'Dire humanitarian crisis': Hundreds of thousands displaced in Ethiopia's Tigray

Human Rights Watch reports over 800,000 displaced in Ethiopia's Tigray amid allegations of arbitrary detention and second-class treatment. | Contesto: cronaca

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More than 800,000 people are now internally displaced in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, with residents of Western Tigray reporting arbitrary detention and treatment as second-class citizens, according to a new report by Human Rights Watch. The findings, relayed by FRANCE 24 correspondent Tom Canetti, paint a picture of a dire humanitarian crisis unfolding in the northern Ethiopian region, where a two-year conflict has uprooted hundreds of thousands of families and left many in desperate need of aid. The report details accounts from individuals in Western Tigray who described being arbitrarily detained and subjected to systematic discrimination. Witnesses told Human Rights Watch that they faced harassment, property confiscation, and restrictions on movement, effectively being treated as outsiders in their own homeland. These allegations add to growing concerns about ethnic tensions and human rights abuses in the area, which has been a flashpoint in the broader Tigray conflict that erupted in November 2020 between the Ethiopian federal government and regional forces. The displacement crisis in Tigray is among the largest in Ethiopia, a country already grappling with multiple internal conflicts. The 800,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) figure underscores the scale of the emergency, with many living in overcrowded camps lacking adequate food, clean water, and medical care. Humanitarian agencies have struggled to access affected populations due to ongoing security challenges and bureaucratic hurdles, exacerbating what the United Nations has previously described as a catastrophic situation. Background to the crisis traces back to the war between the Ethiopian National Defense Force and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, which ended with a peace deal in November 2022. However, the aftermath has left deep scars, particularly in Western Tigray, which has been contested territory. The region has seen reports of forced displacement and demographic changes, with many Tigrayans alleging they have been pushed out by Amhara militias and federal forces. Human Rights Watch’s latest documentation adds weight to these claims, highlighting the ongoing vulnerability of...

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