During the struggle for independence in Eritrea, the Ethiopian army was known for its brutal repression of Eritreans. The Ethiopian Army committed extrajudicial killings, murder and rape in Eritrea. However, when the Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF) captured Ethiopian soldiers, they treated them with dignity and respect. They fed and educated the Ethiopian soldiers with the limited resources they had. At that time, the international community had refused to recognize both Eritrea and the prisoners of war. At independence in 1991, Eritrea released its hundreds of thousands prisoners of war to Ethiopia.
Watch a video of this remarkable story from the 1980's:
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