Eritrean troops 'committed war crimes' in Ethiopia, says Amnesty
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00:00 Rights group Amnesty International has accused Eritrean troops allied with the country's
00:04 government of extensive war crimes months after a peace deal was signed to end a brutal
00:10 civil war centred around the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray.
00:14 The deal from last November between the Ethiopian government and Tigrayan rebels called for
00:19 the withdrawal of foreign forces.
00:21 But Eritrean troops still operate in Tigray because Eritrea was not party to that deal.
00:27 Clotilde Hazard has more.
00:29 Investigators from NGO Amnesty International interviewed 49 Tigrayan survivors, witnesses
00:35 and officials before concluding that possible war crimes and crimes against humanity had
00:40 been committed against civilians in northern Ethiopian region since the signing of a peace
00:46 deal at the end of last year.
00:49 Many Tigrayans accused Eritrean soldiers of abuse.
00:52 Eleven women reported sexual slavery and gang rape inside a military camp even three months
00:58 after the peace agreement that was meant to end two years of civil war.
01:04 Eritrean soldiers were also accused of the summary executions of at least 20 civilians
01:11 men during house to house raids in early November.
01:15 The forces still control territory near the border.
01:17 Communities in part of the Erob district are despair for help from the federal government.
01:23 The life of people, Erob people now is very in danger.
01:27 They don't have any access of food or civil aid.
01:31 There is no free movement.
01:33 There is no medication.
01:34 There is no market access.
01:37 The abduction, 35, 36 are abducted.
01:42 36 uses.
01:44 Many NGOs are calling for the renewal of the UN's International Commission of Human Rights
01:49 experts on Ethiopia.
01:51 It's supposed to end this month.
01:52 They are also urging the African Commission to restart a closed investigation into Tigray.
01:58 Rights organizations are warning that there are disparate needs for a more robust transitional
02:03 justice policy for Ethiopia.