The invisible conflict is becoming increasingly bloody: 500 thousand people are at risk of hunger in Tigray due to the war in progress since 4 November 2020. This was decided on Friday 17 December by the United Nations Human Rights Council during a special session by adopting a resolution proposed by the European Union with 21 votes in favor of the 47 States currently present in the Council. The reason that prompted the Council to decide to set up the international commission is that it considers Ethiopia at risk of sinking into “generalized violence”. In recent days, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch in a joint report accused the Amhara security forces of mass arrests, killings and forced expulsions of Tigrayans in Western Tigray. According to new evidence gathered by the two human rights organizations, several Tigrinya civilians fleeing violence have been attacked and killed and numerous others are detained in conditions equivalent to torture, starved and deprived of medical treatment.

Source: Ethiopian News December 19, 2021 23:13 UTC