by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (December 24, 2018) Libyan authorities said today that they have exhumed the bodies of 34 Ethiopian christians murdered by ISIS in April 2015. Reuters quoted Libya’s interior ministry’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) as saying on its Facebook page that the mass grave was unearthed on Sunday, after information was obtained during investigations of arrested IS ...

ESAT News (January 15, 2018) Turkish authorities say they are investigating a report that a vessel which departed from Turkey and seized by the Greek Coast Guard was allegedly carrying explosives to Libya. Turkey’s Embassy in Tripoli also said the vessel was transporting goods to Ethiopia, not to Libya as previously reported, according to a report by the Libyan Express. ...

ESAT News (January 1, 2018) Five Ethiopians were dead at the hands of human traffickers in Libya. Ethiopians who spoke to ESAT on the phone from Libya said they face beatings and various forms of torture as traffickers attempt to squeeze more money from their families. Over 2,500 immigrants are crammed in a makeshift shelter with no electricity and scanty ...

EAT News (December 12, 2017) Amnesty International said today that European governments are knowingly complicit in the torture and abuse of tens of thousands of refugees and migrants detained by Libyan immigration authorities in appalling conditions in Libya. The rights watchdog published an expose today in the wake of global outrage over the sale of migrants in Libya that was ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (December 12, 2017) Ethiopians in major cities across the globe today held protest rallies against the horrific abuse of migrants and refugees in Libya where a recent investigative report by the CNN show migrants being sold as slaves. The report by the CNN that shows slave auctions conducted by smugglers have sparked worldwide indignation against ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (December 8, 2017) A demonstration will be held on Tuesday in Washington, DC in protest against slave auction in Libya. African Diaspora groups in the DMV area in collaboration with African Lives Matter-London have organized the rally which begins at 9:00 AM Tuesday at the Libyan Embassy in Washington, DC and head to the State ...

ESAT News (November 2, 2017) Hundreds of Ethiopian migrants in Libya who escaped political persecution back home have called for help from compatriots and the international community as they are in wretched conditions. The over 200 Ethiopians are stranded in Libyan deserts and are at the mercy of smugglers and armed bandits, according to those who spoke to ESAT on ...