Ethiopia: Information on the treatment of a Tigrayan member of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party (EPRP) upon return to Ethiopia
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 December 1992 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | ETH12460 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Ethiopia: Information on the treatment of a Tigrayan member of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party (EPRP) upon return to Ethiopia, 1 December 1992, ETH12460, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab5310.html [accessed 21 May 2023] |
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A representative of the Ethiopian Community Centre in Washington, D.C. and a representative of the Coalition of Ethiopian Democratic Forces (COEDF), also in Washington, D.C. both concur that the EPRP is actively fighting against the Transitional Government of Ethiopia (TGE) in Gojjam and Gondar. They further noted that EPRP supporters would be targets for harassment if and when they return to Ethiopia because the party remains banned and the EPRP cannot hold meetings in the open in Ethiopia (Ibid.). The government follows the EPRP very closely and uses its embassies abroad to monitor the activities of opposition parties outside Ethiopia. According to these sources, political opinion and political affliation rather than an individual's ethnicity are the factors determining an individual's safety upon return to Ethiopia. The COEDEF representative added that some EPRP members were abducted while in Sudan in recent months (Ibid. 1992). Additional and/or corroborating information could not be found among published sources currently available at the DIRB in Ottawa.
References
Coalition of Ethiopian Democratic Forces (COEDEF), Washington. 21 December 1992. Telephone interview with a representative.
Ethiopian Community Centre, Washington. 21 December 1992. Telephone interview with an immigration counsellor.
