Ethiopia's ruthless ethnic cleansing of the Tigrayans | Human Rights Watch

Ethiopia's Ruthless Ethnic Cleansing of Tigrayans

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(Nairobi, April 6, 2022) - Amhara Regional Security Forces and civilian authorities in Ethiopia's western Tigray Zone have committed widespread abuses against Tigrayans since November 2020, which amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said in a statement new communication report released today. Ethiopian authorities have severely restricted access and independent investigation into the region, and have largely hidden the government's ethnic cleansing campaign.

The report, 'We Will Erase You From This Land': Crimes Against Humanity and Ethnic Cleansing in Ethiopia's Western Tigray Zone, documents how newly appointed officials in western Tigray and security forces from the neighboring Amhara region have been condoned and potentially involved by the Ethiopian Federal Forces, systematically displaced several hundred thousand Tigrayan civilians from their homes using threats, unlawful killings, sexual violence, mass arbitrary arrests, looting, forced displacement and the denial of humanitarian assistance. These widespread and systematic attacks on the civilian population of Tigraya amount to both crimes against humanity and war crimes.

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