Over 160 Civilians killed in Amhara region in the Past Three Months
Post By Diaspoint | September 30, 2024
The killings in the Amhara region are mostly related to killings by Ethiopian government forces in the form of extrajudicial killings
Toronto – The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission this week released a report into the Human rights situation in the country.
The report said the violations reported across the country. It said that the violations are multifaceted and there were also threats and concerns too.
The report in the Amhara region mostly covers the period between June and September. More than 163 civilians were killed. The figure does not fully depict the extent of rights violations in the region due to the under-reported situation and restriction for human rights bodies and independent journalists to investigate and report all rights violations in the region. There were also violations in other parts of Ethiopia including Oromia, Central Ethiopia, Gambella and Southern Ethiopia, among others.
EHRC itself indicated that the report does not show all the violations in the context of the conflict. There are still limitations to move freely in the areas where the rights violations happened to follow up and undertake investigation. Full investigation of the incidents is among the recommendations that the human rights organization gave.
Extrajudicial executions in the areas where there is an ongoing conflict, the killings of civilians in the context of the conflict, looting and destruction of properties, mass and extended arrest without court appearance, forced abduction, kidnapping , illegal restrictions on the right for mobility and displacement are among the major violations that Ethiopian Human Rights Commission identified in its latest report.
Amhara region
In early June – Awi zone Tilili town gov’t forces did a house to house search killing 10 civilians in extrajudicial killings. In Wonjella kebelle, government forces went house to house, dragged and executed five civilians following a battle between government forces and Fano forces; a 75 years old man among the victims.
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