All sides of the Tigray War have been repeatedly accused of committing war crimes since it began in November 2020.[2][3][4] In particular, the Ethiopian federal government, the State of Eritrea, the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) and Amhara Special Forces (ASF) have been the subject of numerous reports of both war crimes and crimes against humanity.[5][6][7][8]
Government-allied forces had engaged in torture, ethnic cleansing and widespread sexual violence, and have faced accusations of committing a genocide against Tigrayans.[9][10][11] The Tigray Defense Forces (TDF) also engaged in the extrajudicial killings of civilians, war rape, using civilians as human shields, and widespread looting and destruction of civilian infrastructure in the Afar and Amhara Regions.[12][13][14]
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- ^ "Rapid Investigation into Grave Human Rights Violation Maikadra - Preliminary Findings". Ethiopian Human Rights Commission. 24 November 2020. Archived from the original on 3 January 2022.
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- ^ "UN: Warring sides committing atrocities in Ethiopia's Tigray". Al Jazeera. 19 September 2022. Archived from the original on 6 October 2022.
- ^ "Ethiopia: Crimes Against Humanity in Western Tigray Zone". Human Rights Watch. 6 April 2022. Archived from the original on 25 August 2023.
- ^ "UN report warns of crimes against humanity in Ethiopia". Agence France-Presse (via France 24). 19 September 2022. Archived from the original on 19 September 2022.
- ^ HRW & Amnesty 2022, pp. 70–155.
- ^ Feleke, Bethlehem; Mackintosh, Eliza; Mezzofiore, Gianluca; Polglase, Katie; Elbagir, Nima; Arvanitidis, Barbara; Platt, Alex (20 March 2021). "'Practically this has been a genocide' – Doctors say rape is being used as a weapon of war in Ethiopia's conflict". CNN. Archived from the original on 11 October 2022.
- ^ "Strong evidence that Ethiopia committed genocide in Tigray war: Report". Al Jazeera English. 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 4 June 2024.
- ^ "Ethiopia: Tigrayan forces murder, rape and pillage in attacks on civilians in Amhara towns". Amnesty International. 16 February 2022. Archived from the original on 15 August 2022.
- ^ "Ethiopia: Tigray Forces Summarily Execute Civilians". Human Rights Watch. 9 December 2021. Archived from the original on 17 February 2022.
- ^ "Ethiopia: Survivors of TPLF attack in Amhara describe gang rape, looting and physical assaults". Amnesty International. 9 November 2021. Archived from the original on 3 April 2022.