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Ethiopia: Prime Minister accused of ethnic repression
The Tiger Liberation Front (TPLF) has accused Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of attacking members of the Tigrayan ethnic group during a recent crackdown on security and corruption.
Debretsion Gebremichael, leader of the party, said the recent arrests by the authorities showed that the crackdown was "used to attack the Tigrayans", which represents 6% of the 100 million inhabitants of Ethiopia. His comments follow the arrest of dozens of members of the security forces and business people, many of whom belong to the Tiger ethnic community.
PM accused of ethnic repression
The TPLF is one of the most prominent political groups in Ethiopia and the former majority party of the country's main coalition. However, an internal partnership between the Oromo Democratic Party (ODP) and the Amhara Democratic Party (ADP) took the majority power in the TPLF and paved the way for the appointment of ODP President Abiy Ahmed as the prime minister of the country. country in April.
Since coming to power, Ahmed has put in place a regime of radical reforms, including peace agreements with neighboring rebel groups, Eritrea and Ethiopia, and attacked corrupt officials and security officials. violating human rights.
Many of these problems prevailed under the previous TPLF majority government and Amnesty International welcomed the arrests last week, calling many of them "infamous for committing gross human rights violations".
However, TPLF President Debretsion accused the prime minister of ethnically targeting the Tigrays and disputed the arrests, saying there was "foreign involvement" – although he had refrained from naming a state or agency.
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