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Title: | The Somali Region in Ethiopia: A Neglected Human Rights Tragedy |
Authors: | Khalif, Mohamud H. Doornbos, Martin |
Year: | 2002 |
Periodical: | Review of African Political Economy |
Volume: | 29 |
Issue: | 91 |
Period: | March |
Pages: | 73-94 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Ethiopia |
Subjects: | Somali offences against human rights Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) Miscellaneous (i.e. Demography, Refugees, Sports) Law, Human Rights and Violence |
External links: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03056240208704585 http://ejournals.ebsco.com/direct.asp?ArticleID=4C6686948B04268235BD |
Abstract: | Though they have generally been less publicized than the human rights abuses inflicted upon Eritreans, abuses inflicted upon civilians in the Somali region of Ethiopia have actually been more severe in terms of duration, magnitude and scope than the excesses to which Eritreans were recently subjected. This paper reviews Ethiopia's human rights record with a particular focus on the human rights situation in the Somali region. Attention is paid to the atrocities committed against civilians, specifically community and political leaders as well as members of the Somali State legislature, during the eras of Haile Selassie, the Dergue and the present EPRDF regime. Furthermore, the 2000 famine is discussed as a human rights issue in the light of indications that this famine was deliberately choreographed. The paper also explores human rights violations inflicted upon the Somali region's population following the discovery of natural gas and the denial of benefits thereof to the local community. In conclusion, some future scenarios are examined to ascertain to what extent they might possibly change the prospects for the people in the Somali region. Notes, ref., sum. |