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March 21, 2023

U.S. Claims All Sides Committed War Crimes in Ethiopia's Tigray
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The U.S. State Department said Monday that all sides committed war
crimes and crimes against humanity during the recent conflict in
northern Ethiopia. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the
findings from Washington, D.C., Monday - just days after his return from
Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, where Blinken met with Prime Minister
Abiy Ahmed and representatives from the Tigray People's Liberation
Front.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken: "The conflict in Northern Ethiopia
was devastating. Men, women and children were killed. Women and girls
were subject to horrific forms of sexual violence. Thousands were
forcibly displaced from their homes. Entire communities were
specifically targeted based on their ethnicity. Many of these actions
were not random or a mere byproduct of war. They were calculated and
deliberate."

Blinken stopped short of stating that the Ethiopian government's
atrocities in Tigray constituted genocide.


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