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Ethiopia: No hope for internally displaced to return homeEthiopia: No hope for internally displaced to return home

Ethiopia: No hope for internally displaced to return home

ESAT News (October 4, 2017) There has been no effort by the regime to return home tens of thousands of…

7 years ago
British lawyers urge Foreign Secretary to call for Andargachew Tsige’s releaseBritish lawyers urge Foreign Secretary to call for Andargachew Tsige’s release

British lawyers urge Foreign Secretary to call for Andargachew Tsige’s release

ESAT News (October 4, 2017) Two British legal professional associations urge the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs,…

7 years ago

Displacement continues in Eastern Ethiopia

ESAT News (October 3, 2017) Displacement of Oromos and Somalis in Eastern Ethiopia continued despite statement by authorities that they…

8 years ago

Group urges Congress to probe spying partnership with Ethiopian tyranny

ESAT News (October 3, 2017) A rights defender urged the U.S. Congress to ask the National Security Agency and the…

8 years ago
Ethiopia: UN confirms detention of Andualem Aragie arbitrary, calls for releaseEthiopia: UN confirms detention of Andualem Aragie arbitrary, calls for release

Ethiopia: UN confirms detention of Andualem Aragie arbitrary, calls for release

ESAT News (October 3, 2017) The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention called the arrest of Andualem Aragie, an…

8 years ago
Ethiopia: Bahir Dar University expels engineering students from campusEthiopia: Bahir Dar University expels engineering students from campus

Ethiopia: Bahir Dar University expels engineering students from campus

ESAT News (October 2, 2017) Over 1500 engineering students of Bahir Dar University were expelled from campus following a dispute…

8 years ago
Ethiopia: Scores of people arrested following protests at annual Irreecha festivalEthiopia: Scores of people arrested following protests at annual Irreecha festival

Ethiopia: Scores of people arrested following protests at annual Irreecha festival

ESAT News (October 2, 2017) Scores of people were arrested on Sunday following anti-TPLF protests at the annual Irreecha festival…

8 years ago
Ethiopia: Army, police force to be deployed at Irreecha festivalEthiopia: Army, police force to be deployed at Irreecha festival

Ethiopia: Army, police force to be deployed at Irreecha festival

ESAT News (September 29, 2017) The Federal Police Commission said the army and police force would be deployed at the…

8 years ago
Ethiopia: Flooding displaces 93,000 peopleEthiopia: Flooding displaces 93,000 people

Ethiopia: Flooding displaces 93,000 people

ESAT News (September 29, 2017) More than 93,000 people have reportedly been displaced by flooding in areas in Afar, Jima,…

8 years ago
Thousands more displaced in Eastern EthiopiaThousands more displaced in Eastern Ethiopia

Thousands more displaced in Eastern Ethiopia

ESAT News (September 28, 2017) Reports reaching ESAT from Eastern Ethiopia say about 10,000 Oromos displaced from Somaliland and the…

8 years ago