Human Rights
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News: Ethiopian rights commission says Eritrean refugees and asylum seekers subjected to arbitrary arrest in Addis Abeba
Busy street in Bole neighborhood, Addis Abeba City (Photo:Addis Standard) Addis Abeba – The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said…
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News: HRW says ethnic cleansing persists in Western Tigray despite peace deal, urges federal gov’t to enforce accountability
Amhra Police patrol in Western Tigray (Photo: Archive/Screenshot) Addis Abeba – Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said ethnic cleansing, human…
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News: Uproar after mayor’s bodyguard abducts young woman in Hawassa, regional police in pursuit, detain six suspects
Tsega Belachew (Left), Constable Yehualamebrat Woldemariam (Right) (Photo:Social Media) By Natnael Fite @NatieFit Addis Abeba – An abduction of Tsega…
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#ASDailyScoop: More than 160 persons with disabilities submit complaint to Rights Commission on rights violation, demolition of commercial houses by Addis city
Photo: EHRC Addis Abeba – The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said today that it has received the complaints of…
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News: Civilians suffer “in silence” amidst armed conflict in Guji zones, Oromia region- report
07 July 2018, Oromia Region, West Guji Zone, Kercha Woreda. IDPs. Credit: UNOCHA/ Tinago Chikoto Addis Abeba – The Oromo…
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News: Ethiopian rights commission says “concerning” human rights abuses in Amhara region in connection with ongoing military actions
Daniel Bekele (PhD), Chief Commissioner of EHRC presenting report to the HoPR (Photo:EHRC) Addis Abeba – Ethiopian Human Rights Commission…
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News: Human Rights Watch says companies “took no action” over gold mine pollution in Guji, urges gov’t to halt resumed mine operations
A 16-year-old boy collects water from a spring near Lega Dembi gold mine in the Oromia region of Ethiopia. Addis…
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News: Freedom House annual report labels Ethiopia ‘Not Free’, again
Addis Abeba – The annual report by the US-based Freedom House has once again labeled Ethiopia among countries that are…
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News: German Commissioner for Human Rights due in Ethiopia today
Luise Amtsberg, Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Aid at the Federal Foreign Office. Photo: German Federal…
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News: Gambella region deputy police chief appears in court on suspicion of commanding brutal killing of innocent civilians
Tut Kor, the former deputy commissioner of the Gambella regional police commission (Picture: ETV/screenshot) Addis Abeba – Tut Kor, the…
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