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#REDIRECT [[Timeline of the Tigray war (January–June 2021)#February 2021 Adwa massacre]]
{{Short description|Massacre in Adwa, Central Tigray as part of Tigray war}}
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[[File:City of Adwa, skyline from Drone camera, Oct 2018.jpg|thumb|View on Adwa]]
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{{Infobox civilian attack
| date = 11-14 February 2021
| title = February 2021 Adwa massacre
| location = [[Adwa]] ({{Lang-ti | ዓድዋ}}), [[Tigray Region]], Ethiopia
| partof = [[Tigray War]]
| map = {{Location map|Tigray Region#Ethiopia|lat_deg = 14.1655 |lon_deg = 38.8946|label = Adwa| border = none | float = center|caption = }}
| map_caption = Location of [[Adwa]] in Tigray (Ethiopia)
| fatalities = 20-24 civilians
| target = [[Tigrayan]] youth
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* [[Mass killing]]}}
| perps = {{flagicon|Ethiopia}} [[Ethiopian National Defence Force]]; and/or <br>
{{flagicon|Eritrea}} [[Eritrean Defence Forces]]
}}
[[Category: ConflictsHistory inof 2021Adwa]] ▼The ''' February 2021 Adwa massacre''' was a mass [[extrajudicial killing]] that took place in [[Adwa]] ({{Lang-ti | ዓድዋ}}) in the [[Tigray Region]] of [[Ethiopia]] during the [[Tigray War]], from 11 to 14 February 2021.<ref name="atlas">Annys, S., Vanden Bempt, T., Negash, E., De Sloover, L., [[Jan Nyssen |Nyssen, J.]], 2021. [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/349824181 Tigray: Atlas of the humanitarian situation]</ref><ref name="EEPA84_15Feb2021">{{cite web | title= Situation Report EEPA HORN No. 84 – 15 February 2021 | website= [[Europe External Programme with Africa]] |date =2021-02-14 | url = https://www.eepa.be//wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Situation-Report-EEPA-Horn-No.-84-15-February-2021.pdf | access-date = 2021-06-03 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210214230149/https://www.eepa.be//wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Situation-Report-EEPA-Horn-No.-84-15-February-2021.pdf |archive-date=2021-02-14 |url-status=live }}</ref> Adwa is a town in the Central Zone of Tigray.
==Massacre==
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.<ref name="atlas"/>
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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.
|author=EEPA |title=Situation Report EEPA HORN No. 84 - 15 February 2021|source=<ref name="EEPA84_15Feb2021"/>}}
In line with historical studies of massacres, including those committed during the Armenian genocide,<ref>{{Cite book |title = The Massacre in History |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=XrOT0cczclkC |publisher = Berghahn Books |date = January 1, 1999 |isbn = 978-1-57181-934-5 |first1 = Mark |last1 = Levene |first2 = Penny |last2 = Roberts |page = 90 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160510211213/https://books.google.com/books?id=XrOT0cczclkC |archive-date = May 10, 2016 |df = mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1 = Melson |first1 = Robert |title = Theoretical Inquiry into the Armenian Massacres of 1894–1896 |journal = Comparative Studies in Society and History |date = July 1982 |volume = 24 |issue = 3 |pages = 482–3 |doi = 10.1017/s0010417500010100 }}</ref> 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==
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,<ref name="atlas"/> whereas the EEPA report mentions a total of 20 victims.<ref name="EEPA84_15Feb2021"/>
==Reactions==
The “Tigray: Atlas of the humanitarian situation”,<ref name="atlas"/> that documented this massacre received international media attention, particularly regarding its Annex A, that lists massacres in the [[Tigray War]].<ref>EuroNews, 2 April 2021 – See film embedded in the news item: [https://www.euronews.com/2021/04/02/g7-seriously-concerned-about-human-rights-violations-in-ethiopia-s-tigray-region?jwsource=cl G7 'seriously concerned' about human rights violations in Ethiopia's Tigray region]</ref><ref>CBC, 2 April 2021: As It Happens: The Friday Edition (from 28:00 to 35:30) [https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-the-friday-edition-1.5974488 Tigray, Ethiopia Massacre]</ref><ref>The Guardian, 2 April 2021: [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/02/ethiopia-1900-people-killed-in-massacres-in-tigray-identified Ethiopia: 1,900 people killed in massacres in Tigray identified]</ref>
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.<ref>France24, 18 March 2021: [https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210318-un-rights-chief-agrees-to-joint-tigray-probe UN rights chief agrees to joint Tigray probe]</ref>
While the Ethiopian government promised that [[Eritrea]]n troops will be pulled out from Tigray, the Eritrean government denies any participation in warfare in Tigray, let alone in massacres.<ref>DW, 19 March 2021: [https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-are-other-nations-involved-in-the-war-in-tigray/a-56891431 Fact check: Are other nations involved in the war in Tigray?]</ref>
== References ==
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==External links==
* Twitter: author @tvbempt; hashtags #NeverForget #SayTheirNames #Adwa
*[https://sites.tufts.edu/wpf/starving-tigray/ World Peace Foundation: Starving Tigray]
*[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/349824181 Tigray: Atlas of the humanitarian situation]
*[https://www.tghat.com/victim-list/ TGHAT: A compilation of the verified list of civilian victims from different sources]
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