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Minnesota Senators Urge Biden Administration to Aid Ethiopia

Minnesota Senators Urge Biden Administration to Aid Ethiopia

By KTTC Minnesota. (KTTC) –Right now, a humanitarian crisis is unfolding in Ethiopia. Sen. Tina Smith Calls on Biden to Support Ethiopia Amid Crisis. The war has led to a conflict displacing millions of individuals in the region. Lawmakers, such as those from Minnesota, are now urging President Biden to take action. Senator Tina Smith, along […]

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US Voices Concern Over Human Rights Violations in Ethiopia Ahead of IMF Visit

US Voices Concern Over Human Rights Violations in Ethiopia Ahead of IMF Visit

By Simon Marks|Blooberg . Ethiopia’s Financial Crisis: Exploring the $11.5 Billion Financing Gap Human Rights Violations: Criticism Against Attacks on Civilians The United States has raised concerns regarding the ongoing human rights violations in Ethiopia, which could potentially affect its chances of receiving financial support from international lenders. This comes as the International Monetary Fund

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Prominent Figures Murdered by Abiy Ahmed’s Kore Negegna

Prominent Figures Murdered by Abiy Ahmed’s Kore Negegna

Peaceful individuals belonging to the Amhara ethnic group in Addis Ababa have been victims of genocide in various locations such as Wolega, Shashemene, Harar, and Arsi.  Members of the National Movement of Amhara (NaMA), Balderas, and various other political factions. as well as individuals from the Tigray and Amhara ethnic groups residing in Addis Ababa, have

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Ethiopia Arrests 11 Reporters Covering Amhara Unrest, Press Freedom Advocates Call for Release

Ethiopia Arrests 11 Reporters Covering Amhara Unrest, Press Freedom Advocates Call for Release

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Tallied by RSF since April, the arrests of these 11 journalists in connection with their coverage of the tension follow a previous wave of arrests in May 2022. Ethiopia’s second most populous region, Amhara has seen tension between the federal army and Amhara nationalist militias for years. In a country shaped by its

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Press Freedom at Stake: Arrest of French Journalist in Ethiopia

Press Freedom at Stake: Arrest of French Journalist in Ethiopia

Betsy Reed Editor, Guardian US Unveiling the Arrest: French Journalist Detained in Ethiopia. Ethiopian authorities have detained a visiting French journalist for being part of a “conspiracy to create chaos” in the east African country. Antoine Galindo, a reporter for the Paris-based Africa Intelligence (AI) news website, was arrested by plainclothes security officers at the Ethiopian Skylight

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Ethiopia: End extrajudicial Executions in Amhara region, bring perpetrators to justice

Ethiopia: End extrajudicial Executions in Amhara region, bring perpetrators to justice

February 26, 2024 Amnesty International Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) extrajudicially executed civilians in Bahir Dar, the capital of Amhara regional state, and in some cases denied family members the right to bury their loved ones, Amnesty International said in a new briefing today. The briefing, titled “We Thought They Would Fight With Those They Came

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The Global Call to Action: Responding to the Merawi Massacre

The Global Call to Action: Responding to the Merawi Massacre

BY MESFIN TEGENU, It has taken three weeks, but the world is slowly confirming the details and coming to grips with a shocking atrocity in Africa’s second most populous nation. In the Ethiopian village of Merawi, government soldiers massacred civilians in door-to-door house raids, then dumped the victims’ corpses in the street. Government human-rights officials

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Koree Nageenyaa: Ethiopia’s Crisis: Abiy Ahmed’s Deadly Tactics “Extrajudicial killing”

Koree Nageenyaa: Ethiopia’s Crisis: Abiy Ahmed’s Deadly Tactics “Extrajudicial killing”

(Reuters) – A secretive committee of senior officials in Ethiopia’s largest and most populous region, Oromiya, has ordered extra-judicial killings and illegal detentions to crush an insurgency there, a Reuters investigation has found. Reuters interviewed more than 30 federal and local officials, judges, lawyers and victims of abuses by authorities. The agency also reviewed documents

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Abiy Ahmed’s Airstrike Kills 15 Civilians in Amhara, Ethiopia

Abiy Ahmed’s Airstrike Kills 15 Civilians in Amhara, Ethiopia

Feb 23 (Reuters) – An airstrike in Ethiopia’s Amhara region killed at least 15 civilians, including children and elderly people, when it hit a truck carrying them to a village this week, three residents said. The strike took place on Monday around 24 km (15 miles) from where Ethiopian troops were fighting militiamen, according to

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Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Marta Hurtado

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Marta Hurtado

Geneva We are very concerned by the deteriorating human rights situation in some regions of Ethiopia. In Amhara region, following a flare-up in clashes between the Ethiopian military and the regional Fano militia, and the declaration of a state of emergency on 4 August, the situation worsened considerably. At least 183 people have been killed

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Upholding Human Rights in Ethiopia: A Call to Action

Upholding Human Rights in Ethiopia: A Call to Action

Amnesty International reported today that Ethiopian authorities have utilized the state of emergency to suppress peaceful dissent by detaining government critics and journalists without due process. The House of People’s Representatives in Ethiopia recently approved an extension of the state of emergency, initially implemented in August 2023 due to heightened violence in the Amhara region

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