Tigrayan forces summarily executed dozens of civilians in Ethiopia's Amhara region, HRW says

Published:Dec 7, 202310:47
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HRW urged the United Nations Human Rights Council to create a world inquiry into the abuses dedicated by opponents in the expanded Tigray battle.
HRW mentioned that on August 31, "Tigrayan forces entered the village of Chenna and engaged in sporadic and at times heavy fighting with Ethiopian federal forces and allied Amhara militias. Chenna residents told Human Rights Watch that over the next five days Tigrayan forces summarily executed 26 civilians in 15 separate incidents, before withdrawing on September 4."The rights group additionally reported that on September 9, based on witnesses, Tigrayan forces summarily executed a complete of 23 individuals in the city of Kobo in 4 separate incidents, The killings have been in obvious retaliation for assaults by farmers on advancing Tigrayan forces earlier that day, it mentioned.
A mass grave for victims who were killed in an alleged massacre is seen in the village of Chenna, 95 kilometres northeast of the city of Gondar, Ethiopia, on September 14, 2021.
Human Rights Watch mentioned it performed distant interviews in September and October with 36 individuals together with witnesses to killings, victims' kin and neighbors, non secular figures, and medical doctors about combating and abuses in and round Chenna Teklehaimanot village (Chenna) and the city of Kobo.
"Nineteen people described seeing Tigrayan fighters in Chenna and Kobo summarily execute a total of 49 people who they said were civilians, providing 44 names," the group mentioned.
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HRW additionally mentioned it obtained "three lists of civilians who had allegedly been killed in Chenna between August 31 and September 4. Taken together, the lists contain 74 names, 30 of which witnesses and relatives of those killed also mentioned to Human Rights Watch. In addition to summary executions, civilians may also have been killed during the fighting from crossfire or heavy weapons. Human Rights Watch was not able to determine how many were killed in this way."A year-long warfare has raged between Ethiopia's federal authorities and the Tigray People's Liberation Front, the previous ruling occasion of the Tigray area. The battle has given rise to many atrocities dedicated by all sides.

Separate investigations by CNN and Amnesty International in February uncovered proof of massacres carried out by Eritrean forces in the Tigrayan cities of Dengelat and Axum late final 12 months. Another CNN investigation revealed in June revealed new particulars of a bloodbath dedicated by Ethiopian troopers in the Tigrayan city of Mahibere Dego in January.

This week, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed tweeted that his troops had captured strategic cities from the northern Tigray forces, together with the important thing cities Dessie and Kombolcha, which have been captured by TPLF simply over one month in the past.



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