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According to Amnesty International, Ethiopia's National Defense Forces (ENDF) is involved in extrajudicial executions in Bahir Dar, Amhara, and is depriving

Amnesty International reports that Ethiopia's National Defense Forces (ENDF) is engaged in extrajudicial executions in Bahir Dar, Amhara, and denying families

By Adeline Neau, researcher for Central America at Amnesty International When Honduras president Xiomara Castro was elected on 28 November 2021 on an anti-corruption platform, promising to tackle the country’s disastrous human rights record and sky-high homicide and extortion rates, hopes were running high. She committed to working with affected communities, listening to their needs and taking action. But the sense of optimism didn’t last long. In December 2022, less than a year after taking

Member states of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) must renew the mandate of the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia (ICHREE) and maintain international scrutiny on the country, Amnesty International said today, as the commission releases an alarming report on conflict-related abuses. The commission’s report, which was released today addresses the ongoing armed conflict in Tigray region since November 2020 which further expanded to Amhara and Afar regions...

Rights group says there were extrajudicial killings, rape and gang rapes even after the cessation of hostilities deal was signed.

Despite the signing of the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement (CoHA), atrocities against civilians in Tigray continued. Eritrean Defence Forces (EDF) extra-judicially executed civilians and sexually enslaved women for months after the signing of the CoHA. The United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) should renew the mandate of the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia (ICHREE) to preserve evidence of crimes under international law and support future accountability

Human Rights Watch presents this updated submission in advance of the 91st session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child to assess South Sudan’s implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. This follows Human Rights Watch’s submission to the Committee for their 88th pre-session on its review of South Sudan, and covers the following topics: detention, torture, summary and extrajudicial executions, and protection of education from attack.