We endorse the call by 36 organizations, including HRW and Amnesty, for a Human Rights Council special session on Ethiopia. Any expert mechanism must cover the conflict in Amhara since August 2023, all parties, mass detention, attacks on schools and health care, and aid access.
Atrocity Alert (Warning), dated record: at least 52 civilians reported killed around Alamata, 26–28 Sep, and a mortar strike in Kobo killed civilians. Perpetrators not established. We call for an independent investigation, protection of civilians by all forces and medical access.
Every armed party in the Amhara conflict has harmed civilians; none has been held to account. We demand that detainees be charged or released, access for monitors and aid, an end to attacks on schools and clinics, and an international mechanism covering Amhara since August 2023.
EHRC reports a "widespread practice" of detentions in Amhara over alleged "Fano cells". Five journalists face terrorism charges over their Amhara reporting. We call for every detainee to be charged before a court or released, with access for families, lawyers and the EHRC.
Of 15 statements on Ethiopia, 7 Sep–15 Oct 2026, five mention Amhara, only one names an incident there, and none addresses the AFNM–federal war still being fought in the region. By October, diplomacy had moved to Ethiopia–Eritrea.
No international body is mandated to investigate abuses in Amhara today. A guide to the UN, AU, ICC, universal jurisdiction and sanctions tools that could, and the status of each as of 15 October 2026.
Since 22 Sep 2026 Amhara has sat on two fronts: a Tigray offensive into Raya and Wag that federal forces reversed, and a separate Fano–federal war now centred on North Shewa and Wollo. A guide, as of 15 Oct, to what is confirmed and what is claimed.
Amhara officials reported 2,445 of 11,069 schools closed in Oct 2025. Nationwide, the UN verified 8 cases of military use of schools in 2023–24 (ENDF 5, Tigrayan forces 1, unidentified 2), none in 2025. HRW reports Fano threats and abductions against teachers.
In Arsi, the rights commission EHRC attributes attacks in 2026 to the OLA; tolls range from its 3 named dead to 37–40 in other reports. In East Wollega, accounts of the Aug 2026 killings blame opposite sides, and no national body has investigated. A sourced reading.
Some Amhara health facilities have reportedly run out of emergency supplies (OCHA). The harvest is below average in Wag Himra and North Wollo. There is no verified count of the newly displaced. Recommendations to authorities, armed forces, OCHA and donors.
Global Amhara Knowledge Hub launches today. It will put evidence first and protect all civilians. Everything will be sourced, dated and published in English and Amharic, with corrections in public. Amhara Media Network (AMN), our YouTube channel, carries the conversation.