At least 750 civilians were killed or executed in Ethiopia's Amhara and Afar regions in the second half of 2021, the country's rights body said Friday.
Its report also catalogued widespread abuses, including torture and gang rape and enforced disappearances.
It also accused Tigrayan rebels of widespread abuses such as gang rape, torture, looting and destroying public facilities such as hospitals and schools in the two regions bordering Tigray. More than 2,400 health facilities including hospitals in the two regions had ceased operation"as a result of the destruction, damage and and pillage they sustained", the report said, while more than 1,000 schools were destroyed and another 3,220 damaged.
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