However, relatively little has been said about the Awash Arba military camp in the country, where the state of emergency is the norm. Awash Arba is a location in the Afar region, situated 220 kilometers east of Addis Ababa. The Awash Arba military camp was initially established during the Derg era with the primary objective of repelling the Somali invasion of 1977. Yared Hailemariam, a lawyer and human rights activist serves as the executive director of the Association for Human Rights in Ethiopia Defenders. Since then, cases of mass detention and human rights violations have been regularly reported by both local and international human rights organizations.

Source: Ethiopian News January 27, 2024 12:17 UTC