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Coverage dated April 5, 2022

Tigrayans subjected to 'war crimes' in Ethiopia: rights groups

Headline from Digital Journal

Security forces and their allies in a disputed part of conflict-hit northern Ethiopia committed abuses against Tigrayans amounted to war crimes.

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  1. MyNorthwest

    Rights groups charge 'ethnic cleansing' in Ethiopia's Tigray (opens MyNorthwest)

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    KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) -- Widespread abuses against civilians in the western part of Ethiopia's embattled Tigray region amount to war crimes and crimes

  2. France 24

    Rights groups accuse Ethiopian forces of committing war crimes in Tigray (opens France 24)

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    Security forces and their allies in a disputed part of conflict-hit northern Ethiopia committed abuses against Tigrayans that amounted to war crimes and crimes against humanity, two rights groups sai…

  3. The Guardian

    Tigray has been the scene of ‘ethnic cleansing’, say human rights groups (opens The Guardian)

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    Human Rights Watch-Amnesty report accuses Ethiopian paramilitaries of war crimes and crimes against humanity

  4. CNN

    Rights groups accuse Ethiopian regional forces of ethnic cleansing in Tigray (opens CNN)

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    Two leading human rights groups on Wednesday accused armed forces from Ethiopia's Amhara region of waging a campaign of ethnic cleansing against ethnic Tigrayans during a war that has killed thousands of civilians and displaced more than a million.

  5. NBC News

    Rights groups charge ‘ethnic cleansing’ in Ethiopia’s Tigray region (opens NBC News)

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    Abuses “amount to crimes against humanity as well as war crimes,” according to a report from Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International.

  6. Digital Journal

    Tigrayans subjected to 'war crimes' in Ethiopia: rights groups (opens Digital Journal)

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    Digital Journal's feed description

    Security forces and their allies in a disputed part of conflict-hit northern Ethiopia committed abuses against Tigrayans amounted to war crimes.

  7. Deutsche Welle

    Ethiopia: Tigray civilians targeted in 'crimes against humanity,' says report | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Tigrayans are being targeted with ethnic cleansing in the contested Western Tigray zone, according to a new report by human rights groups. The onslaught of rape and killings amounts to "war crimes," they added.

  8. PBS NewsHour

    Rights groups charge Ethiopia with 'ethnic cleansing' in Tigray region (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International charge in a new report that widespread abuses against civilians in the western part of Ethiopia's embattled Tigray region amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity.

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