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ENDF Cold-Bloodedy Executed 28 Wounded TDF Fighters in Bizet --------- Disturbing reports emerging from the recent confrontation in the Bizet area confirm that Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) soldiers cold-bloodedly executed 28 wounded and captured Tigray Defense Forces (TDF) fighters. According to these reports, after reportedly suffering heavy losses during the engagement, ENDF troops allegedly took their rage and frustration out on defenseless, wounded combatants who were no longer capable of fighting. Even more horrifying is the reported execution of an uninjured nurse who courageously refused to abandon her wounded comrades. The ENDF, increasingly identified with Abiy Ahmed's Prosperity Party (PP) regime, has long faced serious allegations of war crimes and atrocities against civilians and captured combatants. If verified, this latest incident would represent yet another appalling manifestation of that pattern of brutality and disregard for human life. The deliberate execution of wounded or captured combatants is a grave violation of international humanitarian law, particularly the fundamental protection afforded to persons hors de combat—those who are wounded, captured, or otherwise rendered incapable of participating in hostilities. Such killings constitute war crimes. Even by the standards of the most morally bankrupt regimes, deliberately executing defenseless wounded fighters, and a nurse who refused to abandon the wounded represents an extraordinary descent into cruelty. These acts are utterly abhorrent that warrant immediat and unequivocal international condemnation. I long for the day when every atrocity committed against the people of Tigray is fully documented, every crime is brought before the bar of justice, and every perpetrator is held accountable. May no crime be forgotten, no victim be denied justice, and no perpetrator escape accountability. @hrw @amnesty #Tigray #Ethiopia