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The New Lines Institute report provides evidence that Ethiopian and allied forces committed acts constituting genocide, which include: [10] [8] [15] Killing Tigrayans: Systematic mass killings of Tigrayan civilians. Causing Serious Bodily or Mental Harm: Widespread incidents of torture, rape, and other forms of severe physical and psychological ...
On July 4, 2022, alleged Oromo Liberation Army militants killed hundreds of civilians in Kelam Welega Zone, Oromia in Ethiopia. [5] The massacre sparked condemnation from Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed, and was the second mass killing in Oromia region after the Gimbi massacre just a week prior. [6] Qelem is also known as Kellem.
The Persecution of Amhara people [8] is the ongoing persecution of the Amhara and Agew people of Ethiopia.Since the early 1990s, the Amhara people have been subject to ethnic violence, including massacres by Tigrayan, Oromo and Gumuz ethnic groups among others, which some have characterized as a genocide.
A group of investigators sent by the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission visited Mai Kadra to investigate the mass killings [31] between 14 and 19 November 2020, as part of its investigations into human rights violations after reports of ethnic cleansing. [20] Its preliminary findings were released on 24 November. [5]
A mass grave of civilians in Tigray [15] [16]. The EHRC claimed in November 2020 that the Mai Kadra massacre could constitute a crime against humanity. [3] Human Rights Concern Eritrea claimed in February 2021 that crimes against humanity occurred during the war, in particular in the "appalling treatment of Eritrean refugees in the Shimelba and Hitsats camps" and called for an immediate ...
Typical massacres committed by Ethiopian and Eritrean soldiers in the Tigray war are (1) revenge when they lose a battle; (2) to terrorise and extract information about whereabouts of TPLF leaders; (3) murder of suspected family members of TDF fighters; [3] and (4) terrorising the Tigray society as a whole such as in case of mass killings in ...
Organized Oromo youth, Oromo Liberation Army, Ethiopia Ethiopian Federal Police [25] [26] Humera massacre: November 2020 Humera, Tigray: 92 Amharan militias/Fano; ENDF; Gawa Qanqa massacre: 2 November 2020 Gawa Qanqa, West Welega Zone: 32-54 Oromo Liberation Army. (Disputed) with Ethiopian Government. Allegation of collaboration. [27] [28] Mai ...
Clark, Lapsley & Alton estimated, on the same date, 30,000 Tigrayan civilians detained in Addis Ababa, 15,000 Tigrayan military detained since late 2020, and unknown numbers of Tigrayans held in western Tigray and elsewhere in Ethiopia. [2] On 20 November, Genocide Watch classified the Ethiopian situation as including stage 8 of genocide ...