February 2021 Adwa massacre

February 2021 Adwa massacre
	Part of Tigray War
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Target	Tigrayan youth
Attack type	Mass killing;
Deaths	20-24 civilians
Perpetrators	Ethiopian National Defence Force; and/or ; Eritrean Defence Forces

Coordinates: 14°09′56″N 38°53′41″E / 14.1655°N 38.8946°E / 14.1655; 38.8946

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The February 2021 Adwa massacre was a mass extrajudicial killing that took place in Adwa (Tigrinya: ዓድዋ) in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia during the Tigray War, from 11 to 14 February 2021.^[1]^[2] Adwa is a town in the Central Zone of Tigray.

Massacre[edit]

The Ethiopian National Defense Force and/or Eritrean Defence Forces killed 20 to 24 civilians in Adwa (Central Tigray) from 11 to 14 February 2021.^[1]

Reported by phone that 20 youth were executed in Adwa and 10 in Shire during the protests during the last days. Other sources from within Tigray confirm similar reports and numbers by phone. — EEPA, Situation Report EEPA HORN No. 84 - 15 February 2021, ^[2]

In line with historical studies of massacres, including those committed during the Armenian genocide,^[3]^[4] a massacre can be defined as a conflict incident in which at least five unarmed civilians were killed on the same day at the same location.

Victims[edit]

The “Tigray: Atlas of the humanitarian situation” mentions 24 victims of this massacre, eight on 11 February, five on the 12th, and eleven on the 14th,^[1] whereas the EEPA report mentions a total of 20 victims.^[2]

Reactions[edit]

The “Tigray: Atlas of the humanitarian situation”,^[1] that documented this massacre received international media attention, particularly regarding its Annex A, that lists massacres in the Tigray War.^[5]^[6]^[7]

After months of denial by the Ethiopian authorities that massacres occurred in Tigray, a joint investigation by OHCHR and the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission was announced in March 2021.^[8]

While the Ethiopian government promised that Eritrean troops will be pulled out from Tigray, the Eritrean government denies any participation in warfare in Tigray, let alone in massacres.^[9]

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Annys, S., Vanden Bempt, T., Negash, E., De Sloover, L., Nyssen, J., 2021. Tigray: Atlas of the humanitarian situation
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 "Situation Report EEPA HORN No. 84 – 15 February 2021" (PDF). Europe External Programme with Africa. 2021-02-14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-02-14. Retrieved 2021-06-03. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
↑ Levene, Mark; Roberts, Penny (January 1, 1999). The Massacre in History. Berghahn Books. p. 90. ISBN 978-1-57181-934-5. Archived from the original on May 10, 2016. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help) Search this book on
↑ Melson, Robert (July 1982). "Theoretical Inquiry into the Armenian Massacres of 1894–1896". Comparative Studies in Society and History. 24 (3): 482–3. doi:10.1017/s0010417500010100.
↑ EuroNews, 2 April 2021 – See film embedded in the news item: G7 'seriously concerned' about human rights violations in Ethiopia's Tigray region
↑ CBC, 2 April 2021: As It Happens: The Friday Edition (from 28:00 to 35:30) Tigray, Ethiopia Massacre
↑ The Guardian, 2 April 2021: Ethiopia: 1,900 people killed in massacres in Tigray identified
↑ France24, 18 March 2021: UN rights chief agrees to joint Tigray probe
↑ DW, 19 March 2021: Fact check: Are other nations involved in the war in Tigray?

External links[edit]

Twitter: author @tvbempt; hashtags #NeverForget #SayTheirNames #Adwa
World Peace Foundation: Starving Tigray
Tigray: Atlas of the humanitarian situation
TGHAT: A compilation of the verified list of civilian victims from different sources

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[atlas-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Annys, S., Vanden Bempt, T., Negash, E., De Sloover, L., Nyssen, J., 2021. Tigray: Atlas of the humanitarian situation

[EEPA84_15Feb2021-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 "Situation Report EEPA HORN No. 84 – 15 February 2021" (PDF). Europe External Programme with Africa. 2021-02-14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-02-14. Retrieved 2021-06-03. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)

[3] Levene, Mark; Roberts, Penny (January 1, 1999). The Massacre in History. Berghahn Books. p. 90. ISBN 978-1-57181-934-5. Archived from the original on May 10, 2016. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help) Search this book on

[4] Melson, Robert (July 1982). "Theoretical Inquiry into the Armenian Massacres of 1894–1896". Comparative Studies in Society and History. 24 (3): 482–3. doi:10.1017/s0010417500010100.

[5] EuroNews, 2 April 2021 – See film embedded in the news item: G7 'seriously concerned' about human rights violations in Ethiopia's Tigray region

[6] CBC, 2 April 2021: As It Happens: The Friday Edition (from 28:00 to 35:30) Tigray, Ethiopia Massacre

[7] The Guardian, 2 April 2021: Ethiopia: 1,900 people killed in massacres in Tigray identified

[8] France24, 18 March 2021: UN rights chief agrees to joint Tigray probe

[9] DW, 19 March 2021: Fact check: Are other nations involved in the war in Tigray?

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