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Despite a peace agreement signed in this region in November 2022, cases of repeated rapes and summary executions were reported by the NGO.
Published on September 4, 2023 11:14 p.m
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A humanitarian convoy heading to the Tigray region (Ethiopia) on the border with Eritrea, June 9, 2022. (EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP)
Eritrean soldiers continued to rape and execute civilians in Tigray after an agreement was signed to end the conflict in that region of northern Ethiopia, according to an Amnesty International (AI) report released on Monday, September 4.
The conflict in northern Ethiopia, pitting the rebel government of Tigray against the Ethiopian government supported by militias from neighboring Amhara and Afar regions as well as the Eritrean army, was marked by countless atrocities committed by all warring parties.
“The Eritrean Defense Forces (EDF) committed war crimes and possible crimes against humanity in Tigray “shortly before and shortly after the signing” of the agreement to end the two-year conflict on November 2, 2022, AI explains, providing evidence of 49 telephone interviews with survivors , relatives of victims or witnesses
Women were held and raped for several months
Around the town of Kokob Tsibah, about 20 km from the border with Eritrea, Eritrean soldiers “held at least 15 women for almost three months” between November 1, 2022 and January 19, 2023, the date on which Eritrean forces withdrew trapped in their camp for a long time”. in the area, according to the NGO.
“During their captivity, these women were repeatedly raped by members of the EDF in conditions that amounted to sexual slavery. “They also suffered physical and psychological violence and were deprived of food, water and care,” says Amnesty, which also confirms that the Eritrean armed forces executed a total of more than 40 civilians in and around the towns of Kobob Tsibah and Mariam Shewito, about a hundred kilometers to the west and about sixty kilometers from the Eritrean border.
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