Amnesty and HRW report a surge in abuse by Amhara security forces and militias in western Tigray. Armed forces from Ethiopia’s Amhara region have stepped up killings, mass detentions and expulsions of ethnic Tigrayans in neighbouring western Tigray, according to Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch (HRW). Amhara and Tigray claim the fertile fields of western Tigray, which are now controlled by Amhara forces and the Ethiopian military. Amnesty and HRW said they interviewed 31 people in western Tigray by phone in November and December, who described a surge of abuses by Amhara security forces and militias. They said Amhara regional police and volunteer civilian militia, known as Fano, were expelling Tigrayans from the towns of Adebai, Humera and Rawyan.

Source: Ethiopian News December 16, 2021 20:35 UTC