According to the US, all parties involved in the terrible conflict in northern Ethiopia have committed war crimes.
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, who visited Ethiopia last week and spoke with government and Tigrayan officials, said in a statement on Monday that his department thoroughly examined the laws and the evidence to identify the violations.
He claimed war crimes were committed throughout the two-year violent struggle by members of the Amhara, Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), Eritrean Defense Forces, and Ethiopian National Defense Force.
Additionally, he accused the Amhara and Ethiopian Defense Forces of perpetrating crimes against humanity such as murder, rape, and other types of sexual assault and persecution.
He encouraged the TPLF and the governments of Ethiopia and Eritrea to hold individuals accountable for who committed these atrocities.
The accused forces have not yet responded to the most recent charge.
The Ethiopian government and the TPLF signed a historic cessation of hostilities deal in November 2022, putting an end to the conflict that is thought to have claimed hundreds of thousands of lives.
A report from the independent Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia, which has been tasked with looking into the allegations of human rights violations, is anticipated to be presented to the UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday.
