Ethiopia: Information that would update Responses to Information Requests ETH19754.E of 14 March 1995, ETH11505 of 20 August 1992, ETH11820 of 13 October 1992, and ETH18206.E of 30 August 1994 regarding the treatment of former employees and families of the Mengistu regime by the present government in Ethiopia, on whether the current government has searched for, detained or held hostage children of former Mengistu officials suspected of torture and on whether these children are being detained in order to force suspects to surrender and face trial
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 November 1996 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | ETH25437.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Ethiopia: Information that would update Responses to Information Requests ETH19754.E of 14 March 1995, ETH11505 of 20 August 1992, ETH11820 of 13 October 1992, and ETH18206.E of 30 August 1994 regarding the treatment of former employees and families of the Mengistu regime by the present government in Ethiopia, on whether the current government has searched for, detained or held hostage children of former Mengistu officials suspected of torture and on whether these children are being detained in order to force suspects to surrender and face trial, 1 November 1996, ETH25437.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ad325c.html [accessed 2 June 2023] |
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Information on the above-mentioned topics could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB.
However, according to Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1991 1992, when the Transitional Government seized power in May 1991 they detained thousands of former senior employees of the Mengistu regime and Workers Party of Ethiopia (WPE) officials "solely because of the positions they held" (1992, 120). This source does not contain information on the detention or search for children of former Mengistu officials suspected of torture.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
Reference
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 1991. 1992. United States Department of State. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office.
Additional sources Consulted
Africa Confidential [London]. Weekly.
Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series [London]. Monthly.
Ethiopian Human Rights Council (EHRCO) [Addis Ababa]. June 1996. "Compiled Reports of EHRCO (12 December 1991 - 6 May 1996].
_____ . March 1995. "Democracy, Rule of Law and Human Rights in Ethiopia: Rhetoric and Practice."
New African [London]. Monthly.
West Africa [London]. Weekly.
Two oral sources consulted did not provide information on the above-mentioned topic.
