UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for an immediate cessation of hostilities in Ethiopia to observe the Olympic Truce. “The people of Ethiopia continue to suffer greatly from ongoing conflict and bloodshed. For millennia, the tradition of the Olympic Truce has called on all parties, everywhere, to stop hostilities throughout the course of the Games,” he […]
Continue ReadingA senior staff member of Human Rights Watch had her phones hacked with spyware developed by an Israeli technology company that the United States says was “maliciously” used to target activists, journalists and other people of interest. HRW said in a statement Wednesday the spyware from NSO Group Technologies, an Israeli company the U.S. said […]
Continue ReadingMinister of Justice Dr. Gedion Timotheos said the contribution of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) is critical for the successful conduct of the national dialogue that aims at ensuring sustainable peace in Ethiopia. The Minister made the remark at the 3rd joint conference of Civil Society Organizations Authority and Stakeholders at federal and regional states that kicked […]
Continue ReadingGENEVA — The U.N. human rights office says at least 108 civilians have been killed and many more injured in several air strikes allegedly carried out by the Ethiopian air force in the country’s northern Tigray region since the start of the new year. In the past two weeks, air strikes have hit Tigray’s state-owned Technical […]
Continue ReadingThe Secretary-General, António Guterres, said on Monday he was deeply saddened by reports that more than 50 civilians were killed and injured in an airstrike in northern Ethiopia, last Friday. The attack reportedly took place in a site hosting internally displaced people in the town of Dedebit, in the Tigray region. Earlier last week, another airstrike hit […]
Continue ReadingSaudi Arabia Should Stop Deporting Tigrayan Migrants to Ethiopia (Beirut) – Ethiopian authorities have arbitrarily detained, mistreated, and forcibly disappeared thousands of ethnic Tigrayans recently deported from Saudi Arabia, Human Rights Watch said today. Saudi Arabia should stop holding Tigrayans in abhorrent conditions and deporting them to Ethiopia, and instead help the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees […]
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