Human Rights Council – Ethiopia
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Human Rights Council – Ethiopia
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“Beginning from 1992, members of the Shekicho ethnic group who had organized themselves under the Shekicho Peoples’ Democratic Movement (SPDM) and become supporters of the ruling party have been administering Yeki Wereda. Objecting to this, the Sheko a …
“The recent Ethio-Eritreen war, inter-ethnic conflicts in different corners of the country and the spread of HIV-AIDS have increased the number of the dislocated. There is no dispute as to the pathetic fact that most of the victims of these tragedies a …
“EHRCO has been issuing numerous reports on the human rights situation in the country. It is only after collecting and verifying information that EHRCO issues its reports. To collect and verify information, EHRCO usually dispatches its staff and, when …
“During the past two years alone, the Ethiopian Human Rights Council (EHRCO) has issued no less than six reports about such ethnic conflicts in the country. These reports have been disseminated to the public, concerned governmental and non-governmental …
“For generations, members of the Geri and Borena Oromo lived in Arero Wereda, Borena Zone in Oromiya region. Both ethnic groups are represented in the executive body of the wereda council. While working together in the council, they were faced with a s …
“As much as man has been endowed with the ability to think, the right to freely express the product of his thought is a natural and inalienable right. The Ethiopian Human Rights Council (EHRCO) believes that the stifling of the free expression of thoug …