Human Rights Watch Archives - Page 9 of 10

7 Oct 2022

News Highlights: Ethiopia and Tigray agree to peace talks, EP adopts Tigray resolution, Key Eritrean trafficker extradited to The Netherlands

by EEPA Admin | posted in: Abiy Ahmed, Afar, Africa, African Union, Al-Shahaab, Asylum Seekers, Bombing, Climate change, Coast guards, Council of Europe, Deportation, Drought, ECRE, Education, EEPA news and activities, Environment, Eritrea, Ethiopia, European Commission, European Parliament, European Politics, European Union, FAO, Greece, horn highlights, Horn of Africa region, Human Rights abuses, Human Rights Council, Human Rights Watch, Human Trafficking, Humanitarian Aid, Humanitarian Crisis, Humanitarian Truce, International Criminal Court, Italy, Journalists, Kenya, Malnutrition, Mediterranean Sea, Migration, NGOs, Oromia, Press Freedom, Protest, Refugee Camps, Refugees in the EU, Relocation system, Sanctions, Schengen area, Sea-Watch, Search and Rescue Operations, Sexual abuse, shipwreck, Somalia, South Sudan, Starvation, Sudan, The Netherlands, Tigray, Trafficking, Unaccompanied Minors, UNHCR, United Nations, United States, UNSC, US, Weekly news highlights, World Food Programme | 0

In this week’s new highlights: Ethiopian and Tigray authorities agree to AU peace talks; Airstrikes and shelling in Tigray; Statement by commissioner Lenarčič on the humanitarian situation in Ethiopia; War in absence of media coverage; Human trafficking in Tigray, Afar and Amhara regions; Tigray babies are dying at 4 times pre-war levels, study finds; UN Child Rights Committee publishes findings on South Sudan; Alleged perpetrators of South Sudan Unity State violence identified; Sudan faces a descolarized generation; Sudanese civilian groups ask UN to reintegrate, disarm or demobilise RSF; Sudanese pro-democracy groups approve new charter; Somali offensive against Al-Shabab continues; UNHRC holds dialogue with expert on Somalia; Challenges and hope for food transport to the Horn; European Parliament adopts resolution on Tigray; Key Eritrean human trafficker Welid extradited from Ethiopia to the Netherlands to be tried; Partial reforms and mini deals around migration policy amidst increasing deportations; Vatican warns Italian leaders that helping migrants is an obligation.

9 May 2022

Horn Highlights: Foundation announces legal action on Eritrea, Witnesses say Amhara forces are hiding atrocity evidence, Prisoners tortured in Sudan

In this week’s Horn Highlights: Foundation announces legal action on Eritrea in 10 May press conference; Amhara security forces hiding evidence of ethnic cleansing, say witnesses; Aid flow to Tigray remains trickle; CPJ calls for the release of journalists in Ethiopia who could face death penalty; UN’s Bachelet condemns religious violence in Ethiopia; Civilian casualties in Oromia; Eritrea-Tigray rivalry role in famine; Analysts warn resumption of Ethiopia conflict imminent; Rock-hewn churches at risk; Tigrayans call for release of prisoners; GERD cyberattack; Lawyers accuse Sudanese authorities of torturing prisoners; Sudan opposition group refuses to participate in UN-led dialogue; Eritrean Press Agency claims Russia sent drones to Eritrea in exchange for naval base; Eritrean asylum seeker challenges Swiss return of Eritreans with torture story; Somalia set to elect president of 15 May; and Pope to visit South Sudan in July.

13 Apr 2022

Horn/News Highlights: Drought worsens in the Horn, Illegal treatment of refugees by Greek authorities, Trafficking of Ukrainian women on the rise

by M. Baechtold | posted in: Drought, Ethiopia, Greece, Horn of Africa region, Human Rights Watch, Human Trafficking, Refugees in the EU, Ukraine | 0

This week and next week, the Horn and News highlights are sent out in combined format on Wednesday. In this week’s Horn and News Highlights: US to provide $114 million to respond to drought in the Horn; US envoy to the Horn expected to quit; Foreign condemnation for human rights abuses in Western Tigray; Professor warns of further Ethiopian conflict; Fighting in Oromia worsens; Ethiopian Aksum University says 12 staff members were killed in war; 13 people drowned off Tunisia; Shipwreck off Libya kills at least 4; HRW denounces illegal treatment of refugees by Greece; Suspected Greek smugglers arrested; New measures to prevent migrants from entering Spain; Record numbers crossing the Channel; New bill against illegal immigration in Estonia; Unicef expects more refugees in Italy this year; Lampedusa struggling to cope with arrivals; Trafficking of young women fleeing Ukraine on the rise; 5 Sea-Watch Mediterranean rescue operations in 24 hours; UK Home office contractors accused of sex tourism while deporting migrants; ECHR judges North Macedonia’s mass refugee pushback legal; New migratory routes from Europe to the US.