In a statement issued Wednesday, Human Rights Watch (HRW) condemned Ethiopian authorities for shutting down two prominent human rights organizations in recent weeks, deepening an ongoing crackdown ...

Several international human rights organizations opposed the election of Ethiopia to the UN Human Rights Council through an open letter released on Tuesday. These organizations include CIVICUS, the ...

(Nairobi) – Ethiopian security forces are detaining the brother of, and at least 11 other people linked to Batte Urgessa, a political opposition member who was murdered in April 2024, Human Rights ...

In the last few months, “mass detentions, killings, systematic looting, and sexual violence” have created “an atmosphere of fear and an erosion of living conditions that resulted in the forced ...

Amidst international pressure and reports of human rights violations in Ethiopia a court in Addis Ababa ordered a release on bail of Prof. Mesfin Wolde-Mariam and Dr. Berhanu Nega on Tuesday (June 5, ...

November 4, 2025, marked five years since the beginning of the war in Tigray, Ethiopia. The war was to end with the Cessation ...

The U.S. is calling for an investigation into an alleged massacre of civilians in Ethiopia’s Amhara region, where a local rights group says more than 80 people were killed last week following clashes ...