Women from the Amhara city of Nifas Mewcha advised Amnesty that fighters related to the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), which has been preventing Ethiopia's central authorities in a year-long warfare in the nation's north, dedicated widespread rape and sexual violence in mid-August.CNN has not interviewed the women and can't independently confirm the claims."The testimonies we heard from survivors describe despicable acts by TPLF fighters that amount to war crimes, and potentially crimes against humanity. They defy morality or any iota of humanity," mentioned Agnès Callamard, Amnesty International's secretary basic.According to Amnesty's interviews, one lady, a 30-year-old meals vendor in the city, claimed TPLF fighters raped her in entrance of her youngsters, slapped and kicked her earlier than taking meals objects from her home.
"Three of them raped me while my children were crying," she advised Amnesty International. They slapped me [and] kicked me," she said. "They have been cocking their weapons as if they'll shoot me."TPLF spokesman Getachew Reda on Wednesday denied the allegations and known as for an impartial investigation. Getachew advised CNN by telephone that whereas the TPLF took the allegations "very seriously," he believed they have been "basically groundless, because our forces do not indulge in the very practices of our enemy forces." 
Reacting to the Amnesty report, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's workplace mentioned in a publish on Twitter: "The international community is starting to wake up to the atrocities of the TPLF. Looting hospitals and heinous atrocities throughout the Amhara region."
Amhara forces aligned with the Ethiopian navy entered Tigray final November to assist authorities troopers when the battle broke out. Since reclaiming the Tigrayan capital Mekelle and rejecting a authorities ceasefire in June, Tigrayan forces have moved into Amhara.
Besides the assaults, Amnesty reported that the women have been denigrated utilizing ethnic slurs resembling 'donkey Amhara' and 'grasping Amhara' and have been unable to hunt medical help after their assaults as a result of the non-governmental group that gives care has left the area on account of safety issues. While CNN can't independently verify humanitarian entry to this city, the blocking of support to components of Ethiopia has been a typical characteristic of the battle. In May, the UN confirmed navy forces have been impeding entry to components of Tigray, following a CNN investigation that exposed Eritrean troops have been coordinating with Ethiopian forces to chop off crucial support routes.
In an announcement final week, UN Secretary-General António Guterres known as for unrestricted humanitarian entry to Tigray, Amhara and Afar. The UN additionally mentioned no support convoys with provides had been in a position to enter Tigray since mid-October.
Amnesty's report underlined that every one sides in the year-long warfare between the central authorities and Tigray's former ruling occasion, the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), have been accused of finishing up human rights abuses.
A CNN investigation in March revealed proof of women being gang raped, drugged and held hostage in Tigray, with a number of medical doctors alleging that rapes have been dedicated by Ethiopian authorities troopers and allied Eritrean forces.
A month later, the United Nations support chief Mark Lowcock mentioned there was "no doubt that sexual violence was being used as a weapon of war" in Tigray, with accusations made in opposition to all events to the battle.
In August, a separate Amnesty International report detailed widespread rape and sexual violence carried out by troops and militias aligned with the Ethiopian authorities, together with the Amhara Regional Police Special Force and Fano, an Amhara militia. To conduct the report, Amnesty interviewed medical professionals and 63 survivors of sexual violence between March and June 2021.
Abiy has mentioned that his authorities would maintain accountable any soldier discovered answerable for rape.
CNN has not beforehand reported accusations of sexual violence by TPLF fighters throughout the present battle.
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