state of emergency

Ethiopia: Authorities must grant independent investigators, media unfettered access to Amhara region to probe violations under state of emergency.

August 18, 2023

August 18, 2023 Amnesty International The Ethiopian government must immediately grant independent investigators and media access to the Amhara region as reports of gross human rights violations emerge following ongoing armed confrontations

News

Abiy Ahmed’s House of People’s Representatives approved the State of Emergency

August 14, 2023

The declaration issued last week by the Council of Ministers (CoM) in connection with the militarized conflict in #Amhara regional state. If deemed necessary, the six-months State of Emergency decree could also

Analysis & Opinion

The Implications of the State of Emergency Abiy Has Announced for Amhara Killil !

August 7, 2023

The after-the-fact invitation by Yelekal Kefeyal of federal troops to enter Amhara killil to maintain law and order almost three months after Abiy sent his troops there to crack down on

Analysis & Opinion

Declaration Of The State of Emergency In The Amhara Region Is A Security Crisis

August 4, 2023

African Arguments With the declaration of the state of emergency in the Amhara region early on 4 August, 2023, the Abiy Ahmed administration appears to have finally come to grips with a

Human Rights

Abiy Ahmed’s Goverment declares ‘state of emergency’ over Amhara violence

August 4, 2023

By a Guardian correspondent Ethiopia’s council of ministers has declared a state of emergency in the Amhara region after its leader said he was no longer able to contain a surge in violence