‘I Am Worried Ethiopia Will Explode’: Ana Gomes

“Change will occur if Ethiopians come together and take matters in their own hands. They should not expect someone else come and make changes in their country.” – Ana Gomes BY ENGIDU WOLDIE | ESAT NEWS A member of the European Parliament who is a fervent critic of the TPLF (Tigray People’a Liberation Front) said […]

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Ethiopia Silences the United States on Human Rights Abuses

The very least the U.S. government can do is take a stand BY ELIZABETH FRASER In July 2017, when a House Resolution on human rights and democracy in Ethiopia (H. Res. 128) was heard in the Committee on Foreign Affairs, support for the bill was resounding. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) called the Ethiopian government a “corrupt regime” […]

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Ethiopia is a Dictatorship and the Regime Knows No Bounds: U.S. Congressman

BY ESAT NEWS A U.S. congressman says the murder, repression and torture that is perpetrated by the Ethiopian regime is offensive to the American values. Dana Rohrabacher, who represents California’s 48th congressional district said the regime in Ethiopia “arrogantly expects the U.S. to continue good relationships with it and perhaps expect to get some type […]

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UN Rights Council Urged to Support Human Rights Resolution on Ethiopia

Addressing the pervasive human rights crisis in Ethiopia BY ESAT NEWS The Ethiopian Advocacy Network (EAN) said it has submitted a letter to the 35th Session of the UN Human Rights Council urging members to support a draft resolution which, among others, condemn human rights violations, extrajudicial killings and use of the anti-terror as well […]

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Ethiopia: Who are the Bystanders to the “African Killing Field”?

By Sophia Tesfamariam, When Robert Kaplan referred to Ethiopia as the “African killing field” and argued that the manner with which Ethiopians were killed by Menghistu Hailemariam’s military junta, evoked the well-known slaughter of millions of Cambodians by the Khmer Rouge, there were critics who said it was not the same thing.

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UN Human Rights: Press Briefing Notes on Ethiopia

By Ravina Shamdasani | UNHCHR Spokesperson, Given the extremely alarming reports that emerged earlier this month about serious human rights violations in the Oromia and Amhara regions of Ethiopia, the High Commissioner reached out to the Ethiopian Government, seeking access for independent observers to the country to assess the human rights situation. We have now […]

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