‘A Tigrayan womb should never give birth’: Rape in Tigray
Al Jazeera
Displaced people from Ethiopia’s western Tigray region report alleged cases of rape, looting and other crimes.
Akberet* knew she was no longer safe. The Amhara fighters in charge of her hometown of Humera and other disputed areas of western Tigray had just ordered all Tigrayans in her neighbourhood to leave their homes within 24 hours. “The militiamen who have been terrorising us for months,” said the 34-year-old mother of three, “told us we are not allowed to live there anymore, because we are Tigrayans. They ordered us to leave empty-handed. They said all the properties we owned belong to Amharas, not to us.”
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