Gambela massacre

Gambela massacre

occurrence

Country	Ethiopia
Ein location	Gambela
Point for tym insyd	December 2003

De Gambela Massacre be a three-day-long massacre insyd de city of Gambela targeting Anuak people insyd December 2003. De massacre perpetrated by de ENDF den "highlander" militias after an ambush of ARRA employees. Calls from International community made to condemn den stop de various forms of attacks against de Anuak people- i.e. Ethiopia to take immediate action den to comply to de International Convention on de Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (“ICERD”). Na de calls include actions against: 1) Racial Discrimination, 2) State obligation to protect den ensure economic development, economic, social, den cultural rights, 3) Freedom of movement, 4) De right to equal treatment insyd de justice system, 5) Protection Against Violence, den 6) Access to Remedies den Justice for Crimes of Racial Discrimination.

Background

Insyd 2002 Conflict between de Nuer den Anuak communities insyd Gambela kill over 100 den distance thousands.

Throughout 2003 ethnic clashes insyd den around Gambela dey leave dozens dead. Na Anuak militias den highlanders militias routinely battle over de countryside. Insyd de second half of 2003 Anuak militias kill about 20 highlander civilians.

Ambush

On de morning of 13 December 2003, a car carrying employee from de Administration for Refugee den Returnee Affairs dey look to build a South Sudanese refugee camp insyd de city be ambushed by suspected Anuak groups about thirty kilometers outside Gambela. De ambush kill all eight government employees insyd de car.

Massacre

After de ambush of ARRA personnel, a crowd of so-called "highlanders" (Amhara, Oromia, and Tigryian people) dey form near de regional council building where de bodies had been shown, de crowd then become increasingly angry. Soon highlander civilians and ENDF soldiers armed plus machetes, axes, sticks, den iron bars insyd groups of about 30-50 begin to roam through de Anuak neighborhoods of Gambela killing people de setting fire to buildings den homes. De building they can not set fire to had grenades thrown through de windows of de structure. Insyd one incident the crowd descended onto the house of Okwier Oletho an Anuak pastor where people had sought refuge about 12 people be killed there. Anuak civilians fled into de forests surrounding de town den 382 had sought refuge insyd a catholic church. By de end of de massacre, 440 homes be destroyed den an estimated 300 people had been killed den 70,000 people be displaced. De worst dey affect neighborhoods of Gambela be Omminingah, Owalingah, Tier Kidi, den Addis Zefer.

Victims

Anuak groups compile a list of at least 88 of de victims.

Attacks insyd 2022

De start of de June 2022 violence insyd Gambela, de Southern SNNPR region be associated plus a demonstration hold by ‘non-indigenous’ sana known as Degegnoch or high-landers, requesting local officials for protection from de frequent attacks against de group. However, reports show dat ENDF (federal army) den regional forces fired toward de demonstrators causing casualties. Anoda armed clash between de Oromo OLF-Shane, Gambela Liberation Front (GLF), den government forces reportedly dey cause additional death from involved parties plus no clear number on actual death tolls. De Ethiopian Human Rights Commission make calls to de government for protection.