Month: January 2021
- AAU
Perspective: AAU threatens to sue a disability association for “tarnishing its reputation”. I ask, which reputation?
The late Abraham Duressa. Picture: Social Media By Dagnachew B. Wakene @DagWakene Addis Abeba, January 29/2021 – A number of Ethiopian news outlets have covered the outrageous incident which occurred last month within the premises of the Addis Abeba University (AAU) involving a graduating class law student with visual impairment, Abraham Duressa, who died by suicide. The purpose of this…
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News: Jawar, Bekele et.al protest with hunger after police detain dozens of supporters from court premises
Up to 80 supporters of Jawar Mohammed, Bekele Gerba and others were detained for showing up at the court wearing yellow. Photo: Wabi Burka/Social media By Mahlet Fasil @mahletfasil Addis Ababa, January 28/2021 – Family members of Jawar Mohamed told Addis Standard that Jawar, Bekele Gerba and other co-defendants, who are currently facing accusations on terrorism and criminal charges, have declined to…
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News: Tigray region interim admin official admits death of 13 due to lack of food; says crisis scale “unprecedented” in region’s history
A young Ethiopian refugee sleeps on a mattress at a transit site in Hamdayet, Sudan. © UNHCR/Olivier Jobard Translated by Medihane Ekubamichael @Medihane Addis Ababa, January 25, 2021 – Abraha Desta, Head of the Tigray Regional State Interim Administration Bureau of Social Affairs, has admitted that his office has received report on the death of 13 people, three of whom children, due…
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News: Rights Commission raises concern on urgent need to improve prison/detention conditions in Gambella; calls for immediate release of all children
Treatment of prisoners needs to be improved, Right of opposition parties to operate freely must be guaranteed: EHRC Addis Abeba, January 25/2021 – The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC/Commission) said it is concerned at the slow pace of changes to detention conditions and free operation of opposition parties in Gambella Region. The Commission deployed a monitoring team to the region’s…
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News: OLF says electoral board’s failure to address its repeated complaints on gov’t crackdown restricting its ability to participate in elections
The letter was signed by OLF Chairman Dawud Ibssa By Medihane Ekubamichael @Medihane Addis Ababa, January 23, 2021 — In a letter addressed to the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE), the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), said the government’s continued blockade of its headquarters in Addis Abeba using police forces and the closure of several of its branch offices in various…
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News: UN rep for sexual violence in conflict “greatly concerned” by horrific reports of sexual violence in Tigray
Women and children constitute the prime victims of the ongoing armed conflict in Tigray. Refugees from Tigray arriving in Sudan. Picture: UNFPA Addis Abeba, January 22/2020 – In a statement released on January 21, Pramila Patten, United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict said she is “greatly concerned by serious allegations of sexual violence in…
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News: Security forces shot dead Tigray TV journalist, his friend in Mekelle; officials decline to comment
Dawit Kebede Araya. Picture: Obtained from sources in Mekelle By Medihane Ekubamichael @Medihane Addis Abeba, January 21/2020 – Dawit Kebede Araya, a journalist working for the regional Tigray TV, currently being administered by the federally appointed Interim Government, was shot dead in his car on Wednesday, January 20, 2021. According to two sources who spoke to Addis Standard on condition of…
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News: Foreign Ministry Spokesperson contradicts army commander, Mekelle interim mayor & Rights Commission report on Eritrean forces involvement in armed conflict in Tigray
Ambassador Dina Mufti. Picture: MoFA/January 20/2020 Addis Standard staffs Addis Abeba, January 21/2020 – Ambassador Dina Mufti, Spokesperson of Ethiopia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has contradicted proven reports of Eritrea’s presence and participation in the armed conflict in Tigray. Ambassador Dina denied Eritrean troops’ participation at a press briefing he gave to local media on January 20. “We have seen reports about…
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