OHCHRUN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk today called for concrete measures to halt the human rights violations and abuses that continue to endanger reconciliation and peace in Ethiopia. The High Commissioner's call came as the UN Human Rights Office issued an update analysing the human rights situation across Ethiopia from January 2023 to January 2024. Violent conflicts, particularly in the Amhara and Oromia regions, led to serious human rights violations and abuses in 2023, the update says. Of the civilians killed, 740 were in Amhara. Overall, the update records 594 incidents of human rights violations and abuses affecting 8,253 victims - a 56 per cent increase compared with 2022.

Source: Ethiopian News June 14, 2024 08:35 UTC