Ethiopia: Information on the present government's treatment of family members of police officers and other employees who worked under the Mengistu regime
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 March 1992 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | ETH10588 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Ethiopia: Information on the present government's treatment of family members of police officers and other employees who worked under the Mengistu regime, 1 March 1992, ETH10588, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6acc474.html [accessed 2 June 2023] |
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Information specific to the present government's treatment of family members of former government employees is currently unavailable to the IRBDC in Ottawa. However, according to a report broadcast on the Voice of Ethiopia Network (25 Jan. 1992), detained senior officers in the former government of deposed president Mengistu Haile Mariam had appealed to the Transitional Government for release stating that "their arrests had caused many problems to their families" (Ibid. 10). The Ethiopian Human Rights Council (EHRC) reportedly expressed concern over the hardship said to be suffered by families of former Dergue-WPE officials who have been moved from one detention center to another at random (ENA 13 Feb. 1992, 8).
The IRBDC in Ottawa is not in a position to interpret what constitutes "suffering" as stated in the references.
References
Ethiopia Network in Amharic ENA [Addis Ababa, in English]. 13 February 1992. "Official Outlines Human Rights Situation." (FBIS-AFR-92-032 18 Feb. 1992, p. 9).
Voice of Ethiopia Network [Addis Ababa, in Amharic]. 25 January 1992. "Former WPE 'Senior Officials' Ask for Release." (FBIS-AFR-92-017 27 Jan. 1992, p. 11).
Attachments
Ethiopia Network in Amharic ENA [Addis Ababa, in English]. 13 February 1992. "Official Outlines Human Rights Situation." (FBIS-AFR-92-032 18 Feb. 1992, p. 9).
Voice of Ethiopia Network [Addis Ababa, in Amharic]. 25 January 1992. "Former WPE 'Senior Officials' Ask for Release."(FBIS-AFR-92-017 27 Jan. 1992, p. 11).
