The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission has issued a statement outlining severe human rights abuses affecting civilians in Ethiopia's Amhara, Benishangul Gumuz, and Oromia regions, Addis Standard reports.
The commission has after thorough investigations in the affected zones and districts, documented incidents including attacks leading to loss of life, physical harm to non-combatants, property destruction, and widespread displacement.
Ethiopia: Commission Exposes Disturbing Human Rights Abuses Across Country
Addis Standard, 7 December 2023
The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has issued a statement outlining severe human rights abuses affecting civilians in Ethiopia's Amhara, Benishangul Gumuz, and Oromia… Read more »
Facebook owner Meta has contributed to serious human rights abuses against Ethiopia's Tigrayan community, Amnesty International says in a new report published on October 31, 2023.
Amnesty says that Meta has once again failed to adequately curb the spread of content advocating hatred and violence, this time targeting Tigrayans during the November 2020 to November 2022 armed conflict in northern Ethiopia.
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The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission has released a deeply troubling report, highlighting the widespread occurrence of sexual violence linked to the conflict in the Amhara region. The report reveals that since July 2021, over 200 cases of rape have been registered at
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Independent UN human rights experts are warning that there is an overwhelming risk that atrocity crimes will continue in Ethiopia, in a new report released on Tuesday, October 3, 2023.
This follows a report by the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission, on the deteriorating human rights situation in the Amhara region that began in April 2023 and which escalated into widespread
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The latest talks between the Ethiopian government and the Oromia Liberation Army (OLA) hosted by Tanzania, has once again not yielded any results. This after days of on-and-off reports of a stalemate over key substantive issues in the peace talks, which kicked off in off with senior military officials of the two sides. It belies the mediation team's report of "positive progress" on November 7, 2023.
According to
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