UN Special Procedures Urged to Visit Ethiopia to Investigate Crackdown on Oromo Protests
June 20, 2014 (The Advocates Post
) — Today, The Advocates for Human Rights, along with Human Rights First, the International Oromo Youth Association, Oromia Support Group Australia, the Oromo Community of Minnesota, the Oromo Studies Association, and World Without Genocide at William Mitchell College of Law, sent a letter
to six of the United Nations’ special procedure mandate-holders, urging
them to request and conduct country visits to Ethiopia to investigate
actions taken by the Ethiopian Government in response to student-led
protests in the state of Oromia.
) — Today, The Advocates for Human Rights, along with Human Rights First, the International Oromo Youth Association, Oromia Support Group Australia, the Oromo Community of Minnesota, the Oromo Studies Association, and World Without Genocide at William Mitchell College of Law, sent a letter
to six of the United Nations’ special procedure mandate-holders, urging
them to request and conduct country visits to Ethiopia to investigate
actions taken by the Ethiopian Government in response to student-led
protests in the state of Oromia.
June
3, 2014 (Tamiru Blog) — In a recent interview with a local media, Mr
Abdulaziz Mohammed – the Vice President of Oromia Region stated that “No
one is arrested and we don’t have any information about the arrest.”
The Vice President’s single statement says two contrasting ideas at a
time – denying the arrest allegations and ignorant about the arrest. In
the first place it is a shame for the Vice President to deny the reality
on the ground – where more than 49 people were killed and 800 people
have been arrested, tortured and imprisoned.