ESAT News (October 12, 2016)

Members of the European Parliament on Wednesday denounced and expressed concern on the deteriorating human rights violations in Ethiopia.

“The killings of Oromos and the country-wide six-month state of emergency declared on Sunday 9 October by the Ethiopian government were amongst the main issues raised by human rights subcommittee and development committee members in a joint meeting on Wednesday morning,” the Parliament said in a release.

The MEPs expressed their concerns regarding the worsening human rights situation in Ethiopia during a debate with various experts and representatives from the European External Action Service (EEAS), the European Commission, and the Ethiopian Embassy, it was learnt.

The MEPs said the Ethiopian regime “falls a long way behind its own standards regarding human rights”.