UN: Serious rights violations taking place in Ethiopian conflict

Serious human rights violations have been committed in the conflict for control of the Tigray region in northern Ethiopia, according to a UN investigation. Most of them have been perpetrated by the armed forces of Ethiopia and Eritrea, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, said in Geneva on Wednesday. Recently, however, there has been an increasing number of reports of human rights violations by members of the Tigray independence movement. Ethiopia’s government denied the allegations. There were disturbing reports of ethnic violence, but not enough evidence to speak of …

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