US lawmakers called for action in Ethiopia, reports of gang rapes, ethnic cleansing and war crimes committed by Eritrean troops.

A senior U.S. official said that if civilians in the Tigri area continue to be attacked, the Biden administration is prepared to impose additional sanctions on Ethiopia and Eritrea and is reviewing whether they have committed war crimes.

“Tiger’s violence is shocking. It shocked the conscience,” US Assistant Secretary of State Robert Godec said on Thursday.

The United States calls on all parties to end the conflict, allow humanitarian access and stop human rights violations. Goldk said: “If we do not see immediate progress in these areas, we will take further sanctions.”

By the seventh month, the conflict in Tigri State had killed thousands and as many as 5 million people were at risk of famine. Brutality Crimes committed by the armed forces in the area.

In Tigri, Godec condemned “cruel killings, sexual violence including gang rape, forced evictions, and wanton destruction of civilian property”.

Goldek said that the Ethiopian and Eritrean forces have launched an “uninterrupted violence and sabotage, which constitutes collective punishment for the people of Tigray.”

Godec said at the U.S. Senate hearing that the Amhara regional government forces are using “ethnic cleansing operations” to drive Tigrayans out of their homes.

Gordonk said that the Biden administration has suspended US economic and security assistance to Ethiopia, which was previously an ally in the region and is considering new sanctions against the governments and military officials of Ethiopia and Eritrea.

Democrats and Republicans in the US Congress were shocked and condemned by what is happening in Tigley. Legislators called for an international arms embargo on participants in the conflict, with economic sanctions as the target.

The chairman of the Senate committee, Bob Menendez, said: “Many of us actually believe this is a war crime and a crime against humanity.”

Menendez said: “When this happens in the world, we can’t blindly walk away.” Menendez, along with other American lawmakers, called on the Biden government to take stronger action to force the Ethiopian government to end the conflict.

The U.S. government has pledged to provide Tigray with $305 million in new humanitarian aid, and Biden has appointed the Horn of Africa special envoy Jeffrey Feltman (Jeffrey Feltman).

On May 26, President Biden (Joe Biden) Request to quit Representatives of the Eritrean and Amhara forces in Ethiopia’s Tigri region said that humanitarian assistance must be provided immediately to avoid widespread famine in conflict-stricken areas.

Biden said in a statement on May 26: “The militants in the Tigray area should declare and insist on a ceasefire, and the Eritrean and Amhara forces should withdraw.”

He said: “All parties, especially Ethiopian and Eritrean forces, must allow immediate and unhindered humanitarian access to the area to prevent widespread famine.”

The UN Office of Humanitarian Affairs warned earlier this week that Ethiopia is in danger of famine Because of conflict.

According to Agence France-Presse, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock said at a Security Council briefing: “If the scale of aid is expanded in the next two months, there will be serious problems. Risk of famine.”.

Sarah Charles, assistant administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, told the Senate committee that 5 million people on the border between Tigray and Sudan need humanitarian assistance.

Charles said: “The scale of demand is shocking.” Armed groups have caused widespread gender-based violence. “The violence is so cruel that women suffer organ damage.”

US officials say the situation in Ethiopia reflects the famine in the 1980s, which killed more than 1.2 million people and displaced millions.

Goldk said: “If Ethiopia continues to move forward, it will likely cause a large-scale humanitarian crisis and refugee crisis, and pose a threat to the entire region.”

Goldk said: “We have made it very clear that if we do not see immediate progress… Ethiopia and Eritrea can look forward to further action.”