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The Norway immigration service has tried to deport Mr Abdirahman Rashid Mohamud to Ethiopia. He is a human rights defender and is in danger of being detained, tortured and even killed. OPRO calls upon all those who believe in human dignity to stand for him and take part in the appeal to Norway
By Garasho Tolmoon April 14, 2017 Jeffrey Gettleman has a written a book about his personal journey and experience of his encounter with suffering people in Africa. The Book will be launched in May and can be bought at Amazon.com; Barnes&Nobble, Indie Bound, and iBook. For more details […]
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Date: 7 October 2016 Subject: (1) Ethiopia & (2) Guatemala (1) Ethiopia There has been increasing unrest in several towns in the Oromia region, south east of Addis Ababa, since last Sunday when many people died […]
Simmon Allison The Daily Maverick , 4 October, 2016 The official death toll from the Bishoftu disaster stands at 52. This is an extraordinary number. Even taken at face value, this makes the deadly stampede one of modern Ethiopia’s bloodiest episodes. But we can’t take anything at face value. […]
The only thing I have to tell you now is that, no threats, no amount of terror and killings justify the support our western governments give to those you rightfully call “bandas” and thugs. They prosper on international aid when oppressing their people.
August 12, 2016 Editorial Long-drawn Civil War and Massive Exodus of Refugees Massive refugee exodus from Ethiopia is imminent. The recent protests that rocked Ethiopia, from North to South, including the Capital, spear-headed by the Oromo people and followed by the Amhara is reflecting the festering rebellion all over Ethiopia. […]
A short documentary by Graham Peebles, an independent Journalist who visited the Refugee camps in Kenya and interviewed victims of Ethiopian government human rights violations in Ogaden. He documents the Hidden Shame behind Ethiopian iron curtain in Ogaden Mr. Graham Peebles is director of the Create Trust. He can be reached at: graham@thecreatetrust.org. […]
On the occasion of the 32nd Regular Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO), in collaboration with the Ogaden People’s Rights Organization (OPRO) and the Nonviolent Radical Party (NRP), will be organizing a side-event entitled ‘Business and Human Rights in Ethiopia: Double-Digit Growth at What Cost?’.
Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) June 8, 2016 The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), in a press release, has condemned in the strongest terms a massacre perpetrated by the Ethiopian army against civilians in a village in the Ogaden region, and called on the international community to likewise condemn […]
