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| Subject: That's statism for ya: Mass killing of civilians in Ethiopia's Tigray region, says Amnesty International Thu Nov 12, 2020 8:45 pm | |
| A large number of civilians have been brutally killed in Ethiopia's Tigray region amid fighting between the local and federal governments, said Amnesty International on Thursday. The reported killings occurred in Mai-Kadra, a town in the region's south-west, on the night of November 9, according to the international NGO. CNN has not independently confirmed the deaths. Photographs and videos digitally verified and geolocated by Amnesty International showed bodies strewn across the town or being carried away on stretchers. "We have confirmed the massacre of a very large number of civilians, who appear to have been day labourers in no way involved in the ongoing military offensive," said Deprose Muchena, Amnesty International's Director for East and Southern Africa.
"This is a horrific tragedy whose true extent only time will tell as communication in Tigray remains shut down." Ethiopia's federal government declared "war" with the region's ruling party, the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), earlier this month. Ethiopian Prime Minister and Nobel laureate Abiy Ahmed has ordered the Ethiopian Defense Forces to lead a "law enforcement operation" in the area, which includes air strikes. CNN International has not been able to independently confirm who was responsible for the killing at Mai-Kadra or the death toll.
.https://edition.cnn.com/2020/11/12/africa/ethiopia-tigray-killings-intl/index.html.
:straightoutta: _________________ Anarcho-Capitalist, AnCaps Forum, Ancapolis, OZschwitz Contraband “The state calls its own violence law, but that of the individual, crime.”-- Max Stirner "Remember: Evil exists because good men don't kill the government officials committing it." -- Kurt Hofmann |
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