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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Ethiopia: Oromia Region Defends Demolition of Buildings As 'Constitutional and Legal'

Hailu Adugna, Oromia Communication Bureau head (Photo:Oromia Communication Bureau/Facebook) Read more »

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 »

Ethiopia: The Poetics and Politics of Oromo Resistance

Oromo music has played a central role in providing alternative spaces for enunciating 'the Oromo question'. Read more »