From The Guardian:Ethiopia's government has committed extensive war crimes and crimes against humanity during a brutal counterinsurgency campaign in the remote Ogaden region, a report says today.
Human Rights Watch accuses the Ethiopian military of extrajudicial killings, rape, torture, forcibly displacing thousands of civilians and using food as a weapon of war in its attempts over the past year to defeat the Ogaden National Liberation Front, which claims to seek self-determination for the eastern region.
Satellite images published in the 130-page report show how villages have been burnt down to deny the rebels a support base - a tactic more often associated with the Darfur region of neighbouring Sudan.
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News From Other Sources:
Group accuses Ethiopia of war crimes in Ogaden -- International Herald Tribune
Ethiopia 'abusing Ogaden people' -- BBC News
Ethiopia: Army Commits Executions, Torture, and Rape in Ogaden -- All Africa
FACTBOX: Ethiopia's Ogaden rebels -- Reuters
My Comment: Ethiopia knows that the world's response to any "war crimes" committed in the Ogaden region will be either ignored or just mentioned briefly. If the rulers of Sudan can get away from doing things far worse in Darfur, Ethiopia knows that it will be given a pass for what it does in the Ogaden region.
And they are probably right.
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