UN seeks immediate release of its local staff detained by Ethiopian authorities
UN human rights chief has recently said that Ethiopia's year-long war has been marked by"extreme brutality" by all warring parties.
"We are of course actively working with the government of Ethiopia to secure their immediate release," UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told reporters at the UN headquarters in New York on Tuesday. The detentions come amid a crackdown in Addis Ababa that rights groups say has targeted ethnic Tigrayans amid major advances in a year-old war with Tigrayan and Oromo rebels.The year-long conflict in northern Ethiopia between the government and Tigrayan rebels loyal to Tigray People's Liberation Front has intensified in recent weeks. Ethiopia declared a state of emergency on November 2.
Ethiopian government spokesperson Legesse Tulu and Foreign Affairs Ministry official Dina Mufti did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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