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The United States of America said early Sunday that the United States is deeply concerned by reports of atrocities in Ethiopia’s Tigray region.
In a tweet, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken condemned what he said were killings, forced deportations, sexual violence and other human rights violations (in Tigray).
He added that Washington is deeply concerned about reports of atrocities in Ethiopia’s Tigray region.
“The international community must work together to prevent further atrocities,” he said.
The United States is deeply concerned about reports of atrocities in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. We strongly condemn killings, forcible transfers, sexual violence and other human rights violations. The international community must work together to prevent further atrocities.
– Secretary Antony Blinken (@SecBlinken) February 28, 2021
Amnesty International said on Friday; Eritrean soldiers fighting across the border in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia last year committed a massacre that killed hundreds of people and could constitute a crime against humanity.
In a new report, the human rights organization collected testimonies from survivors of this massacre and used satellite images. To form a complete picture of this bloody event, which, according to the organization, took place last November in the historic town of Axum.
Amnesty International’s director for Eastern and Southern Africa, Debros Muchina, said: “The evidence is compelling and indicates a horrible conclusion. Ethiopian-Eritrean forces committed various war crimes in their attack to seize control of Axum.”
“This atrocity is one of the worst documented so far in this conflict,” he added.
And the White House announced Thursday that US President Joe Biden discussed the crisis in Ethiopia’s Tigray region in a phone call with his Kenyan counterpart Uhuru Kenyatta.
The White House said in a statement that the two presidents “discussed the worsening humanitarian and human rights crisis in the Ethiopian region of Tigray and the need to work to prevent further loss of life and ensure the delivery of humanitarian aid.”
Tigray has become a battlefield since the beginning of November 2020, when Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed launched a military operation against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, which he accused of attacking Federal Army camps.
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