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At least 600 civilians were killed in northern Ethiopia massacre, rights commission says

By Eoin McSweeney, Bethlehem Feleke and Schams Elwazer, CNN Why are there fears of civil war in Ethiopia? 03:07 Nairobi, KenyaAt least 600 civilians were killed during an attack in northern Ethiopia in

November 24, 2020

Human Rights

Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) is a National and Regional Threat to Peace and Stability in the Horn of Africa

November 19, 2020 FBelay, PhD. fishat@gmail.com On November 15, 2020 early in the morning, my aunt who is a mother of three young children boarded a bus in the capital city of

November 22, 2020

ANALYSIS & OPINION·Human Rights

Ranking Member Menendez Statement for the Record on Preventing Conflict and Supporting Democratic Transition in Ethiopia

RANKING MEMBER’S PRESS NOVEMBER 18, 2020 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today submitted the following statement for the Senate record condemning the escalating

November 19, 2020

Human Rights·News

TPLF’S WAR CRIME IN MAYKADRA

Ahungena Alemayehu November 13, 2020 More than 500 unarmed civilians, mostly Amhara slaughtered. MAYKADRA (Mai Kadra) is located in the North of Gondar, the North Western region of Ethiopia. Even though Maykadra’s

November 13, 2020

Human Rights

Ethiopia: Investigation confirms scores of civilians killed in Tigray state massacre

Amnesty International UK Press releases Hundreds killed and wounded in knife and machete attacks on night of 9 November Witnesses say Tigray People’s Liberation Front responsible ‘This is a horrific tragedy’ – Deprose

November 12, 2020

Human Rights

Ethiopia: Over 54 ethnic Amhara killed in attack on village by OLF-Shene

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL NEWSFLASH 2 November 2020 Amnesty International can reveal that at least 54 people from the Amhara ethnic group were killed in an attack late on 1 November by suspected members

November 2, 2020

Human Rights

‘Horrendous’ OLF-Shene Attack massacred ethnic Amhara in West Ethiopia: Government

Gunmen from the Oromo Liberation Army carried out the attack Sunday in an area known as Wollega, with one survivor saying he counted over 50 corpses. An armed group in Ethiopia’s restive

November 2, 2020

Human Rights

Ethiopia: Investigation reveals evidence that scores of civilians were killed in massacre in Tigray state

Amnesty International November 2020 Amnesty International can today confirm that scores, and likely hundreds, of people were stabbed or hacked to death in Mai-Kadra (May Cadera) town in the South West Zone

November 2, 2020

Human Rights

Gura Ferda and the crimes against humanity

Published first in April 14, 2012 By Tesfay Atsbeha and Kahsay Berhe Republished October 25, 2020 The inhuman measures of expelling Ethiopians from their own country in the district of Gura Ferda

October 25, 2020

Human Rights

EU Parliament condemns human rights abuses in Saudi migrant camps after Telegraph investigation

By Zecharias Zelalem and Will Brown/CREDIT: The Telegraph Vote kept top secret until last minute amid concerns of coercion The European Parliament has strongly condemned Saudi Arabia for holding tens of thousands

October 9, 2020

Human Rights

Eskinder Nega, Democracy, Human Rights Activists and Journalist

ESKINDER NEGA BIOGRAPHY ETHIOPIA Eskinder Nega, a journalist and blogger based in Addis Ababa, was sentenced on July 13, 2012, to 18 years in prison for violating anti-terrorism laws after he criticized

October 2, 2020

Famous People·Human Rights·News

Saudi Arabia: thousands of Ethiopian migrants held in ‘hellish’ conditions – new investigation

October 01, 2020 Amnesty International UK Press releases Thousands of Ethiopians expelled by neighbouring Yemen in March left to languish in disease-ridden Saudi cells Reports of dead bodies in cells, with lack

October 1, 2020

Human Rights

Washington Update: Ethnic Cleansing in the Benshangul

Washington UpdateSeptember 23, 20201.The present ethnic cleansing in the Benshangul, Afar and northern and southern parts of Ethiopia is the direct result of divide-and-rule ethnic federalism provisions placed in Ethiopia’s Constitution by

September 23, 2020

Human Rights

The Amara Genocide Is Intensified, but the Medias Are Silent!

By Belayneh Abate The Amara genocide is intensified to eliminate Amaras and Christians from the Eastern, South, Central and Western parts of Ethiopia. But most of the onetime vocal “independent” Ethiopian medias

September 20, 2020

Human Rights·ANALYSIS & OPINION

UN Amplifies Ethiopian Migrant Detainees’ Cries for Help in Saudi Arabia

By Tigist Geme/VOA September 18, 2020 The prospect of paid work and better lives lured Teshome and Kadir from their native Ethiopia, their hopes pinned on Saudi Arabia. Instead, the two young

September 18, 2020

Human Rights·News