Al Jazeera on MSNOpinion

As Ethiopia votes, its deepening human rights crisis must be addressed

Continuing internal conflicts and deepening repression are casting a long shadow over the general election.
Ethiopian News Agency on MSN

No fundamental human rights violations in Ethiopia's peaceful, democratic, participatory election: EHRC

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | June 2, 2026 _ Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) Chief Commissioner, Birhanu Adelo, said today ...
World Organisation Against TortureOpinion

Ethiopia's 7th General Election: Civic Space and Security at Risk

The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), under the framework ...
Human Rights Watch

Ethiopia: Authorities Suspend Three Rights Groups

(Nairobi) – Ethiopian authorities should immediately reverse the suspension of three independent human rights organizations and allow them to freely operate, Human Rights Watch said today. Ethiopia’s ...
Jurist

Ethiopia criticized for shutting down human rights groups in escalating crackdown

In a statement issued Wednesday, Human Rights Watch (HRW) condemned Ethiopian authorities for shutting down two prominent human rights organizations in recent weeks, deepening an ongoing crackdown ...
Human Rights Watch

Ethiopia: Fighting, Abuses Putting Sudanese Refugees at Risk

Recent fighting between Ethiopian government forces and militias in the northwestern Amhara region has put Sudanese refugees at grave risk. For more than a year, unidentified gunmen subjected the ...
Jurist

Ethiopia must be held accountable for war crimes against medical workers and patients: Human Rights Watch

Ethiopian security forces have committed war crimes through their attacks on healthcare providers in Ethiopia’s Amahara Conflict, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Wednesday. The report ...
Al Jazeera on MSN

Ethiopia to vote on June 1 as Abiy’s ruling party eyes landslide

Opposition fragmentation and violence in parts of the country could potentially limit voter turnout.
The Hill

Ethiopia’s drone massacres demand that US and world pay attention

It was 7 a.m. on a Friday morning when a Turkish-made drone controlled by government forces slammed into a health center in the Ethiopian villages in Gojjam, in the Amhara region of Africa’s ...
Barron's

Ethiopia In 'Relentless Assault' On Rights Groups: HRW

Ethiopia is waging an "escalating crackdown" on civil society, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday, denouncing the suspension of two independent human rights groups in recent weeks. The Barron's news ...
AllAfrica on MSN

Human Rights Consortium Praises Ethiopia's Digital Voting Reform As Electoral Participation Surges

Consortium of Ethiopian Human Rights Organizations (CEHRO) has praised the National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) for introducing digital voter registration.The Consortium described it as a ...
Reuters

Obama working with Ethiopia on human rights, talks on security

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday he had discussed steps for Ethiopia to promote human rights and democracy, and also said Ethiopian troops had helped shrink the space ...