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killings, sexual violence, mass arbitrary detention, pillage, forcible transfer, and the denial of humanitarian assistance. These widespread and systematic attacks against the
Tigrayan civilian population amount to crimes against humanity, as well as war crimes." The concerns of war crimes committed against the people of Welkait has caused massprotests all across the world, especially among the Tigrayan diaspora (see
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