Risch, Cardin, colleagues re-introduce resolution encouraging peaceful resolution to conflict in Tigray, Ethiopia

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Ethiopia: Eritrean Forces Massacre Tigray Civilians
“Eritrean troops committed heinous killings in Axum with wanton disregard for civilian lives,” said Laetitia Bader, Horn of Africa director at Human Rights Watch. “Ethiopian and Eritrean officials can no longer hide behind a curtain of denial, but should allow space for justice and redress, not add to the layers of trauma that survivors already face.”

Ethiopia: Persistent, credible reports of grave violations in Tigray underscore urgent need for human rights access – Bachelet
“Deeply distressing reports of sexual and gender-based violence, extrajudicial killings, widespread destruction and looting of public and private property by all parties continue to be shared with us, as well as reports of continued fighting in central Tigray in particular,” Bachelet said. “Credible information also continues to emerge about serious violations of international human rights law and humanitarian law by all parties to the conflict in Tigray in November last year.”

Trauma, anger as Tigrayans recount Eritrea troops’ ‘grave crimes’
Mekelle, Ethiopia – December 4 is a date that fills Mona Lisa Abraha with horror. It was then, the 18-year-old says, that Eritrean soldiers entered her village of Tembin in Ethiopia’s embattled region of Tigray. “They tried to rape me and I was thrown to the ground. Then, one of the soldiers fired bullets to scare me, but they hit my hand and then fired another bullet that went through my arm,” Abraha recalls from a hospital bed.

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The Ethiopian regime paid one billion US dollars to Eritrea to invade Tigrai - EEPA reportMakonnen Tesfaye

Statement on Tigray by the Special Advisor of the UN Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide is Superficial Makonnen Tesfaye