The U.N. human rights chief said on Monday the situation in northern Ethiopia had deteriorated since November and her office had received reports of widespread violations including rapes and lethal airstrikes.
Michelle Bachelet told the Geneva-based Human Rights Council her staff had recorded 304 deaths and injuries to 373 people in air attacks “apparently carried out by the Ethiopian Air Force” in Tigray and Afar regions.
The government has regularly denied targeting civilians in the 16-month-old war pitting Ethiopia’s federal forces against rebellious forces of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF).
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