Djibouti: Detention of Refugees and Fear of Deportation
HRLHA Urgent Action May 30, 2013 The Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa (HRLHA) would like to express its deep concern regarding the current situation of nine Ethiopian refugees arrested and detained in the neighboring country of Djibouti. According to HRLHA correspondent in Djibouti, the nine Ethiopian…
Djibouti: Detention of Refugees and Fear of Deportation
HRLHA Urgent Action May 30, 2013 The Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa (HRLHA) would like to express its deep concern regarding the current situation of nine Ethiopian refugees arrested and detained in the neighboring country of Djibouti. According to HRLHA correspondent in Djibouti, the nine Ethiopian…
US. Department of State
Ethiopia: EXECUTIVE SUMMARYShare Ethiopia is a federal republic. On August 20, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi died. The ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) elected then deputy prime minister Hailemariam Desalegn to take Meles’s place as chairman of the party. The EPRDF subsequently nominated him for the post of prime…
UN rights chief hails new treaty protecting economic, social, cultural rights
High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay. UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré 6 May 2013 – The United Nations human rights chief today welcomed the birth of a new mechanism which will empower individuals to seek out justice when their rights to food, adequate housing, education or health are violated. The new…
Ethiopia: Loss of Lives and Displacement Due to “Border Dispute” in Eastern Ethiopia
HRLHA Urgent Action May 7, 2013 The Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa (HRLHA) would like to express its deep concern over the negligence of both the federal and regional governments in Ethiopia regarding the violence that has been going on for about six months against the…
Human Rights Due Diligence: Land grabbing as a human rights violation, Both government and TNC are accountable
April 2013 By Garoma B. Wakessa Introduction: Prior to the annexation of the Southern part of today’s Ethiopia (Oromo, Kambata, Sidama and others) into the Abyssinian heartland, the Abyssinians developed a communal system of landownership known as “rist.” The communal system “rist” applied to all Abyssinian lands. The “rist” system…
Sudan: A Positive Move towards Peaceful Conflict Resolutions
HRLHA Statement
Sixth Anniversary of HRLHA
A Night to Fight for Human Rights Fundraising YOU ARE CARDINALLY INVITED TO ATTEND The Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa’s Sixth Anniversary dinner and entertainment Fundraising to benefit the HRLHA Date;- Saturday, May 18, 2013 Time;- 5:00 pm – midnight Location;- Wilmar Heights United Church 967 Pharmacy Avenue X Elm…
Devil’s Bargain: Film Screening and Panel Discussion
On October 30 2012, CCIJ Toronto Working Group screened Devil’s Bargain followed by a panel discussion with Olivia Ward, Foreign Affairs Analyst, Toronto Star and collaborator on the film; Professor Aparna Sundar, Department of Politics and Public administration, Ryerson University; Garoma Wakessa, Human Rights League of the Horn of…
Devil’s Bargain: Film Screening and Panel Discussion
On October 30 2012, CCIJ Toronto Working Group screened Devil’s Bargain followed by a panel discussion with Olivia Ward, Foreign Affairs Analyst, Toronto Star and collaborator on the film; Professor Aparna Sundar, Department of Politics and Public administration, Ryerson University; Garoma Wakessa, Human Rights League of the Horn of…
Devil’s Bargain: Film Screening and Panel Discussion
On October 30 2012, CCIJ Toronto Working Group screened Devil’s Bargain followed by a panel discussion with Olivia Ward, Foreign Affairs Analyst, Toronto Star and collaborator on the film; Professor Aparna Sundar, Department of Politics and Public administration, Ryerson University; Garoma Wakessa, Human Rights League of the Horn of…
Ethiopia: Academic Institutions Are Meant to Teach; Not to Serve As Political Tools
HRLHA Appeal and Urgent Action March 2, 2013 The Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa (HRLHA) strongly condemns the academic dismissals and suspensions of ten students of Addis Ababa University from their studies on February 21, 2013 upon their return to the University to resume their studies after…
Ethiopia: Changes without Improvements
The Human Rights Situation in Ethiopia Deteriorated Rapidly After the New PM Came to Power February 2013 HRLHA Statement Ethiopians and the friends of Ethiopia have recently witnessed two major changes taking place in the country particularly in relation to honouring and protecting human rights. One is the replacement…
Ethiopia: Changes without Improvements
The Human Rights Situation in Ethiopia Deteriorated Rapidly After the New PM Came to Power February 2013 HRLHA Statement Ethiopians and the friends of Ethiopia have recently witnessed two major changes taking place in the country particularly in relation to honouring and protecting human rights. One is the replacement…
Ethiopia dam project is devastating the lives of remote indigenous groups
Suri boys at the entrance of the Koka Malaysian plantation, Omo valley, which is run by Lim Siow Jin estate. Photograph: Alamy Pastoralists living in the Omo valley are being forcibly relocated, imprisoned and killed due to plans to build a massive dam that will turn the region into a…
Ethiopia dam project is devastating the lives of remote indigenous groups
Suri boys at the entrance of the Koka Malaysian plantation, Omo valley, which is run by Lim Siow Jin estate. Photograph: Alamy Pastoralists living in the Omo valley are being forcibly relocated, imprisoned and killed due to plans to build a massive dam that will turn the region into a…
Ethiopia dam project is devastating the lives of remote indigenous groups
Suri boys at the entrance of the Koka Malaysian plantation, Omo valley, which is run by Lim Siow Jin estate. Photograph: Alamy Pastoralists living in the Omo valley are being forcibly relocated, imprisoned and killed due to plans to build a massive dam that will turn the region into a…
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…
Djibouti: Arrest and Deportation of Refugees
HRLHA Urgent Action No 2, 2013 January 12, 2013 For immediate Release The Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa (HRLHA) has learnt through its informants that the government of Djibouti has arbitrarily arrested…
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…
Make Human Rights Activism towards Protecting the Right to Dissent your New Year’s Resolution
December 29, 2012 2013 New Year’s Message from HRLHA As the New Year approaches its entry, most people make their personal resolutions to better themselves or the lives of others. The quick search of some of the top resolutions made year after year includes living healthy, spending less and saving…
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…
