{"id":122163,"date":"2021-02-09T12:50:43","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T17:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=122163"},"modified":"2021-02-09T12:57:47","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T17:57:47","slug":"new-footage-emerges-of-possible-war-crimes-in-ethiopia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-footage-emerges-of-possible-war-crimes-in-ethiopia\/","title":{"rendered":"New Footage Emerges of Possible War Crimes in Ethiopia"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-footage-emerges-of-possible-war-crimes-in-ethiopia%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=122163&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1230909814_736x514.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Two new videos have emerged showing what appear to be war crimes in the Tigray region of Ethiopia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/tghat.com\/2021\/02\/08\/a-graphic-footage-of-the-debre-abay-massacre-what-do-we-know-about-it\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">video<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">released Monday by a watchdog site&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">shows the bodies of at least 20 men strewn across the road of a Tigrayan village. The watchdog site<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">reports that Eritrean and Ethiopian troops killed the young men in a January massacre.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"posts-content__category-widget md:hidden -ml-4 -mr-4 my-8 px-4 py-6 bg-gray-100\">\n<h4 class=\"mt-0 text-red-600 font-medium font-sans uppercase\">Recent Stories in National Security<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"list-none p-0\">\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/new-footage-emerges-of-possible-war-crimes-in-ethiopia\/\"><strong>New Footage Emerges of Possible War Crimes in Ethiopia<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/iranian-cleric-covid-vaccine-causes-homosexuality\/\"><strong>Iranian Cleric: COVID Vaccine Causes Homosexuality<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/conservatives-slam-biden-bid-to-rejoin-u-n-human-rights-council\/\"><strong>Conservatives Slam Biden Bid to Rejoin U.N. Human Rights Council<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Additional<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tghat.com\/2021\/02\/02\/the-shelling-of-a-tigrayan-church-footage\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">footage<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&nbsp;allegedly shows<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&nbsp;Eritrean forces shelling a hilltop church, leaving the building in rubble. The church neighbors a famed mosque that occupying forces have also targeted in recent months.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Armed conflict broke out between Tigrayans and the Ethiopian government late last year after the Tigray Regional Government conducted local elections against Ethiopia&#8217;s orders. New reports indicate neighboring Eritrea has also sent troops into the region to support the Ethiopian government.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dade Desta, the director of the<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tigray Center for Information and Communication, said these actions amount to genocide and warrant U.S. action.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">They are trying to ruin the region by attacking the community&#8217;s identity and destroying it where they can. They destroyed the church for the sake of it,&#8221; Desta said of Ethiopian and Eritrean forces. &#8220;It&#8217;s happening everywhere in Tigray.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Due to limited communications infrastructure and little on-the-ground reporting from the United States or United Nations, the full extent of war crimes in Tigray remains unknown. Both Tigrayan protesters and Republican lawmakers have&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/congressional-republicans-call-on-biden-administration-to-act-swiftly-on-ethiopia-crisis\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">urged<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the Biden administration to take action and&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/biden-administration-faces-mounting-pressure-to-act-in-ethiopian-conflict\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">pressure<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&nbsp;Ethiopia to end the violence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The administration has thus far urged Eritrean forces to leave the region and asked for a ceasefire.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Desta said the Biden administration\u2019s approach has been insufficient.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;Talking will never make them leave. You need action,&#8221; Desta said.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;What we need today is a Kosovo-style intervention. People are dying in the thousands, it&#8217;s a genocide.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The White House did not immediately return a request for comment.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"my-8 hide-print\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1526555381173-4\" class=\"mobile-250 desktop-90\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two new videos have emerged showing what appear to be war crimes in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. 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