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Amhara security forces are responsible for a surge of mass detentions, killings and forced expulsions of ethnic Tigrayans in the Western Tigray territory of northern Ethiopia, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today. Tigrayan civilians attempting to escape the new wave of violence have been attacked and killed. Scores in detention face life-threatening conditions …
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Women raped at gunpoint, robbed and assaulted Lack of medical care after TPLF fighters damaged and looted hospital Abuses committed as Tigray conflict has spilled over into Amhara region Sixteen women from the town of Nifas Mewcha in Ethiopia’s Amhara region told Amnesty International they were raped by fighters from the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) during the group’s …
Ethiopia is teetering on the brink of a human rights and humanitarian catastrophe, Amnesty International warned today, amid worrying developments linked to the escalating Tigray conflict. On 4 November the Ethiopian government granted itself sweeping new emergency powers which arbitrarily restrict human rights and threaten the independence of the judiciary. Meanwhile there has been an …
Members of the Australian Tigrayan diaspora, accompanied by Amnesty International campaigners, will appear before an inquiry by the parliamentary Human Rights Sub-Committee on November 10 to discuss the crisis in the northern province of Ethiopia one year since it began. The joint delegation will meet MPs from all sides of politics and urge the Australian …
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Forces aligned to the Ethiopian government subjected hundreds of women and girls to sexual violence Rape and sexual slavery constitute war crimes, and may amount to crimes against humanity Women and girls in Tigray were targeted for rape and other sexual violence by fighting forces aligned to the Ethiopian government, Amnesty International said today in …
Commenting after regional forces took control of Mekelle, the regional capital of Tigray, from Ethiopian government forces yesterday, Sarah Jackson, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for East Africa, the Horn and the Great Lakes, said: “Amnesty International remains deeply concerned about the safety of civilians in Tigray, who have endured months of fighting and serious …
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The human rights violations perpetrated by Eritrean armed forces in the city of Axum, Ethiopia, against its civilian population must be scrutinised by the international community. Amnesty International has released a report into widespread looting, deadly indiscriminate shelling of the city, and wanton killing of its civilian population by Eritrean and Ethiopian forces. The UN …
Eritrean troops fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray state systematically killed hundreds of unarmed civilians in the northern city of Axum on 28-29 November 2020, opening fire in the streets and conducting house-to-house raids in a massacre that may amount to a crime against humanity, Amnesty International said today in a new report. Amnesty International spoke to …
Conflict in Ethiopia’s northern state, Tigray, has continued to escalate in recent weeks, with hundreds of soldiers and civilians killed and tens of thousands of refugees fleeing to nearby Sudan. The conflict involves a dispute between regional forces in the northern region of Tigray and the national government, led by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. …
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