Local people in Debre Sina town, North Shew zone of Amahara region, blocked access road in an attempt to impeded the national defense forces’ activities in the area. Photo: Social mediaAddis Abeba – The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said it is “closely monitoring” the ongoing “law enforcement campaign” in some areas of the Amhara regional state and its implications and effects on human rights. This week, the Amhara regional state government has accused the ‘Fano’ armed group commonly known as ‘Misrak Amhara Fano’ for the killing of Girma Yeshitila, head of the Amhara Prosperity Party and member of the party’s executive committee, who was shot dead on 27 April. It also admitted that there has been armed confrontations between the Fano armed group and members of the national defense forces in parts of the region, and vowed that the government would “continue in its law enforcement operations” in the region. The ongoing militarized conflict in the region came in the wake of the announcement by the Ethiopian Joint Security and Intelligence Task Force last week that it had started “taking decisive measures” against “extremist forces” that it accused of “trying to take control of regional state power by destroying the constitutional system in the Amhara regional state.” AS

Source: Ethiopian News May 04, 2023 13:15 UTC