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December 9, 2021 Report

Ethiopia: Tigray Forces Summarily Execute Civilians

UN Rights Body Should Create International Inquiry into War Crimes

The shallow grave of an unidentified person killed during fighting in the village of Chenna, in the Amhara region of Ethiopia. Residents said it was dug in early September 2021 after Tigrayan fighters left the area. © 2021 Tom Gardner
December 8, 2021 Commentary

How International Bodies Can Help Prevent More Ethiopia Massacres

‘The lack of consequences for the crimes committed in Tigray has made it easier for warring parties to commit further atrocities.’

Priest on his way to church in Axum, Tigray region, Ethiopia on January 25, 2011.
November 22, 2021 Letter

Joint Letter to the Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council

Refugees fleeing fighting in Ethiopia's Tigray region walk towards the Hamdeyat refugees transit camp in Sudan, December 1, 2020.
November 22, 2021 Statement

Oral Statement at the Intersessional Briefing by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Situation of Human Rights in Ethiopia

Concrete, Urgent Council Action Needed

Tigrayans who fled the conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region stand on a hilltop overlooking Umm Rakouba refugee camp in Qadarif, eastern Sudan, November 26, 2020
November 9, 2021 News Release

Ethiopia: Blocking Tigray Aid Harms Rape Survivors

Urgently Allow Entry of Food, Medicine; Support International Investigations

Two women stand facing away from the camera
November 8, 2021 News Release

Ethiopia: International Action Needed to Prevent Atrocities

Inciting Rhetoric, Sweeping Emergency Regulations Fuel Abuses

Members of the House of People's Representatives attend a session to approve the state of emergency declared by the prime minister, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
November 4, 2021 Dispatches

International Investigation Needed into Abuses in Ethiopia

Joint Report Calls for Further Accountability in Widening Tigray Conflict

Tigray crisis
September 17, 2021 Dispatches

US Authorizes Sanctions in Ethiopia’s Tigray Conflict

UN Security Council, Regional Bodies, Other Countries Should Also Target Rights Abusers

Tigrayan men sit atop a hill overlooking part of the Umm Rakouba refugee camp, in Qadarif, eastern Sudan, on December 14, 2020. 
September 16, 2021 Report

Ethiopia: Eritrean Refugees Targeted in Tigray

Need for Urgent Protection, Assistance; Thousands Still Missing

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September 13, 2021 Statement

UN Rights Body Should Maintain Scrutiny on Tigray

Oral Statement at HRC48

Tigrinyan refugee women prepare bread for their family in Umm Rakouba refugee camp in Qadarif, eastern Sudan on December 11, 2020 
August 18, 2021 Report

Ethiopia: Ethnic Tigrayans Forcibly Disappeared

Discriminatory Arrests, Detentions, Business Closures in Addis Ababa

Exterior of a building with the words "Federal Police HQ" on it
July 30, 2021 Interview

The Latest on the Crisis in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region

Tigrayans who fled the conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region stand on a hilltop overlooking Umm Rakouba refugee camp in Qadarif, eastern Sudan, November 26, 2020
July 9, 2021 Dispatches

UN Rights Body Needs to Act on Ethiopia

Human Rights Council Should Adopt Resolution on Abuses in Tigray

Tigrinyan refugee women prepare bread for their family in Umm Rakouba refugee camp in Qadarif, eastern Sudan on December 11, 2020 
July 2, 2021 Report

UN Security Council: End Inaction on Ethiopia

Secretary-General Should Press for a Sustained Crisis Response

Tigray crisis
June 11, 2021 Dispatches

G7 Leaders Can’t Ignore Ethiopia’s Looming Famine

UN Says 350,000 People in Tigray Starving, Millions More at Risk

People walk from a rural area towards a food distribution site near the town of Agula, in Tigray, Ethiopia

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