Exodus of Youth from Zenawi’s Ethiopia through Kenyan Border: NTV Kenya Investigates
Hundreds of young people, who face political repression and economic destitution in Ethiopia, flee through the Kenyan border each week in search of better lives. Journalist Yasin Juma of NTV Kenya goes undercover to investigate as the emigrants seeking safe refuge cross the border into Kenya. The Kenyan authorities continue to…
FROM MAIKELAWI TO KALITI – Bekele Jirata Tells the Plight of Oromo Political Prisoners under Zenawi’s Regime
Mr. Bekele Jirata, Former Secretary General of OFDM and Former Prisoner of Conscience under the Ethiopian regime of Meles Zenawi The following is a first-hand account of the plight of Oromo political prisoners under the Ethiopian regime of Meles Zenawi as told by Mr. Bekele…
Widespread Human Rights Abuses Reported Worldwide as UN Council Opens
Geneva13 September 2010 UN Council Goes After Human Rights Abusers The U.N. Human Rights Council began a three-week session Monday amid reports of widespread human rights violations around the world and escalating threats against human rights defenders. The new session of the rights council takes place against the backdrop of…
Western Ethiopia’s Gambella region faces risks head-on
GAMBELLA, 13 September 2010 (IRIN) – Officials in Ethiopia’s western Gambella Region have scored conflict and erratic rainfall a dead certainty this year, potentially affecting more than 150,000 people. Floods and disease outbreaks are likely too: rated four out of five (where five is certain). Far from being a cause…
Djibouti expels over 400 illegal immigrants from Somalia, Ethiopia
In the framework of fighting illegal immigration, national police undertook a large operation to expel over 400 illegal immigrants in Djibouti today on Tuesday [7 September]. Most illegal immigrants were arrested yesterday during an important campaign aimed at destroying illegal housing and other shelters built here and there in popular…
HRLHA held its 3rd annual Member’s General Meeting
The Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa (HRLHA) held its 3rd annual members meeting on August 28. 2010 in Toronto. The members discussed the annual report presented by the executive Director of the Organization as well as the action plan of the next fiscal year and unanimously agreed to work…
ETHIOPIA: Pastoralism against the odds
JIJIGA, 2 September 2010 (IRIN) – Pastoralists’ disproportionate contribution to Ethiopia’s economy is belied by their marginalized status and by policy assumptions that they would be better off farming. But those who raise livestock tend to make the most of marginal land, according to experts, and are often proficient at…
A Message From the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Human Rights Day 2010: defending against discrimination Dear All, On Human Rights Day, 10 December, 2010 the focus will be on human rights defenders who act to end discrimination. The UN Human Rights office will pay tribute to human rights champions who in their daily lives find ways to ensure that…