Publications related to Oromo

Mar 15, 2024

The UNPO submits a report to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to highlight ongoing human rights violations against the Oromo community in Ethiopia.

The reported arrests have taken place against a tense sociopolitical backdrop in Ethiopia. Since November 2015, violent uprisings have taken place in the Oromia region in northern Ethiopia. This has led to the arrest and detention of many perceived opponents of the Ethiopian government. These opponents include members of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) group, which has been promoting self-determination...

Mar 15, 2024

The UNPO submits a report to the UN Working Group...

On February 27th 2024, the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) submitted a report to the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights’ Working Group on Arbitrary Detention...

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Jun 11, 2018

UNPO Submits Report for CEDAW Review of Ethio...

Due to their ethnicities and gender, Ogadeni and Oromo women face a double-discrimination in Ethiopia. In addition to these discriminations, for most Ogadeni women the issue is three-fold as they are rural...

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Jun 23, 2017

UNPO Submits Report for Midterm Universal Periodic...

In 2013, UNPO’s report on the occasion of Ethiopia’s UPR underlined that both the Oromo and the Ogadeni suffer various forms of persecution in their attempts to practice their Constitutional...

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Mar 16, 2017

UNPO Releases Report on Human Rights in Ethio...

Ethiopia’s economy has been growing steadily in recent years, boasting a small emerging middle class and receiving continuously-increasing foreign investment. The country is seen as a key ally by...

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Sep 30, 2013

UNPO Submits Alternative Report On Ethiopia

    The Ogaden (left) and Oromo (right) flags.   On 16 September 2013, the UNPO submitted an alternative report to the Universal Periodic Review of Ethiopia, whose State report is up...

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Aug 03, 2011

UN Human Rights Committee Expresses Concern About...

Below is an article published by UNPO: Following its 102nd Session, the Human Rights Committee has issued a number of strong recommendations to both Ethiopia and Kazakhstan regarding their violations...

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Jul 13, 2011

UNPO And African Rights Monitor Participate In...

In cooperation with an informal coalition of African rights advocacy organizations, representatives from UNPO and African Rights Monitor (ARM) are in Geneva this week to observe and participate in the...

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Dec 22, 2010

UNPO Delegation Makes Impact At UN Forum

  22 December 2010   Two UNPO staff members led a delegation of over 20 representatives of 11 minority groups to participate in the Forum, which took place over the course of three days at...

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Jun 12, 2006

Oromo: Stop the violence against Oromo studen...

The fall of the communist regime of Mengistu in 1991 brought hope for the oppressed people of Ethiopia who had been longing for equality, justice, self-rule, and democracy. Such hope...

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Mar 12, 2006

Oromo: WS on Human Rights Violation in Oromia

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Sixty-second session Item 9 of the provisional agenda QUESTION OF THE VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD Written statement*...

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May 02, 2005

Oromo: Amnesty International urges Ethiopia to...

Untitled Document Ethiopia The 15 May 2005 elections and human rights - recommendations to the government, election observers and political parties 1. Introduction On 15...

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Mar 08, 2005

Oromo: Country Reports on Human Rights Practi...

Ethiopia continued its transition from a unitary to a federal system of government, under the leadership of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. According to international and local observers, the...

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