{"id":60718,"date":"2026-07-06T07:55:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T11:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/hrw-accuses-tigray-authorities-of-forced-recruitment-as-tensions-flare\/06\/07\/2026\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T07:55:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T11:55:05","slug":"hrw-accuses-tigray-authorities-of-forced-recruitment-as-tensions-flare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/hrw-accuses-tigray-authorities-of-forced-recruitment-as-tensions-flare\/06\/07\/2026\/","title":{"rendered":"HRW accuses Tigray authorities of forced recruitment as tensions flare"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Authorities in Ethiopia\u2019s northern Tigray region have been forcibly recruiting civilians, including children as young as 15, for military service, the US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Monday.<\/p>\n
“The Tigrayan authorities’ campaign to forcibly recruit men and boys into their forces is creating a climate of fear throughout the region,” said Laetitia Bader, HRW’s deputy Africa director.<\/p>\n
Bader urged the authorities to “to \u201cimmediately end their campaign and allow those unlawfully recruited to return home.”<\/p>\n
Tensions have escalated again in recent months between the central government in Addis Abeba and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), the region’s dominant political party.<\/p>\n
The two sides fought a brutal war from 2020 to 2022, marked by atrocities on all sides, which ended with a ceasefire in late 2022. Concerns are now growing that renewed tensions could lead to a fresh armed conflict in the Horn of Africa.<\/p>\n
HRW said residents across the region were reporting that Tigrayan officials were abducting former combatants and other men and boys on the street, in offices, and in nighttime house-to-house searches, as well as from gold-mining sites, which are a key source of income for many young men.<\/p>\n
Local authorities did not initially comment on the allegations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n