Mixed migration flow from the Horn of Africa reaches new record levels
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Andrej Mahecic – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the press briefing, on 18 May 2012, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. A record number of African refugees and migrants are arriving in Yemen this year. More than 43,000…
ETHIOPIA: Rights-Related Demands Risking Terrorism
Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa (HRLHA) PRESS RELEASE, July 27, 2012. The Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa (HRLHA) would like to express its deep concern regarding how the TPLF/EPRDF Government of Ethiopia is handling the country-wide peaceful protests by Ethiopian Muslims that have been…
Ethiopia: The Endless Violence against Oromo Nationals Fear of Torture
HRLHA Appeal and Urgent Action July 2012 An end to the years of harassments and intimidations through arbitrary arrests, indefinite detentions, kidnappings and disappearances, etc. not yet in sight, many Oromo nationals in Oromia Regional State have been arrested and detained in this month of…
UN rights chief ‘seriously alarmed’ by intimidation of journalists in Ethiopia
Navi Pillay concerned over journalists being jailed in Ethiopia. The top United Nations human rights official this week said she is “seriously alarmed” by the current climate of intimidation against journalists and human rights defenders in Ethiopia due to an overly broad interpretation of laws concerning terrorism and civil society…
Ethiopia: Harassments and Intimidations of Activists Continued Unabated in Ethiopia,
ACall for Reversal of Politically Motivated Sentences The Ethiopian TPLF/EPRDF Government has given the local and international community another huge shock by imposing long term imprisonments on 24 human rights activists, journalists, and opposition members including the prominent press freedom advocate Iskinder Nega. An Ethiopian court on Friday 13th…