Publications related to Ogaden

Mar 30, 2021

Ogaden: UNPO case highlights military atrocities, 2007-2018

The violations alleged are the result of coordinated attacks by different sections of the military, police and other departments of the government against the people of the Ogaden region, including by the Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF), regional paramilitary Special Police Forces (the Liyu Police), regular police forces and the Intelligence and Security Services (NISS). The violations committed...

Mar 30, 2021

Ogaden: UNPO case highlights military atrocities,...

On 28 March 2021, the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO), working on behalf of the people of the Somali region in Ethiopia, including refugees in other countries, set out why the Ethiopian...

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Mar 08, 2019

Unrepresented Women in Politics

Download the report by clicking here. Why this report? Along its years of activity, UNPO has learned that women from the communities it works with face even more intense discrimination than men because...

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Jul 20, 2018

UNPO Perspectives on the Somali Region Following...

The report, which is based on nearly one hundred prisoner accounts, lays eyes on the extent of discriminatory practices conducted against real or alleged Somali political or human rights activists and...

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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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Jan 09, 2018

UNPO Releases Briefing Note on the Current Situation...

The current situation in the Ogaden region of Ethiopia is mainly determined by a large number of human rights violations, as Ethiopia openly breaches the obligations it has by virtue of being party to...

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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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Jan 08, 2015

UNPO Publishes Updated Report on the Persecution...

In recent years the Ogaden people in Eastern Ethiopia have increasingly suffered various human rights abuses as the Ethiopian State continues its mission of ethnic oppression.  These violations of...

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Nov 18, 2014

UNPO Publishes Report on Ogaden persecution in...

To help increase awareness about the worsening situation for the Ogaden people, UNPO has published a background report outlining some of the major human rights that currently exist.This report focuses...

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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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Jun 20, 2012

Ogaden Demonstration Bringing Grievances Over...

Brussels, 20 June 2012 - Ogaden communities of the European Union will gather at Place Luxemburg, near the European Parliament, Brussels, on the 21 June 2012 from 11.00 to 15.00 to call upon the EU to...

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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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