Editing Eritrean Defence Forces (section)

===Independence (1991–present)===
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During the first two decades of independence, the EDF formally had the power to detain and arrest civilians, and used this power to help police detain and arrest civilians, which systematically happened for arbitrary reasons. Together with police, [[EPLF]] members and government officials, the EDF carried out widespread torture of Eritreans.<ref name="EHREA_Lasting_Struggle" />

Military-run prisons included the underground ''Track B'' (or ''Tract B'') in the west of Asmara, holding 2,000 detainees; ''Adi Abeto'' near Asmara; ''Wi'a'', 32&nbsp;km south of [[Massawa]], for holding military prisoners (escaped conscripts and draft evaders) and members of unauthorised religions; ''Mitire'', in north-eastern Eritrea for religious prisoners; ''Haddis Ma'askar'', mostly underground, near the ''Sawa'' military base; ''Ala Bazit'' in a desert next to the [[Ala mountains]]; and ''Mai Dima'' near [[Berakit Mountain]] for [[Kunama people|Kunama]] detainees.<ref name="EHREA_Lasting_Struggle" />

====Tigray War====
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In the [[Tigray War]], the EDF was attributed the main responsibility for the [[extrajudicial killing]] of hundreds of civilians in the [[Aksum massacre]], that mainly took place on 28–29 November 2020 in [[Aksum]], according to investigations by [[Amnesty International]] and [[Human Rights Watch]].<ref name="Amnesty_Aksum_massacre_26Feb2021" /><ref name="HRW_EDF_massacres_Tigray_civilians" /> {{As of|2021|02|26}}, just after the publication of the Amnesty International report, ''[[Al Jazeera English]]'' had not received responses from Eritrean officials, but commented that the Eritrean Minister of Information had stated in January 2021 that "the rabid defamation campaign against Eritrea [was] on the rise again".<ref name="AJE_Aksum_Eritrea_troops" />

On 12 November 2021, the [[United States Department of the Treasury|U.S. Department of the Treasury]]'s [[Office of Foreign Assets Control]] added the EDF to its [[Specially Designated Nationals (SDN)]] list for being "a government entity that has engaged in, or whose members have engaged in, activities that have contributed to the crisis in northern Ethiopia or have obstructed a ceasefire or peace process to resolve such crisis".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Treasury Sanctions Four Entities and Two Individuals in Connection with the Crisis in Ethiopia|url=https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0478|access-date=2022-01-16|website=U.S. Department of the Treasury|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Ethiopia-Related Designations; Kingpin Act Designations Removals; Issuance of Ethiopia-Related General License and Frequently Asked Questions|url=https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/recent-actions/20211112|access-date=2022-01-16|website=U.S. Department of the Treasury|language=en}}</ref>