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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia
The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (ECHR) said on Friday it found that crimes against humanity were committed by individuals and groups who participated in the violence and security crisis in the Oromia region following the death of musician Hachalu Hundessa. .
“The EHRC visited more than 40 different towns in the Oromia region over several days as part of its investigation into human rights abuses committed there between June 29 and July 2, 2020,” according to the rights group humans. “In the 59-page report, the findings indicate that attackers moving in groups used axes, knives, machetes, clubs and other weapons to kill and injure civilians in gruesome ways that included beheadings and torture.”
“In all, 123 people died and more than 500 were injured in the carnage that also displaced thousands from their homes,” he said.
The findings showed that the attacks brought together the elements of a crime against humanity with a large number of people, organized into groups, having selected their victims based on their ethnicity or religion by carrying out a widespread and systematic attack on several different, he added. .
“While it is understandable that the security forces had the difficult task of restoring order in the face of such widespread violence, the proportionality of the force used in some contexts is highly questionable.
“In some cases, the security forces used disproportionate force in their attempt to restore order amid widespread violence and, as a result, bystanders, passersby, young people, the elderly intervened to mediate and even police officers lost their lives for gunshot wounds despite no participation in the riots, “he said.
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