Release ‘illegally’ detained Tigrayans: Ethiopia rights group
The 8,560 men, women and children there had been subjected to “illegal and arbitrary arrests” on the basis of their ethnic identity and detained since December, said the EHRC.
The 8,560 men, women and children there had been subjected to “illegal and arbitrary arrests” on the basis of their ethnic identity and detained since December, said the EHRC.
The World Food Programme says that nearly 40 percent of people in Ethiopia’s Tigray were suffering “an extreme lack of food”.
Movement of aid workers in and out of Tigray region by road has been barred since October 28.
Ethiopian army likely launching a new major offensive to drive out Tigray forces.
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was on Monday sworn in by Supreme Court Chief Justice Meaza Ashenafi
The United States has called for an immediate reversal of the decision.