OPEN 140th Special Report (Executive Summary)
The Human Rights Council (HRCO) 140th Special Report, Executive Summary (English) March 14 2016
State: Oromia
OPEN Ethnic based displacement, mistreatment, destroying properties and displacing people in the name of development must stop immediately!
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OPEN Joint Submission to the 19th Session of the Universal Periodic Review
In this document, CIVICUS, EHAHRDP and HRCO outline urgent concerns related to the environment in which civil society activists and human rights defenders operate in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and discuss threats faced in the exercise …
OPEN Report: Impact of the CSO Proclamation on the Human Rights Council
In 2008 there were 127 rights-based, non-governmental organizations operating in Ethiopia.1 Largely dependent on foreign donor assistance, Ethiopia’s nascent human rights community acted as a bulwark against the rapidly deteriorating respect for civil …
OPEN 110th Special Report: Worsening Situation of Ethnic Clashes Needs due Attention
“Members of the Oromo, Gumuz, Amhara and other ethnic groups live in the bordering kebeles of Oromia and Benishangul Gumuz regional states. There have been clashes in the past particularly between members of the Oromo and Gumuz ethnic groups over claim …
OPEN 109th Special Report:Recurring ethnic clashes need lasting solutions
“In this 109th Special report, the Ethiopian Human Rights Council (EHRCO) presents its findings on human rights violations caused as a result of the ethnic conflict that flared up between members of the Sidama and Guji Oromo ethnic groups living in Won …