Amnesty International has accused the Ethiopian authorities of using the state of emergency in the Amhara region “to silence peaceful dissent by arbitrarily detaining prominent politicians critical of the government and journalists” and has called for an end to this practice. Many civilian deathsMany civilians were killed by Ethiopian state troops in the Amhara region last month, as reported by The Guardian. The Fano fought alongside the Ethiopian Federal Army in the two-year civil war against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), which ended in November 2022. However, the government is now considering this group and other regional forces as a threat to its authority. No journalists, no internetThe Ethiopian government has banned journalists from traveling to the Amhara region and cut off Internet access.

Source: Ethiopian News February 20, 2024 17:20 UTC