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Ethiopia: 'We Thought They Would Fight With Those They Came To Fight'
allAfrica, 28 February 2024
Amnesty International reports that Ethiopia's National Defense Forces (ENDF) is engaged in extrajudicial executions in Bahir Dar, Amhara, and denying families the right to bury… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Ethiopia's Amhara Region Sees Renewed Fighting Between Government Forces, Fano
Addis Standard, 27 February 2024
In recent days, heavy fighting has resumed between government security forces and the non-state militia, Fano, across multiple urban locales within Ethiopia's Amhara region. Read more »
Ethiopian Soldiers Executing Civilians in Amhara - Amnesty
Amnesty International has reported that Ethiopia's National Defense Forces (ENDF) is engaged in extrajudicial executions in Bahir Dar, Amhara, denying families the right to bury their loved ones. The briefing We Thought They Would Fight With Those They Came To Fight - Extra-Judicial Executions in Bahir Dar by ENDF soldiers details when troops executed six civilians in August 2023 and six more, including civilians, in October.
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26 February 2024
"We Thought They Would Fight With Those They Came To Fight, - Extra-judicial executions in Bahir Dar by ENDF soldiers,"
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Within the context of the armed conflict between ENDF and Fano militias in Ethiopia's Amhara region, ENDF soldiers extrajudicially executed six ... see more »
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Ethiopia: End Extrajudicial Executions in Amhara Region, Bring Perpetrators to Justice
AI London, 26 February 2024
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… Read more »
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East Africa: US Calls for Dialogue Amid Rising Horn Tensions, Advocates Reconciliation in Amhara and Oromia Regions
Addis Standard, 22 February 2024
During an online briefing yesterday, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Molly Phee, alongside Horn of Africa Special Envoy Mike Hammer, urged Ethiopian and… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Drone Strike Claims Lives of At Least 30 Individuals in North Shewa Zone of Amhara Region
Addis Standard, 22 February 2024
Earlier this week, a drone strike in the North Shewa zone of Mojana Wedera district in a place known as Sasit led to the loss of a minimum of 30 lives and inflicted injuries on… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Amnesty Calls On Ethiopian Authorities to Stop Using Emergency Law 'To Silence Peaceful Dissent'
Addis Standard, 19 February 2024
Amnesty International accused Ethiopian authorities of using the extended state of emergency law in the Amhara region "to silence peaceful dissent by arbitrarily detaining… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Govt Denies Reports of Extrajudicial Killings in Merawi Town, Amhara Region Amid Outcry
Addis Standard, 15 February 2024
The Ethiopian government has denied reports of recent extrajudicial killings by state security forces in the town of Merawi, located in the Amhara region. Read more »
InFocus
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The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission has issued a statement outlining severe human rights abuses affecting civilians in Ethiopia's Amhara, Benishangul Gumuz, and Read more »
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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. ... Read more »
