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March 5, 2021

U.N. Human Rights Officials Say Multiple Actors Committed Atrocities in Ethiopia's Tigray Region
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The U.N. is urging Eritrean troops to leave Ethiopia's northern Tigray
region, where there have been reports of many atrocities by multiple
parties in the ongoing conflict. This is U.N. Human Rights Office
spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani.

Ravina Shamdasani: "A preliminary analysis of the information received
indicates that serious violations of international law, possibly
amounting to war crimes and crimes against humanity, may have been
committed by multiple actors, including the Ethiopian National Defense
Forces, the Tigray People's Liberation Front, Eritrean armed forces and
Amhara regional forces and affiliated militia. … Deeply distressing
reports of sexual and gender-based violence, extrajudicial killings,
widespread destruction and looting of public and private property by all
parties continues to be shared."

The U.N. also warned of potentially catastrophic hunger and said it is
still lacking the necessary access to deliver aid.