HRLHA URGENT ACTION No 3, June2010
Abduction and Disappearance of Refugees in Somaliland The Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa (HRLHA) expresses its deep concern about the safety of six Oromo refugees who were abducted from various locations in Somaliland on different dates in a joint operation by security forces of the governments of…
Government denies food aid “manipulated” for political gain
ADDIS ABABA, (IRIN) – After harvesting just 50kg of grain last year from his tiny plot in an arid corner of Ethiopia’s Amhara region, Asmenaw Keflegn knew he would have to ask for help. But when the 44-year-old member of the opposition All Ethiopia Unity Party asked his village chairman to…
Childeren must come first
HARGESIA, 17 June 2010 (IRIN) – Children with disabilities in the self-declared republic of Somaliland should be given priority in education, livelihood and health policies, child rights activists said on 16 June, during a ceremony marking the Day of the African Child. “The physical environment [access to schools and hospitals],…