 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/275017896/heaven-awot https://www.change.org/p/uphold-justice-for-heaven-and-all-abused-women-in-addis-ababa https://www.change.org/p/justice-for-heaven-d47e1800-66ef-4c40-a80c-91aba9e9c940 https://www.change.org/p/justice-for-heaven-and-her-mother https://youtu.be/9k4IwNIRX6U?si=mlTqz3x-Buprgd2a https://www.change.org/p/block-mota-keranio-s-social-media-for-praising-of-child-murderer-and-rape-enabler https://culturalatlas.sbs.com.au/ethiopian-culture/ethiopian-culture-naming#:~:text=Ethiopian%20naming%20conventions%20generally%20have,in%20place%20of%20a%20surname. https://africanfeminism.com/ethiopias-war-on-women-how-gender-violence-persists-beyond-conflict/ https://www.isdglobal.org/digital_dispatches/hidden-hate-how-amharic-is-being-used-to-evade-hate-speech-detection-on-tiktok/