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News: Tigrayans repatriated from Saudi Arabia kept in detention, police unwilling to comment
By Mahlet fasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba May 10, 2021 – Among the ethnic Tigryans who experienced arbitrary arrest are refugees who were repatriated from Saudi Arabia on April 5, 2021. The returnees were jailed in Saudi Arabia and welcomed to Addis Ababa with yet another arrest. They told Addis Standard, …
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News Alert: EU envoy off to Saudi Arabia, UAE en route his second trip to Ethiopia to discuss crisis in Tigray
Addis Abeba, April 03/2021 – Pekka Haavisto, Foreign Minister of Finland, and EU’s envoy to Ethiopia mandated by the block’s High Representative Josep Borrell, is on his way to the Kindom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates “for discussions on regional issues as well as the situation in …
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Settling Back Home: Middle East Returnees Face Social Alienation and Institutionalized Discrimination
By Bileh Jelan @BilehJelan Addis Abeba, October 06/2020 – “I lived my entire life identifying as an Ethiopian”, says Othman Hamid. “My parents migrated during the civil war first to a neighboring country that graciously gave them a passport to travel with to the Middle East. Once the Derg regime …