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750 civilians killed in Amhara in half of 2021: Rights body

Fatuma Hussein, 65, sits in her shelter with her family at a camp for the internally displaced due to the fighting between the Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF) and the Tigray People's Liberation Front forces in Dessie town, Amhara region [File: Tiksa Negeri/Reuters]

At least 750 civilians were killed or executed in Ethiopia’s Amhara and Afar regions in the second half of 2021, the country’s rights body has said.

In a report released on Thursday, the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission also catalogued widespread abuses, including torture and gang rape and enforced disappearances.

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