Ethiopia: Mass killings continue, risk of further ‘large-scale’ atrocities
Ethiopia: Mass killings continue, risk of further ‘large-scale’ atrocities
In Ethiopia, war crimes have continued unabated almost a year after a ceasefire was agreed between the country’s Government and forces from the northern Tigray region, UN-appointed independent rights experts said on Monday.
In Ethiopia, war crimes have continued unabated almost a year after a ceasefire was agreed between the country’s Government and forces from the northern Tigray region, UN-appointed independent rights experts said on Monday.
You're viewing a single thread.
Permanently Deleted
will smolder for decades
@tallwookie maybe. The war in Tigray has many genocidal elements, including a man-made famine caused by destruction of crops, equipment, and water infrastructure.
So if the UN doesn't do something, Abiy might be able to accomplish genocide in a shorter timeframe than that.
I would rather word that as "a *second* genocide".
Deliberately killing 10% of the Tigrayan population from Nov 2020 to Nov 2022, by: systematically executing males of teenage age and above, massive systematic sexual violence, looting of most food/agricultural/industrial resources and holding a very tight siege is argued by several researchers as showing intent [1][2]. Clearly that was the #TigrayGenocide .
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_crimes_in_the_Tigray_War
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famine_in_northern_Ethiopia_%282020%E2%80%93present%29
The report itself ([3], point 72) finds #CrimesAgainstHumanity (by ENDF + EDF + Amhara/Afar Special Forces + 'fano'), not #Genocide. Tigrayan forces committed #WarCrimes (not crimes against humanity) (point 71).
@tallwookie No, a "UN invasion" would solve nothing. The question for rich-country outsiders is which local/regional/continental groups/institutions should be supported. African civil society has plenty of ideas and is very active.
@boud Thanks for pointing out that distinction about the report. From what I have seen over the last few years from credible NGO reports, eyewitness testimony, video footage etc I am pretty sure it is a genocide.
I also agree with you that this is something I'd like to see tackled by AU or similar as a first option.
"a second genocide"
At this point it's a question of do we count waves / phases of genocide as multiple genocides.