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No innocent party in Tigray conflict, says Amnesty International

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Amnesty International says that atrocities and human rights violations committed during the conflict between the federal Ethiopian government and Tigrayan separatists amount to severe human rights violations and war crimes, according to the NGO's researcher for the region Fisseha Tekle. Tekle blames the crimes on "all parties", adding that there is "no innocent party which has not committed human rights violations".

Added on the 26/10/2022 18:42:27 - Copyright : AFP EN

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