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Ethiopian forces ‘execute dozens’ in anti-rebel campaign: Amnesty

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Ethiopian forces Ethiopian soldiers and police officers allegedly carried out dozens of extrajudicial executions last year in a crackdown on a rebel group active in the country’s restive Oromia region, Amnesty International said in a report Friday. The alleged killings — 39 in total — are part of a pattern of abuses that also include torture and mass arbitrary arrests, with detainees subjected to “political rehabilitation training” promoting Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government, the report said. The abuses highlight how Ethiopian security forces continue “to crush dissent and political opposition” under Abiy, winner of last year’s Nobel Peace Prize, Amnesty researcher Fisseha Tekle told AFP.

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