#TPLF fighters killed civilians because of their ethnicity & out of revenge as they were losing territory in #Ethiopia’s #Amhara region. All sides in the conflict - Ethiopian government forces & allied militias, and #Tigray’s rebels - committed #WarCrimes.
“My children are dead…I have no purpose in life any more”. Mohammed Seid fought in the mountains of Antsokia to defend his village, Ambo Weha, but when he returned his family had been slaughtered as the rebels had approached from another side
Ravina Shamdasani, of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights’s office about War Crimes perpetrated by all parties to the conflict.
The Ethiopian government’s rejection of the new UN mechanism tasked with investigating war crimes & abuses by all parties to the conflict can make the investigation more difficult but it cannot stop it. War criminals be warned, impunity is not guaranteed. theowp.org/reports/entrop…
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A #woman activist and #medic , Dr Riham Yaqoob, was shot dead today in #Basra in south #Iraq , where #Iran-backed militias have been targeting protesters and critics. Iraqi activists are living in fear as assassinations are becoming increasingly frequent