Human Rights

The Habesha Christian Tadele, a Member of Parliament, Yohannes Buyalew, a member of the Amhara Regional Council, Kassa Teshager, a member of the Addis Abeba City Council, and other defendants accused of terrorism appeared in a closed hearing at the Federal High Court’s Lideta branch on Friday.  Out of the 52 individuals charged with terrorism, […]

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

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

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

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

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