Targeting the Anuak:
Human Rights Violations and Crimes against Humanity in Ethiopia’s Gambella Region

Summary

Recommendations

To the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

To the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations

To Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

To Donor Governments

To Anuak Political and Community Leaders

Background and Context

The December 2003 Massacre

Case Studies

Ethiopian Army Raid against Anuak Civilians in Pinyudo

Ethiopian Army Raids against Anuak Villages in Tedo Kebele

Ethiopian Army Abuses against Anuak Civilians in Gok

Additional Ethiopian Military Abuses against Anuak Civilians

Extrajudicial Killings

Extrajudicial Killings Committed During Attacks on Anuak Civilian Populations

Other Extrajudicial Killings

Rape

Beatings and Torture

Destruction of Property and Looting

Displacement and Food Shortages

Abuses Committed by Armed Anuak Groups in Late 2003 and 2004

The Response of the Ethiopian Government

The Ethiopian Government’s Response to the December 2003 Massacre

The Ethiopian Government’s Response to Continuing Abuses in Gambella

The International Response to Human Rights Abuses in Gambella

Crimes against Humanity under International Law

Acknowledgements

Maps (PDF file - 3 pages, 5 Mb)

March 2005   Vol. 17, No. 3(A)

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