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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
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 to starvation in the regional state. Although no …
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 …
News: UN rep for sexual violence in conflict “greatly concerned” by horrific reports of sexual violence in Tigray
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 the Tigray region of Ethiopia, including a high number of alleged rapes …
