The rights group Amnesty International has accused Eritrea’s military of continued war crimes and crimes against humanity in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray despite a peace deal signed last November.
In November 2022, Ethiopia’s government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) agreed to end the two-year conflict in Tigray.
However, Eritrea’s government, whose forces supported Ethiopia’s military in the fighting, was not included in the agreement.
“Despite the signing of the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement, atrocities against civilians in Tigray continued with Eritrean soldiers subjecting women to horrific abuse including rape, gang rape and sexual enslavement, while civilian men were extrajudicially executed,” Amnesty International’s Tigere Chagutah said in a statement.
The rights group said it had gathered testimony about the alleged atrocities from witnesses, survivors and family members of victims and also analysis of satellite images.
It had also received reports of the offences from social workers, medical experts who treated victims and survivors, local government officials and civil society organisations.
The rights group is now urging the Eritrean and Ethiopian governments to investigate and prosecute those responsible.
