🧵On forced recruitment in #Ethiopia's #Tigray - For the past 4 months @Reuters spoke w. residents of Tigray, captured fighters and aid workers who detailed how authorities are forcing young people to join their army by threatening and jailing relatives. reuters.com/world/africa/s…
This began late last year, accelerated in January and intensified with mass arrests last month six #Tigray residents told @Reuters. All said they had friends or family members detained in an aggressive push to make people enlist.
A resident said a leaflet was distributed at recruitment drives in #Mekelle calling on residents not to "hide". "For now, without any delay, go to military training and contribute to your motherland."The doc dated Jan 9 was stamped by Tigray's regional gov nd Mekelle city admin
.@ProfKindeya from the @TigrayEAO conceded some low ranking gov officials had detained family members to force their relatives to enlist. He told @Reuters there had been some "irregularities" but denied detentions were "systemic", said relatives were released, officials punished.
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