Category Archives: Exrajudicial killings

Ethiopia’s Secret “Security Committee” Accused of Murder & Abductions

A new investigative report has shed light on a secret “security committee” in Ethiopia. The “Koree Nageenyaa” is accused of widespread human rights violations in Ethiopia’s Oromia region. The committee was formed after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed took office, allegedly … Continue reading

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Ethiopia: End extrajudicial Executions in Amhara region, bring perpetrators to justice

“The government of Ethiopia should urgently open effective independent investigations into human rights abuses in the context of the ongoing armed conflict in Bahir Dar and throughout the Amhara region.” (Read More)

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In Ethiopia, a secret committee orders killings and arrests to crush rebels

A secretive committee of senior officials in Ethiopia’s largest and most populous region, Oromiya, has ordered extra-judicial killings and illegal detentions to crush an insurgency there, a Reuters investigation has found. (Read More)

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