Submitted on Friday 9th September 2016
Published on Monday 12th September 2016
Current status: Closed
Closed: Sunday 12th March 2017
Signatures: 41
The UK government must condemn the Ethiopian government's treatment of the Oromo
We believe that the UK government should stop enabling the Ethiopian government and that they should support calls for an international, and independent investigation into the treatment of the Oromo people. Most recently this has lead to the death of 23 Oromo prisoners in a fire.
The Oromo people are the largest ethnic group in Ethiopia and make up 40% of the population. They have experienced discrimination at the hands of the government which has been dominated by the minority ethnic group Tigray for decades.
The situation in Ethiopia has become increasingly unstable since security forces repeatedly fired upon protests in the Amhara and Oromia regions in August 2016.
For more info: https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/09/08/joint-letter-un-human-rights-council-ethiopia
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