Tadele’s brother Kenna Belay told Addis Standard that on Friday March 5, 2021,Tadele was arrested from the barbershop by government security forces. Later he was taken to his birthplace Akayu, where his family lives. “Our home was ransacked and people in the house including mother and sister were beaten while they searched for weapons.”
Category: Human Rights
Aanadolu Agency: Ethiopia: Tigray’s deserted Mekele city greets envoys
Residents observe ‘stay-at-home protest’ as restive Tigray’s interim administration briefs ambassadors on security, aid
Rep. Bass Issues Statement Regarding Allegations of Human Rights Violations in the Tigray Region
I am very concerned by the allegations of human rights violations and atrocities in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. Reportedly, thousands of civilians have been killed, raped, or assaulted due to the escalated dispute between the Government of Ethiopia and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). There has been an escalation of ethnic violence in the country where extrajudicial killings, sexual violence, looting of property, mass executions, and impeded humanitarian access in the Tigray region has continued.
The Hill: Fighting in Ethiopia threatens US security interests
It is a grave mistake to frame the Ethiopian conflict narrowly as a humanitarian and human rights problem. It is a regional crisis that threatens U.S. security interests. The United States must work, foremost with African countries, to stop the fighting before it is too late.
BBC: Ethiopia’s Tigray crisis: ‘We’re the government and we know what you’re doing’
I was arrested on the evening of my birthday.
I thought the soldiers, armed with rifles, were looking for someone else when they surrounded the coffee house where I was having my usual catch-up with my friends on Monday.
bloomberg: Ethiopian Opposition Leaders Call Off 38-Day Long Hunger Strike
Prominent Oromo opposition leaders in Ethiopia have decided to end their hunger strike after 38 days, according to their lawyers. The former U.S. citizen Jawar Mohammed, a media mogul, and Bekele Gerba — both members of the Oromo Federalist Congress — have agreed to end their protest tomorrow evening at 6:00 p.m., according to Tuli Bayisa, a lawyer representing the prisoners. Another politician Hamza Borana will also end the hunger strike.
CNN: UN rights chief says war crimes may have been committed in Ethiopia after CNN reveals Tigray massacre
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Thursday stressed the urgent need for an objective, independent assessment of the facts on the ground in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, given the persistent reports of serious human rights violations and abuses she continues to receive.
“Deeply distressing reports of sexual and gender-based violence, extrajudicial killings, widespread destruction and looting of public and private property by all parties continue to be shared with us, as well as reports of continued fighting in central Tigray in particular,” Bachelet said. “Credible information also continues to emerge about serious violations of international human rights law and humanitarian law by all parties to the conflict in Tigray in November last year.”
aljazeera: UN – Ethiopian, Eritrean troops behind possible ‘war crimes’
The UN rights chief says that her office has corroborated grave violations that could amount to “war crimes and crimes against humanity” in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, including by Eritrean troops.
Michelle Bachelet stressed in a statement on Thursday the urgent need for an independent investigation into the situation in Tigray, which has been rocked by months of fighting.
ohchr – Ethiopia: Persistent, credible reports of grave violations in Tigray underscore urgent need for human rights access
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Thursday stressed the urgent need for an objective, independent assessment of the facts on the ground in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, given the persistent reports of serious human rights violations and abuses she continues to receive.
“Deeply distressing reports of sexual and gender-based violence, extrajudicial killings, widespread destruction and looting of public and private property by all parties continue to be shared with us, as well as reports of continued fighting in central Tigray in particular,” Bachelet said. “Credible information also continues to emerge about serious violations of international human rights law and humanitarian law by all parties to the conflict in Tigray in November last year.”
reuters: U.N. rights chief seeks access to Ethiopia’s Tigray to probe war crimes
United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet called on Ethiopia on Thursday to grant U.N. monitors access to the Tigray region to investigate reports of continuing killings and sexual violence that may amount to war crimes.