Since November 2020, thousands have been killed and millions displaced as Ethiopian federal forces and their allies battle Tigrayan rebels. At least 750 civilians were killed or executed in Ethiopia’s Amhara and Afar regions in the second half of 2021, the country’s rights body has said. In a report released on Thursday, the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission also catalogued widespread abuses, including torture and gang rape and enforced disappearances. At least 346 civilians also lost their lives in extrajudicial killings carried out by the warring parties, including Tigrayan fighters, government forces and their allies, added the EHRC, a state-affiliated independent body. The EHRC also accused federal and local security forces in Amhara and Afar of widespread arbitrary detentions.

Source: Ethiopian News March 11, 2022 23:52 UTC