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Ethiopian leader says troops who raped civilians in Tigray will be held to account after CNN investigation
(CNN)Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said Tuesday that his government would hold accountable any soldier found responsible for rape or looting in the country's conflict region of Tigray, just days after against women."Reports indicate that atrocities have been committed in Tigray region," Abiy wrote in a post on his Twitter account. "Regardless of the TPLF propaganda of exaggeration, any soldier responsible for raping our women & looting communities in the region will be held accountable as their mission is to protect," he said, referring to the Tigray People's Liberation Front, the...…(CNN)Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said Tuesday that his government would hold accountable any soldier found responsible for rape or looting in the country's conflict region of Tigray, just days after against women."Reports indicate that atrocities have been committed in Tigray region," Abiy wrote in a post on his Twitter account. "Regardless of the TPLF propaganda of exaggeration, any soldier responsible for raping our women & looting communities in the region will be held accountable as their mission is to protect," he said, referring to the Tigray People's Liberation Front, the...WW…
'Practically genocide': Doctors say rape used as tool of war in Ethiopia
Hamdayet, Sudan -- More evidence of sexual violence being used as a deliberate weapon of war is emerging from , where an armed conflict has been raging for months.Women are being gang-raped, drugged and held hostage, according to medical records and testimonies from survivors shared with CNN. In one case a woman's vagina was stuffed with stones, nails and plastic, according to a video seen by CNN and testimony from one of the doctors who treated her. CNN has spoken with nine doctors in Ethiopia and one in a Sudanese refugee camp who say they've seen an alarming increase in sexual assault...…Hamdayet, Sudan -- More evidence of sexual violence being used as a deliberate weapon of war is emerging from , where an armed conflict has been raging for months.Women are being gang-raped, drugged and held hostage, according to medical records and testimonies from survivors shared with CNN. In one case a woman's vagina was stuffed with stones, nails and plastic, according to a video seen by CNN and testimony from one of the doctors who treated her. CNN has spoken with nine doctors in Ethiopia and one in a Sudanese refugee camp who say they've seen an alarming increase in sexual assault...WW…
'Practically genocide': Doctors say rape used as tool of war in Ethiopia
Hamdayet, Sudan -- More evidence of sexual violence being used as a deliberate weapon of war is emerging from , where an armed conflict has been raging for months.Women are being gang-raped, drugged and held hostage, according to medical records and testimonies from survivors shared with CNN. In one case a woman's vagina was stuffed with stones, nails and plastic, according to a video seen by CNN and testimony from one of the doctors who treated her. CNN has spoken with nine doctors in Ethiopia and one in a Sudanese refugee camp who say they've seen an alarming increase in sexual assault...…Hamdayet, Sudan -- More evidence of sexual violence being used as a deliberate weapon of war is emerging from , where an armed conflict has been raging for months.Women are being gang-raped, drugged and held hostage, according to medical records and testimonies from survivors shared with CNN. In one case a woman's vagina was stuffed with stones, nails and plastic, according to a video seen by CNN and testimony from one of the doctors who treated her. CNN has spoken with nine doctors in Ethiopia and one in a Sudanese refugee camp who say they've seen an alarming increase in sexual assault...WW…
Massacre in the mountains: How an Ethiopian festival turned into a killing spree
All of the witnesses to this massacre have been given pseudonyms at their request due to fears of retribution.Abraham began burying the bodies in the morning and didn't stop until nightfall. The corpses, some dressed in white church robes drenched in blood, were scattered in arid fields, scrubby farmlands and a dry riverbed. Others had been shot on their doorsteps with their hands bound with belts. Among the dead were priests, old men, women, entire families and a group of more than 20 Sunday school children, some as young as 14, according to eyewitnesses, parents and their teacher. Abraham...…All of the witnesses to this massacre have been given pseudonyms at their request due to fears of retribution.Abraham began burying the bodies in the morning and didn't stop until nightfall. The corpses, some dressed in white church robes drenched in blood, were scattered in arid fields, scrubby farmlands and a dry riverbed. Others had been shot on their doorsteps with their hands bound with belts. Among the dead were priests, old men, women, entire families and a group of more than 20 Sunday school children, some as young as 14, according to eyewitnesses, parents and their teacher. Abraham...WW…
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