July 10, 2023
Ethiopia: Report Finds 'Disturbing Gaps' in Tigray Peace Deal, Calls for More Inclusive Peace Process
A new report by a coalition of regional and international civil society organizations has revealed that the peace deal that was signed eight months ago between the Ethiopian… Read more »
July 04, 2023
Ethiopia: Manufacturing Crises for the Birth of a 'New' Dictatorship: a Lesson to Learn From Ethiopia's Failed Democratic Transition
The news that the US lifts human rights violation designation on Ethiopia is worrying for the fact that Ethiopian conflicts did not come to an end and no one was held accountable… Read more »
June 06, 2023
Ethiopia: Ethiopia Says HRW Report On Ethnic Cleansing in Western Tigray 'Distorted and Misleading'
The Ethiopian federal government rejected a report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) detailing accounts of continued ethnic cleansing being committed in Western Tigray as a " distorted… Read more »
June 05, 2023
Ethiopia: Rights Commission Urges Immediate Halt to Ever-Increasing Enforced Disappearance of People
The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has urged the need to immediately halt the ever-increasing enforced disappearance of people in Ethiopia and advised the government to… Read more »
June 01, 2023
Ethiopia: HRW Says Ethnic Cleansing Persists in Western Tigray Despite Peace Deal,
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said ethnic cleansing, human rights abuses and forcibly expelling Tigrayans from Western Tigray persists despite the November 02, 2022 peace agreement… Read more »
July 01, 2023
Ethiopia: Rights Groups Raise Deep Concern Over U.S. Backtracking On Human Right Violations Commitment
Prominent human rights organizations Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have expressed serious concerns regarding the United States government's recent position of… Read more »
June 30, 2023
Ethiopia: How 'Extrajudicial Killings' By Uniformed Govt Forces Continue Unabated
A graphic video of uniformed government security forces shooting two people, in civilian clothes with their hands tied behind their backs and facing away, in the back of their… Read more »
Ethiopia: Oroma Musican's Widow Decries Lack of Justice For His Assassination Three Years Ago
The widow of artist Hachalu Hundessa who was assassinated on 29 June, 2020, Fantu Damisew said justice has not been served and she doesn't know who killed him three years after his… Read more »
June 26, 2023
Ethiopia: Research Finds 'Double Burden' for High School Students With Disabilities in Conflict Affected Oromia Region
A new research titled "Double Burden", conducted under the Werdwet Research Fellowship of the Center for Advancement of Rights and Democracy (CARD) reveals that inclusive education… Read more »
June 15, 2023
Ethiopia: Tigray Publishes Preliminary Findings on Food Aid Diversion
The committee established by the interim regional administration of Tigray to investigate diversion of humanitarian food in the region has revealed that the Ethiopian federal… Read more »
June 02, 2023
Ethiopia: Security, Intelligence Task Force Says Three People Killed, 63 Security Forces Injured At Grand Anuwar Mosque Security Crackdown
The Ethiopian Joint Security and Intelligence Task Force said three people were killed today at the Grand Anuwar Mosque in Addis Abeba and "some people were injured." There has… Read more »
June 03, 2023
Ethiopia: Watchdog Says Eritrean Refugees and Asylum Seekers Subjected to Arbitrary Arrest in Addis Abeba
The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said following complaints filed to the commission by Eritrean refugees and Asylum seekers in Addis Abeba, it observed that hundreds of… Read more »
Ethiopia: Ethiopian Airlines Refutes Accusation of Blocking Tigrayans From Travel
Ethiopian Airlines Group refuted as "false allegation" a report that its services was blocking Tigrayans from travel to and the the Tigray regional state. Read more »
May 31, 2023
Ethiopia: Oromia Region Defends Demolition of Buildings As 'Constitutional and Legal'
Hailu Adugna, Oromia Communication Bureau head (Photo:Oromia Communication Bureau/Facebook) Read more »
May 23, 2023
Ethiopia: More Than 160 Persons With Disabilities Submit Complaint to Rights Commission On Rights Violation, Demolition of Commercial Houses By Addis City
The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said today that it has received the complaints of human rights violations filed by more than 160 persons with disabilities who appeared… Read more »
May 16, 2023
Ethiopia: Civilians Suffer 'In Silence' Amidst Armed Conflict in Guji Zones, Oromia Region - Report
The Oromo Legacy Leadership and Advocacy Associations (OLLAA) said in a new report titled "Between a rock and a hard place", severe rights violations of civilians have been… Read more »
May 10, 2023
Ethiopia: 'Last Week Six People Died, Including Children' - Tigray Aid Suspension Continues
The suspension of humanitarian aid to Tigray region by major humanitarian partners continued despite reports both by regional officials and residents of hunger and hunger-related… Read more »
April 19, 2023
Ethiopia: Opposition OLF Says Seven of Its Officials in Police Custody in Burayu Missing
Seven senior officials of the opposition Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) who have been imprisoned for nearly three years and are currently in police custody in Burayu have been… Read more »
April 13, 2023
Ethiopia: Freedom House Annual Report Labels Ethiopia 'Not Free', Again
The annual report by the US-based Freedom House has once again labeled Ethiopia among countries that are "not free" with a freedom score of 21 out of 100. Read more »
April 11, 2023
Ethiopia: German Commissioner for Human Rights Due in Ethiopia Today
Luise Amtsberg, Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Assistance at the Federal Foreign Office, is traveling to Ethiopia from 11 to 14 April and… Read more »
Ethiopia: UNHCR Relocates More Than One Thousand Somalia Refugees Newly Arrived in Ethiopia
1,036 most vulnerable and newly arrived refugees in the Somali region of Ethiopia, who fled clashes in Somalia's Lascanood city, have been relocated from border areas to a new… Read more »
Ethiopia: Police Accuses Meskerem Abera of Giving 'Shooting Exercise' to Informal Groups, Requests 13 More Days to File Charges
Meskerem Abera, founder and owner of "Ethio Nikat", a YouTube-based media, who was arrested for the third time on Sunday by members of the federal police and security officers… Read more »
March 22, 2023
Ethiopia: UN Rights Council Says Scale of Violations in Ethiopia 'Must Not Be Forgotten'
The UN Human Rights Council during an interactive dialogue with the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia (ICHREE) on Tuesday warned that the gravity and… Read more »
March 14, 2023
Ethiopia: Newly Established Gurage Opposition Party Complains Detention of Its Leaders, Undue Pressure From Govt
The newly established Gurage opposition political party, Gurage Unity and Justice Party (GOGOT) has said security forces detained 12 leaders and officials of the party on Monday as… Read more »
March 11, 2023
Ethiopia: News - Amnesty Asks Blinken to Put Human Rights At Heart of Conversation With Prime Minister Abiy
Amnesty International USA urged Antony Blinken, United States secretary of state, to tailor human rights issues at the heart of conversation with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as it is… Read more »