UN: Ethiopian govt detains 1,000 under state of emergency
The Hindu
Ethiopia's war has killed thousands of people and created one of the world's worst crises.
The U.N. human rights office is citing reports that authorities in Ethiopia have detained at least 1,000 people, most of them of Tigrayan origin, under a state of emergency the government declared earlier this month after a brutal year-long war with rival Tigray forces.
The arrests occurred in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, the northern cities of Gondar and Bahir Dar, and other places, according to Liz Throssell, a spokesperson for the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights.
She told reporters Tuesday that Ethiopian authorities have often detained people on suspicion of “being affiliated to or supporting the Tigray People's Liberation Front." Ethiopia's war has killed thousands of people and created one of the world's worst crises.
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