At least 16 United Nations local employees have been detained in Ethiopia's capital, the U.N. said Tuesday, and a government spokesman said they were held because of their 'participation in terror' under the new state of emergency as the country's yearlong war escalates.
NAIROBI, KENYA -- At least 16 United Nations local employees have been detained in Ethiopia's capital, the U.N. said Tuesday, and a government spokesman said they were held because of their "participation in terror" under the new state of emergency as the country's yearlong war escalates.
"They are being detained in facilities against their will," U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters. He said another six staff members had been detained but then were released, and a number of employees' dependents were also detained. The U.N. has asked Ethiopia's foreign ministry for their immediate release.
In Washington, State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters that "if reports are true," detentions of people based on ethnicity are "completely unacceptable."
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