The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission said more than 160 civilians were killed over the past three months in Ethiopia’s Amhara region.
This came an Orthodox Christian Priest named Wolde Eyesus Ayalew along with his wife and three children were slaughtered to death on Friday in East Shoa diocese in the Oromia region of Ethiopia.
The commission, in its human rights situation released over the weekend, said that the human rights violations are multifaceted and there were also threats and concerns too.
The report in the Amhara region mostly covers the period between June and September. More than 163 civilians were killed.
The figure is believed to have not been fully depicting the extent of rights violations in the region due to the under-reported situation and restriction for human rights bodies and independent journalists to investigate and report all rights violations in the region.
There were also violations in other parts of Ethiopia including Oromia, Central Ethiopia, Gambella and Southern Ethiopia, among others.
“There are still limitations to move freely in the areas where the rights violations happened to follow up and undertake investigation,” the report said.
Full investigation of the incidents is among the recommendations that the human rights organisation gave.
It said extrajudicial executions in the areas where there is an ongoing conflict, the killings of civilians in the context of the conflict, looting and destruction of properties, mass and extended arrest without court appearance, forced abduction, kidnapping, illegal restrictions on the right for mobility and displacement are among the major violations.
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