Collective Punishment: War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity in the Ogaden Area of Ethiopia's Somali Regional State
- Publisher:
- Human Rights Watch
- Publication Date:
- 12 June 2008
- Tags:
- Ethiopia, Conflict, Peace and Security, Human Rights
Tens of thousands of ethnic Somali civilians living in eastern Ethiopias Somali Regional State are experiencing serious abuses and a looming humanitarian crisis in the context of a little-known conflict between the Ethiopian government and an Ethiopian Somali rebel movement. The situation is critical. Since mid-2007, thousands of people have fled, seeking refuge in neighboring Somalia and Kenya from widespread Ethiopian military attacks on civilians and villages that amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity.
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