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Detention of media personnel
The Commission also reiterates that the relevant authorities should closely monitor that the state of emergency proclamation is implemented in a manner that strictly adheres to human rights principles.
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Ethiopia’s human rights watchdog is still criticizing all parties to the escalating conflict – The Danish Institute for Human Rights
Fear of imprisonment and retaliation silences Ethiopia’s human rights defenders and critics of the government. The Institute’s partner organisation, the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) keeps calling on the parties to the conflict.
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Human rights: Civilian suffering in Tigray – The World Today
By August 2021, more than 1.7 million people were internally displaced in Tigray, while Afar and Amhara regional states have also been affected, with fighting continuing to expand in these regions.
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Online-Discussion: Human rights, transitional justice and the difficult search for a political solution in Ethiopia – German Africa Foundation (DAS)
A conversation with Dr Daniel Bekele, Chief Commissioner of the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission and Winner of the German Africa Award 2021
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ኢሰመኮ የአምስት ዓመት ስትራቴጂ ዕቅዱን በይፋ አስተዋወቀ
ለባለፉት በርካታ ወራት ሰፊ አካታች ሂደት ሲዘጋጅ የቆየው ይህ የስትራቴጂ እቅድ ኮሚሽኑ ለቀጣይ አምስት ዓመታት ሊሰሩና ትኩረት ሊሰጣቸው ይገባል ብሎ የለያቸው ቁልፍ የውጤት መስኮችንና ዋና ዋና ተግባራትን አካቷል።
EHRC Statement on the Human Rights Situation in Ethiopia at the 69th Session of ACHPR
Statement of the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) on the “Human Rights Situation in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia” delivered on the Occasion of the 69th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights – held between November 15 and December 5, 2021.
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Meet the winner of the 2021 German Africa Prize – Deutsche Welle
Ethiopian lawyer Daniel Bekele is being honored for his commitment towards defending human rights. The current head of the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission grew up in the midst of a brutal military dictatorship, and has vowed to speak out and fight back against injustice.
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Addis Ababa: The Arrest and Condition of Persons Detained in Connection With the State of Emergency Requires Urgent Attention
The Commission notes with concern that, overall, the detentions in connection with the state of emergency has not been implemented in compliance with the principles of “necessity, proportionality, and freedom from discrimination”.
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አዲስ አበባ፡ ከአስቸኳይ ጊዜ አዋጅ ጋር በተያያዘ የተካሄዱ እስሮች እና የታሳሪዎች ሁኔታ አፋጣኝ ትኩረት የሚሻ ነው
በአጠቃላይ ኮሚሽኑ ባደረገው ክትትል ለማረጋገጥ እንደቻለው ሰዎችን በቁጥጥር ስር በማዋል ረገድ የአስቸኳይ ጊዜ አዋጁ መተግበር ባለበት መንገድ በተለይም “የጥብቅ አስፈላጊነት፣ ተመጣጣኝነት እና ከመድልዎ ነፃ መሆን” የሚሉትን የሰብአዊ መብት መርሆዎችን ባከበረ መልኩ አለመተግበሩን ተመልክቷል።
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“ሪፖርቱ በኢትዮጵያ ጉዳይ ብቻ ሳይሆን በዓይነቱ በዓለም አቀፍ ደረጃ የመጀመሪያ ነው” – አዲስ ማለዳ
ሪፖርቱ በአገር ውስጥም በዓለም አቀፍ ደረጃም ጥሩ ምላሽና ተቀባይነት አግኝቷል ብዬ አምናለሁ።