“New reports and footage emerging from Tigray of extrajudicial killings, murders of civilians, sexual and gender-based violence, and forced displacement are deeply disturbing,” Coons, a Delaware Democrat, tweeted Saturday.
Coons mentioned it’s “critical” that the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) and the United Nations Human Rights workplace “have the necessary access and support required to carry out a thorough, independent, and transparent investigation into war crimes and abuses by all actors.”
A US State Department spokesperson advised CNN on Friday that officers “are gravely concerned by reported human rights violations, abuses, and atrocities” within the area and famous growing urgency “to establish independent, international investigations.”
The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission is an Ethiopian state-appointed physique, a part of a US-supported joint mechanism tasked with finishing up investigations into alleged atrocities in Tigray.
The head of the US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, Congressman Gregory Meeks, has known as for the worldwide group to take the lead in any proposed investigation. In feedback on CNN’s findings, Meeks known as for investigations to be “internationally led.”
The workplace of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed advised CNN in an announcement, “The Ethiopian government has indicated its open will for independent investigations to be undertaken in the Tigray region.”
