You should have finished off the survivors : Ethiopian army implicated in brutal war crime video
Cameraman tells soldiers to finish off survivors in exclusive video seen by Telegraph that appears to be evidence of slaughtered civilians
19 February 2021 • 8:16pm
Ethiopian soldiers walk among the bodies of dozens of recently-killed Tigrayan villagers in Debre Abay monastery. The full footage is too graphic to publish.
Credit: The Telegraph / screengrab
The ground of the Tigrayan village is soaked with blood and dozens of bodies lie strewn in the grass.
Groans can be heard from a seriously wounded man squirming on the floor between two corpses.
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For two hours the doctors had waited outside the gates of Kaliti prison in Addis Ababa. Bekele Gerba, a leading Ethiopian opposition figure from the Oromo ethnic group, was very ill and due to be taken to hospital for treatment. The 60-year-old is one of 20 senior political detainees, including the most prominent, Jawar Mohammed, who have been on hunger strike for the past three weeks.
After a flurry of phone calls, the prison authorities informed the waiting medical team that the prisoner, who has hypertension, would not be going to hospital on Friday. “They wouldn’t let us provide the emergency medical care he needs,” said Dr Illili Jamal, who alleged that the order to keep him in his cell came from senior government officials.
Ethiopian Minister says rape in Tigray region of Ethiopia confirmed
February 14, 2021
Filsan Abdullahi, Minister of Women, Children and Youth (Photo : DW Amharic)
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February 14, 2021
Ethiopia’s Minister of Women, Children and Youth, Filsan Abdullahi, this week confirmed about rape cases in the Tigray region of Ethiopia.
“We have received the report back from our Taskforce team on the ground in the Tigray region, they have unfortunately established rape has taken place conclusively and without a doubt. #Ethiopia” she tweeted earlier this week.
However, she did not specify the number of victims and/or the circumstanced under the rape took place. Also, it is not clearly specified as to who was behind the sexual assault and rape in Tigray – a region where rape was rampant and prevalent well before the law enforcement operation to the point that there were protests
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Warning: Some people may find details in this story upsetting.
An Ethiopian schoolgirl has told the BBC how she lost her right hand defending herself from a soldier who tried to rape her - and who had also tried to force her grandfather to have sex with her.
The 18-year-old, who we are not naming, has been in hospital in Ethiopia s northern Tigray region for more than two months recovering from her ordeal.
The conflict in Tigray, which erupted in early November 2020 when Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed launched an offensive to oust the region s ruling TPLF party after its fighters captured federal military bases, has destroyed her dreams, and those of many of her classmates.
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Ethiopian politicians in hunger strike urge end to impasse
The jailed politicians are demanding the government release prisoners of conscience and reinstate opposition party licenses.
By Samuel Gebre and Simon Marks, Bloomberg
15 Feb 2021 09:15
Image: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg
Time is ârunning outâ to resolve an impasse with imprisoned Ethiopian opposition leaders whoâve spent almost three weeks without food, according to a lawyer for one of the key figures behind the protest.
Media mogul Jawar Mohammedâs representative said the hunger strike was endangering the inmatesâ lives and urged the government to seek a quick resolution.
âWe are running out of time,â said lawyer Kedir Bulo. âAll concerned bodies are advised to think judiciously and take prompt action to resolve the cause of the hunger strike.â