Human Rights
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Letter: An open call by African intellectuals for urgent action on Ethiopia
“We call on any negotiated political settlement to include a process of public accountability for mass atrocities committed across Ethiopia”…
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News Analysis: Conflicting narratives as violence hits East Wollega again, claiming hundreds of civilian lives
Photo:: Negasaa Deslagen/DW By Addis Standard Staff Addis Abeba, August 26/2021 – The residents and the zonal administrator of East…
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News Analysis: Amid concerns over arbitrary detention of Tigrayans, Ethiopia forms joint police task force to arrest, prosecute “terrorists dispatched by TPLF”
Addis Standard Staff Addis Abeba, August 24/2021 – A joint task force was established by the Ethiopian Federal Police Criminal…
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Breaking: US Treasury sanctions Eritrean military leader in connection with serious human rights abuse in Tigray
Tigrayan victims of the Axum massacre perpetrated by Eritrean forces at the the last week of November 2020. Picture EHRC Addis Abeba, August 23/2021– Today,…
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Ethiopia: Ethnic Tigrayans Forcibly Disappeared
Photograph: Britta Pedersen/dpa/Alamy Addis Abeba, August 18/ 2021 – Ethiopian authorities since late June 2021 have arbitrarily detained, forcibly disappeared, and…
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News: Some 2.4 m people in need of aid in Somali Region: UN
Qoloji IDP camp in Somali region. Picture: Somali Region News Addis Abeba, August 17/2021 – The UN country team in…
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News: Regional district court grants Fed. police four days to remand Abebe Bayu of Ethio-Forum, Bekalu Alamrew, Fanuel Kinfu of Awlo Media for investigation
Fanuel Kinfu , Bekalu Alamrew and Abebe Bayu By Mahlet Fasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba, August 12/2021 – The trial of…
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News: Latest OCHA report estimates 1,003,000 IDPs as a result of violence across Ethiopia; urges parties to conflict to protect aid workers, ease of humanitarian access
Overview of active hostilities by location Picture: OCHA By Addis Standard Staff Click here to Download Full Report Addis Abeba,…
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News: 10 staff members of Awlo Media released from prison in Afar; trials are set for Four journalists
Fanuel Kinfu , Bekalu Alamrew, Abebe Bayu and Yayesew Shimeles By Mahlet Fasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba, August 10/2021 – It…
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News: Fed. Police says arrested staff of Awlo media, Ethio Forum news outlet detained in Afar region
Left to right: Bekalu Alamrew, Yayesew Shimeles, Abebe Bayu, Fana Negash, Fanuel Kinfu and Meheret Gebrekirstos By Mahlet Fasil @MahletFasil…
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