Joint UN, Ethiopia rights team: all sides committed abuses in Tigray
Geneva, Switzerland/Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Reuters All sides fighting in the war in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray committed violations that may amount to war crimes, according to a joint investigation by the United Nations and Ethiopia published on Wednesday. The report accuses all sides of torturing and killing civilians, carrying out gang-rapes and making arrests […]
Freedom of expression?: In Abiy’s Ethiopia, press freedom flourished. Then fear returned
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US imposes restrictions on Ethiopia assistance over Tigray
Washington DC, US Reuters The US Government said it was imposing wide-ranging restrictions on economic and security assistance to Ethiopia over the atrocities in Tigray, as well as barring current or former Ethiopian or Eritrean government officials it deems responsible for the crisis. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement on Sunday the […]
Ethiopian police arrest Reuters cameraman
Nairobi, KenyaReuters A Reuters cameraman, Kumerra Gemechu, was arrested in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on Thursday and will be kept in custody for at least two weeks, his family said. He has not been charged. No reason was provided to the family for Thursday’s arrest, and police did not respond to Reuters requests for […]