Tigray has been the scene of ‘ethnic cleansing’, say human rights groups

Displaced women at a camp in Sekota. The report says hundreds of thousands of people were forced from their homes in a campaign of ethnic cleansing. Photograph: J Countess/Getty

Ethiopian paramilitaries have carried out a campaign of ethnic cleansing in Tigray, forcing hundreds of thousands of people from their homes using threats, killings and sexual violence, according to a joint report by Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International.

The rights groups accuse officials and paramilitaries from the neighbouring Amhara region of war crimes and crimes against humanity in western Tigray, in northern Ethiopia.