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The Street Journal: Tigrayan survivors seek justice in German courts

A criminal complaint has been filed with the German Federal Public Prosecutor concerning alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the2020-2022 conflict in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region. The complaint, submitted by Legal Action Worldwide (LAW) and the Berlin law firm Oehmichen International, targets 12 senior Ethiopian and Eritrean government officials and military officers. The Federal Public Prosecutor has confirmed that it received the complaint.

“Now it is up to the Federal Public Prosecutor to decide whether to initiate an investigation,” said Nick Leddy, the lead lawyer at LAW.

“We have submitted an extensive body of evidence — our complaint is over 100 pages long with multiple appendices, including numerous publicly available pieces of evidence and witness testimonies. We hope that the German authorities take up this complaint and launch what is called a structural investigation,” he told DW.

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