Rights groups Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch say forces from Ethiopia’s Amhara region have committed a series of atrocities in the neighboring Tigray region. According to the two group’s reports, released Thursday, Amhara region militia forces are carrying out mass detentions and killing civilians in western Tigray. The rights groups said they learned of the atrocities from victims, witnesses and residents of Western Tigray. According to the report, the Amhara forces are also involved in looting shops and villages. Amhara forces entered this fertile area following the outbreak of hostilities between the federal government and Tigrayan forces in November 2020.

Source: Ethiopian News December 16, 2021 16:10 UTC