UN High Commissioner For Human Rights Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/un-high-commissioner-for-human-rights/ The low down on African affairs Wed, 10 Aug 2016 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 UN High Commissioner For Human Rights Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/un-high-commissioner-for-human-rights/ 32 32 UN urges Ethiopia tonally https://jjcornish.com/2016/08/un-urges-ethiopia-tonally/ Wed, 10 Aug 2016 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2016/08/un-urges-ethiopia-tonally/ The United Nations High Commissioner For Human Rights is urging Ethiopia to allow international observers access to parts of the country hit by deadly weekend clashes between security forces and protesters. At least 49 people were killed at the weekend as the authorities cracked down on a wave of anti-government unrest in two key regions, […]

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]]> The United Nations High Commissioner For Human Rights is urging Ethiopia to allow international observers access to parts of the country hit by deadly weekend clashes between security forces and protesters.

At least 49 people were killed at the weekend as the authorities cracked down on a wave of anti-government unrest in two key regions, central-western Oromia and Amhara in the north.

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A spokeswoman for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva says news coming from the two regions is extremely alarming.

She adds there’s been no genuine attempt at ensuring accountability since reports of abuses by security forces began emerging in December.

The commission’s urging the Ethiopian government to allow access for international observers into the affected regions to be able to establish what exactly transpired.

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