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Ethiopia: Mass killings continue, risk of further ‘large-scale’ atrocities (news.un.org)
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In Ethiopia, war crimes have continued unabated almost a year after a ceasefire was agreed between the country’s Government and forces from the northern Tigray region, UN-appointed independent rights experts said on Monday.

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[–] livus@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

@Armen12 Abiy folded most of the opposition political parties into a "new" party so it is effectively a one party state these days. The big challenges to that came out of Tigray and Amhara.

If you are talking about American politics 🙄 then yes your Biden administration has been placing sanctions on the Ethiopian government because of the human rights situation there.

However it recently lifted the food sanctions. By all means write to your representatives about this.

[–] Armen12@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sanctions just hurt innocent people in the end, they accomplish nothing

[–] livus@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

@Armen12 yes, this is definitely the case with food sanctions. After the US and the UN withdrew food aid to Ethiopia earlier this year, there were reports of more people dying because of it.