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Ethiopia: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of allegations of serious human rights abuses and atrocities committed by the Ethiopian Government in

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 19 Dec 2024
Target answer date: 7 Jan 2025
Answer: 13 Jan 2025 · 25 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

19 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of allegations of serious human rights abuses and atrocities committed by the Ethiopian Government in
7 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Jan 2025
Answer published
The UK is aware of reports of human rights violations in Amhara, and we are engaging all sides to call for peace and accountability. The Minister for Africa raised the issue when he met Prime Minister Abiy in October 2024. To help alleviate suffering, we ...

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