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Is the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) less involved in atrocities in Tigray?

Post Author:Amare Teklay
Post published:April 4, 2021
Post Category:Summary
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Gathering the massacres committed by the ENDFs may remind us of the scope of the human suffering, the scale of the war and the depth of the malevolence (ca.'Choose - I kill you or rape you') of the ENDFs and the ingenuity and mercilessness (ca.'save yourselves') of their evil acts. Any particular case of massacre or rape or other war crimes that you encounter on the media is only a part, a small one, of a carnage that has lasted for five months.

The Horn of Africa Civil Society Forum Report on Tigray

Post Author:Amare Teklay
Post published:March 30, 2021
Post Category:Report / Summary
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The Horn of Africa Civil Society Forum (HoACS Forum), established in March 2016, is a regional network of civil society organisations working together to monitor and expand civic space in…

The Betrayal on the People of Tigray: Overall Consequences and a Beacon of Hope

Post Author:Kinfe Asayehegn Gebreeyesus
Post published:March 19, 2021
Post Category:Analysis / In-depth / Opinion
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The government still maintains that the brutal war against Tigray is a “law enforcement operation” to bring those behind the alleged attack to the court. If that is the case, why were the commandos sent to the borders in Tigray some four days in advance? Why were they encircling Tigray all-round from Dansha to Wolkayit and Weldya and other directions? Why was the South Command secretly told to go to an unknown place three days earlier? Why did they beg Sudan to close its border with Tigray, as admitted to by the spokesperson of the Ethiopian Foreign Minister, Ambassador Dinna Mufti? Why, three days before, was it told to loyal members of another ethnic group that the Tigrayans were not going to take part in the operation? Why did they exclude Tigrayan members of ENDF from the operation? Why was there an unusual military and logistical operation in the Bahir Dar a few days before the war started? Why were Ethiopian commandos sent to Eritrea?

Residents of Tigray have told human rights groups and journalists of massacres, widespread sexual violence and indiscriminate killings© AFP EDUARDO SOTERAS

Recent Stories of the War on Tigray: the Collective Agony Continues

Post Author:Amare Teklay
Post published:March 16, 2021
Post Category:Int media / Summary
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One of the weapons Abiy Ahmed is lies, grandiose lies. (I call him homo mendacious for the same reason). The following excerpt debunks one of his biggest and most frequently told lies: That the war started because TPLF attacked the Northern Command. The truth is that Abiy and his mentor, Isaias, the architect of the war, had long planned it.

Can the AU Deliver an Independent Investigation of HR Violations in Tigray?

Post Author:Meron T. Gebreananaye
Post published:March 14, 2021
Post Category:Analysis
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Meaning that both the AU and the ACHPR lack the impartiality and independence that would be required for any credible investigation.

100 days of war crimes in Tigray

Post Author:Kinfe Asayehegn Gebreeyesus
Post published:February 23, 2021
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On Nov. 4, 2020, the Abiy Administration declared war on the Tigray regional state. Since then, numerous war crimes, human rights violence and genocidal actions have been committed. What are some of the war crimes?