Ethiopia: International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia should investigate all atrocities Amnesty International welcomes the establishment of the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia and their briefing to the Council. Since the outbreak of the conflict in Tigray in November 2020 that subsequently spread to neighboring regions, Amnesty International has documented grave human rights violations that amount to war crimes and may amount to crimes against humanity. There is …
Tigray siege and its impact on cardiology services at Mekelle University Hospital: a call to action Extract With a population of 7 million, Tigray regional state is located in the northern part of Ethiopia. The war in Tigray erupted on 4 November 2020, and is still ongoing. Nearly 20 months on, displacement, death, and destruction of healthcare facilities have become the defining elements of this armed conflict, putting millions of lives at risk. The war has led …
War within a war: The challenges of providing gynecologic cancer care in the besieged Tigray region of northern Ethiopia The federal democratic republic of Ethiopia is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It has the continent’s second highest population and is composed of 11 semi-autonomous national regional states and two chartered cities (Fig. 1A, Fig. 1B). Regional states can establish their own government and democracy. Tigray is the northmost region in the country and is home for more …
“We Will Erase You from This Land” Crimes Against Humanity and Ethnic Cleansing in Ethiopia’s Western Tigray Zone Since the outbreak of armed conflict on November 4, 2020, – pitting forces aligned with Ethiopia’s federal government against those affiliated with Tigray’s regional government led by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) – hundreds of thousands of Tigrayans living in Western Tigray have been displaced from their homes …
Conflict in Tigray impeding basic care for patients with cancer Abstract The 19-month-long ongoing war in the northern regional state of Tigray, the fifth most populous state in Ethiopia, has shattered health provision by destroying health facilities and displacing health workers, virtually wiping out care for people with cancer in the region. Read more here.
The Massacre in Axum Between 19 and 29 November 2020, Eritrean troops operating in the Ethiopian city of Axum, Tigray, committed a series of human rights and humanitarian law violations, including killing hundreds of civilians. In this briefing, Amnesty International documents how the Eritrean military is responsible for serious violations against Tigrayan civilians in Axum. It concludes that the indiscriminate shelling of Axum by …
Ethiopia: The need for an independent international investigation of the Axum Massacre This public statement is in response to the press statement released by the Attorney General’s Office (AG) of the Federal Republic of Ethiopia about its criminal investigation of the massacre in Axum, in the Tigray Region, which took place on 28 November 2020. It highlights 2 issues on the press statement that differ from Amnesty International’s findings: the identity of …
Inventing hell: How the Ethiopian and Eritrean regimes produced famine in Tigray Abstract It has been a year since a devastating war broke out in the Tigray region, Northern Ethiopia, where hundreds of thousands of Tigrayan civilians are killed, millions internally displaced and tens of thousands have fled to seek refuge in neighboring Sudan. An alarming development linked to this war is the manmade famine in Tigray that now threatens the lives …
The impact of war on the health system of the Tigray region in Ethiopia: an assessment Abstract The war in Tigray region of Ethiopia that started in November 2020 and is still ongoing has brought enormous damage to the health system. This analysis provides an assessment of the health system before and during the war. Evidence of damage was compiled from November 2020 to June 2021 from various reports by the interim government of Tigray, and …
Amnesty International – “I don’t know if they realized I was a person” – Rape and Other Sexual Violence in the Conflict in Tigray, Ethiopia During the conflict that began on 4 November 2020 in Tigray – Ethiopia’s northernmost region – troops fighting in support of the federal government have committed widespread rape against ethnic Tigrayan women and girls. The perpetrators include members of the Eritrean Defense Forces (EDF), the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF), the Amhara Regional Police Special Forces (ASF), and Fano, an …
