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.