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Eritrean refugees describe police crackdown in Ethiopia

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Some Eritreans have been detained for weeks or even months


Eritrean residents in Ethiopia’s capital have reported widespread arrests among their community, sparking fear among refugees and asylum seekers who fled their homes in search of a better life.

While not unprecedented, the scale and intensity of the current crackdown in Addis Ababa is significant, with hundreds reportedly detained in recent weeks.

The city’s police did not respond to the BBC’s requests for comment but the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission – an independent body set up by the country’s parliament – said it would launch an investigation.

Eritrea and Ethiopia share a border and tension between the two neighbours has been fraught for decades.

 

Source: BBC

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