On 18 September 2001 the Eritrean government banned all independent media outlets and incarcerated all but the most compliant journalists….
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Tag: Amnesty International
Ethnic cleansing of Tigrayans may prolong Ethiopia’s civil war
Evidence emerges of war crimes by forces allied to Abiy Ahmed’s government Source: Economist Apr 13th 2022 ADDIS ABABA The…
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Tigray Statement on the Joint Report of Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch
Statement on the Joint Report of Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch on Atrocity Crimes Committed in Western Tigray The…
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Ethiopia: New wave of atrocities in Western Tigray
Source: Amnesty International International investigations, access to detainees key to deter further abuses Amhara security forces are responsible for a…
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Tigray government promises its own investigation into Amnesty rape allegations and support for an international investigation
In response to yesterday’s allegations by Amnesty International, the Tigray Government has issued the statement below.
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Amnesty International: gross sexual abuse in Tigray “tolerated at the highest level of government in Ethiopia and Eritrea”
Anyone who has been following the war in Tigray will be aware of the rape and sexual abuse carried out…
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Amnesty International: End arbitrary detentions of Tigrayans, activists and journalists in Addis Ababa and reveal whereabouts of unaccounted detainees
16 July 2021, 02:00 UTC Source: Amnesty International Police in Addis Ababa have arbitrarily arrested and detained dozens of Tigrayans…
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Amnesty International accuses Eritrean troops of killing hundreds of civilians in the holy city of Axum
Amnesty International has released a comprehensive, compelling report detailing the killing of hundreds of civilians in the Tigrayan city of…
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Did Amnesty International wrongly blame the Tigrayans for the Mai-Kadra massacre?
On Thursday 12th November Amnesty International published a truly shocking report. It was delivered just three days after the events…
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Ethiopia: Over 50 ethnic Amhara killed in attack on village by armed group
At least 54 people from the Amhara ethnic group were killed in an attack late on 1 November by suspected…
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