US wanting into reviews of Ethiopian army executing unarmed males after CNN investigation

Asked in regards to the reviews that Ethiopian forces have been answerable for the bloodbath, State Department spokesman Ned Price stated: “We are gravely concerned by reported human rights violations, abuses, and atrocities in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. We strongly condemn the killings, the forced removals, the sexual assaults, the other human rights abuses that multiple organizations have reported.”

“We are, of course, looking into these reports. We have taken close note of them and we’ll continue to pay close attention,” Price added.

Ethiopia is going through a raft of intense scrutiny over human rights violations that will quantity to battle crimes in Tigray. Thousands of civilians are believed to have been killed since November, when Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed launched a serious army operation towards the area’s ruling celebration, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), sending in nationwide troops and militia fighters from Ethiopia’s Amhara area.

CNN has beforehand compiled intensive eyewitness testimony that troopers from neighboring Eritrea had crossed into Tigray in the course of the battle and had perpetrated massacres, extrajudicial killings, sexual violence and different abuses.

Price stated the US had taken word of the announcement by the Ethiopian overseas ministry final month that Eritrean forces have begun to go away the nation.

“The immediate and complete withdrawal of Eritrean troops from Tigray will be an important step forward in de-escalating the conflict and restoring peace and regional stability,” he stated. He didn’t touch upon whether or not the US has confirmed the withdrawal has began.

“We are encouraged by the prime minister’s announcement that the government of the State of Eritrea has agreed to withdraw its forces from Ethiopia,” Price added. Last month, Eritrea’s embassy of the UK and Ireland denied allegations of wrongdoing by Eritrean troopers and denied they have been in Ethiopia.

Abiy’s workplace dismissed the proof from CNN’s report, saying Friday that “social media posts and claims cannot be taken as evidence.”

“The Ethiopian government has indicated its open will for independent investigations to be undertaken in the Tigray region,” the assertion added.

CNN’s Bethlehem Feleke, Eliza Mackintosh, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Katie Polglase and Nima Elbagir contributed reporting.