Ethiopia: The unresolved “Border Dispute” has claimed more lives in eastern Ethiopia HRLHA Urgent Action
November, 09, 2014 The Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa (HRLHA) would like to express its deepest concerns about the so-called “Border dispute” between Oromo and Ogadenia nationals which began at the beginning of this month- for the second time in four years- in eastern Hararge Zone of…
ETHIOPIA: ‘BECAUSE I AM OROMO’: SWEEPING REPRESSION IN THE OROMIA REGION OF ETHIOPIA October 28, 2014
Amnesty International released a-166 page report on the repression committed against Oromo by the TPLF. Please find the report in PDF herewith. amnesty“I was arrested for about eight months. Some school students had been arrested, so their classmates had a demonstration to ask where they were and for them to…
Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa (HRLHA) Statement on the Release from Jail of a Minor Convicted of Political Violence
October 23, 2014 The Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa (HRLHA) is highly pleased with the news that Minor Abde Jemal has been release from the Bishari Jail in Mettu, Iluu Abbabor Province; and has re-united with his parents in Bilo Nopha. According to information obtained by…
Ethiopia Continued to Harass Journalists
Ethiopian journalist Temesgen Desalegn has been arrested by Ethiopian police today, October 13, 2014 for articles he wrote before 2013. Temesgen was the editor in chief of the critical newspaper, Feteh, which was closed by government order. The Ethiopian government filed over 100 lawsuits against him, some of which he…
The UN Human Rights Council adopted the outcome of the UPR of Ethiopia
September 21, 2014 Statement from HRLHA The UN Human Rights Council adopted the outcome of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Ethiopia on September 19, 2014. On that date, Ethiopia was given 252 recommendations by the UN Human Rights Council member States to improve human rights infringements in the country,…
Ethiopia: A Generation at Risk, Plight of Oromo Students
HRLHA Urgent Action __________________________________________________ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 06, 2014 The human rights abuses against Oromo Students in different universities have continued unabated over the past six months- more than a hundred Oromo students were extra-judicially wounded or killed, while thousands were jailed by a special squad: the “Agazi” force…
ETHIOPIA: Region-Wide, Heavy-Handed Crackdown on Peaceful Protesters HRLHA Urgent Action
May 01, 2014 The human rights League of the Horn of Africa (HRLHA) would like to express its deepest concern over the widespread brutalities of the Ethiopian Government in handling protests in different parts of the regional state of Oromia by peaceful demonstrators. In a heavy-handed crackdown being carried out…
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Message of Condolences on the Passing Away of Mr. Bekele Nedhi
Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa (HRLHA) February 17, 2014 It was with profound sadness and deep grief that the Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa (HRLHA) received the news of the passing away of Mr. Bekele Nedhi on February 11, 2014. Mr. Bekele Nedhi was…
HRLHA Participates in 23rd Regular Session of UN Human Rights Council
June 10, 2013 The Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa (HRLHA) has participated in the 23rd regular session of the UN Human Rights Council held at the UN Geneva Headquarters in Switzerland from May 27 to June 14, 2013. The event particularly hosted by the HRLHA on the…
Oral Statement of HRLHA at UN Human Rights Council 23rd Sessiom
United Nations Human Rights Council 23rd Session Geneva, Switzerland Oral Statement: by Mr. Garoma Wakessa Executive Director the Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa (HRLHA) Item 4: Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention – Ethiopia June 4, 2013 Thank You Mr. Chairman, Human rights violations in…
Oral Statement of HRLHA at UN Human Rights Council 23rd Sessiom
United Nations Human Rights Council 23rd Session Geneva, Switzerland Oral Statement: by Mr. Garoma Wakessa Executive Director the Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa (HRLHA) Item 4: Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention – Ethiopia June 4, 2013 Thank You Mr. Chairman, Human rights violations in…
Ethiopians ‘driven out in land grabs’
Thousands of Ethiopians are being driven off their ancestral land that the government’s selling without their consent to foreign investors buying up vast swathes of farmland, a U.S. watchdog reports. About 70,000 people are being cleared from their villages so the farmland can be leased to the Chinese and Gulf…
Ethiopia: Beatings, Arrests and Detentions at Addis Ababa University
HRLHA Urgent Action January 05, 2013 The Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa (HRLHA) would like to express its deep concern regarding the unknown situations of students of Addis Ababa/Fininne University, who were arrested and detained following the clash between two groups of students on the Arat…
Ethiopian migrants abused and unwelcome in Yemen, By Graham Peebles
Desperately seeking a future Year on year the numbers of men women and children leaving Ethiopia in search of work and freedom from repression in one of the Gulf States and beyond is increasing. Lured by the often hollow prospect of earning enough money to support their family, United Nations…
Ethiopian migrants abused and unwelcome in Yemen, By Graham Peebles
Desperately seeking a future Year on year the numbers of men women and children leaving Ethiopia in search of work and freedom from repression in one of the Gulf States and beyond is increasing. Lured by the often hollow prospect of earning enough money to support their family, United Nations…
Ethiopian migrants abused and unwelcome in Yemen, By Graham Peebles
Desperately seeking a future Year on year the numbers of men women and children leaving Ethiopia in search of work and freedom from repression in one of the Gulf States and beyond is increasing. Lured by the often hollow prospect of earning enough money to support their family, United Nations…
Ethiopia: Perpetrators of Human Rights are not Protectors of Human Rights
HRLHA – November 14, 2012 The Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa (HRLHA) strictly denounces that UN General Assembly elected Ethiopia on November 12, 2012 to serve in the UN human Rights Council for the next three years starting from January 1, 2013. In the last two…
History – Human Rights Evolution
History History of Human Rights in Brief: https://sites.google.com/site/humanrightsevolution/history
History – Human Rights Evolution
History History of Human Rights in Brief: https://sites.google.com/site/humanrightsevolution/history
Minister Oda Highlights Canada’s Support to African Development
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA, May 11, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — The Honourable Beverley J. Oda, Minister of International Cooperation, travelled to Africa from May 7 to May 10, 2012, where she attended the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining and Minerals, ( http://www.globaldialogue.info/intro_e.htm ) the Grow Africa Investment Forum, ( http://www.au.int/en/content/grow-africa-investment-forum )…
Minister Oda Highlights Canada’s Support to African Development
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA, May 11, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — The Honourable Beverley J. Oda, Minister of International Cooperation, travelled to Africa from May 7 to May 10, 2012, where she attended the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining and Minerals, ( http://www.globaldialogue.info/intro_e.htm ) the Grow Africa Investment Forum, ( http://www.au.int/en/content/grow-africa-investment-forum )…
