Public hanging of civilians in Ogaden

O.N.L.F Statement

Armed forces of the Tigray Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF) led regime captured by the ONLF in recent months have reported on several occasions that they were under direct orders to hang villagers in “trouble spots” throughout Ogaden as part of a continuing collective punishment campaign against civilians.

This brutal practice is increasingly becoming the terror tactic of choice for TPLF regime troops in the Ogaden and is well known to our nomadic population.

The international community and the United Nations in particular must not sit by idly as the TPLF regime sanctions the barbaric hanging of our people simply because of their ethnicity.

The UN must therefore act on the recommendations made in September of this year by its humanitarian fact finding mission to Ogaden and immediately constitute an independent investigation team to visit Ogaden and look into cases of torched villages, rape and now, public hangings of innocent civilians from trees.

The ONLF pledges to cooperate with the United Nations in gathering evidence of genocide in Ogaden.

Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF)