‘Like I wasn’t a person’: Ethiopian forces accused of systematic rape in Tigray

Mutilation, slavery and torture of women and girls detailed in accounts published by Amnesty, in what organisation says could amount to war crimes

• Warning: this article contains graphic details of sexual violence that readers may find upsetting

Ethiopian government forces have been systematically raping and abusing hundreds of women and girls in the current conflict in Tigray, according to a new report from Amnesty International.

Adding to a growing body of evidence that rape is being used as a weapon of war in the northern region of Ethiopia, Amnesty's research offers a snapshot of the extent of the crimes in an area where communications with the outside world have been deliberately restricted by federal authorities.