Thousands of Eritreans flee forced conscription
Eritrean soldiers. File photo.Image by: AFP For 12-year-old Eritrean refugee Ablel, the decision to flee his country was relatively simple. “I didn’t want to be a soldier,” he says with a shy smile, revealing a mouthful of crooked teeth. Getting out, however, was a harder challenge. He is one of…
The Endless Crack Downs and Their threat to Democratization in Ethiopia
HRLHA – Urgent Action and Appeal September, 2011 The Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa (HRLHA) would like to express its deep concern regarding the safety and well-being of the victims of the most recent crack downs against the independent media and political organizations. The TPLF/EPRDF-led Ethiopian Government…
United Nations Grants HRLHA a Special Consultative Status
PRESS RELEASE September17,2011 The Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa (HRLHA) is highly pleased and honoured to announce that it has been granted a Special Consultative Status by the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), one of the six major organs of the UN, as of July…
Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa (HRLHA) Oromo – A Nation at Risk
Human Rights Violation in Ethiopia PRESS RELEASE– September 5, 2011As part of the most recent violence against citizens in general and the Oromo people in particular, which has already resulted in the incarceration of hundreds of Oromo nationals, dozens of other Oromos have been extra-judicially arrested and sent to prison…