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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia
Now that Ethiopia’s military operation in its northern state of Tigray has been declared complete, authorities should resume basic services for its residents, a rights regulator urged the East African nation’s government on Tuesday.
In a statement, the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (ECHR) called for humanitarian access to the region, as well as the restoration of telecommunications and the resumption of health, water, electricity and other services.
Urging the government to facilitate efforts to reconnect separated families and to relocate and return displaced persons and refugees, the agency called on officials to allow access to an “independent and transparent” investigation into possible “serious human rights violations. “.
On November 4, Ethiopia launched an operation against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), claiming that the group has targeted troops stationed in the northernmost region of Tigray.
After three weeks of heavy fighting, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed declared that the third and final phase of the operation was largely over and that reconstruction would resume soon as efforts to detain the TPLF leaders continued.
“The EHRC has also been monitoring complaints of ethnic profiles of Tigrayan origin that are manifested most notably in forced work permits and preventing people from traveling abroad, including on job missions, for medical treatment or studies,” he said the notice.
“The EHRC is deeply concerned that, while there is no government policy or legal framework to condone ethnic profiling, the security measures designed to detain certain suspects have exceeded its scope, thus affecting a larger community. wide “.
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