Police in Addis Ababa have arbitrarily arrested and detained dozens of Tigrayans without due process, following the recapture of the Tigray region’s capital, Mekelle, by forces from the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) that also calls itself Tigray Defence Forces (TDF) on 28 June, Amnesty International said today. The arrests appear to be ethnically motivated, […]
Day: July 16, 2021
Ethiopia Commends IDA for its Support to COVID-19 Response Measures
(ENA) Minister of Finance, Ahmed Shide participated in a virtually meeting that focused on generating support for the 20th replenishment of the International Development Association (IDA). The main objective of the replenishment is to support Africa to have a resilient economy and recovery from the COVID-19 crisis as well as help the continent continue its […]
Wave of International Twitter Campaign Launched to Condemn TPLF for Using Child Soldiers
(ENA) Ethiopians have taken to Twitter to call on the international community to condemn the criminal acts of the terrorist TPLF for recruiting and deploying children in war by feeding them drugs. Recent media report and footages have clearly demonstrated that TPLF is committing a number of crimes in violation of international law by recruiting […]
TDP Urges Int’l Community to Hold TPLF Accountable for Using Children as Soldiers
(ENA) Tigray Democratic Party (TDP) has urged the international community to hold the terrorist TPLF group accountable for using children as soldiers against international laws and conventions. Recent reports and footages have clearly demonstrated that TPLF has been committing a number of crimes in violation of international law. Tigray Democratic Party Office Head, Teshale Negusse told […]
Why is UNHCHR Silent on Deployment of Child soldiers by TPLF in Tigray?
(ENA) Why is UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Silent on Deployment of Child soldiers by TPLF in Tigray? BY SOLOMON DIBABA The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) has adopted a quickly baked EU sponsored resolution on violations of human rights in Ethiopia. But it never uttered a sentence on TPLF’s recruitment […]
Recruiting Children as Soldiers Unacceptable, Grave Violation of Int’l Law: Academicians
(ENA) The deployment of child soldiers by the terrorist group TPLF is “unacceptable and grave violation of international humanitarian law,” academicians noted. The New York Times has this week published a report that depicts the activities of the terrorist TPLF clique to forcefully recruit, train, and deploy children as soldiers against international conventions. Civil Service University […]