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Addis Abeba May 10, 2021 – Among the ethnic Tigryans who experienced arbitrary arrest are refugees who were repatriated from Saudi Arabia on April 5, 2021. The returnees were jailed in Saudi Arabia and welcomed to Addis Ababa with yet another arrest. They told Addis Standard, “We were detained without charge after being arrested by Addis Abeba police later we were released on bail.”

Elias (name changed for security reasons) told Addis Standard “I was having coffee with my friends when they took me.” He detailed the events that occurred on April 10, 2021 where he and his friends who’d recently returned from Saudi Arabia after two years were having coffee in Mercato’s Teklehaimanot square in the capital Addis Abeba. “The police approached us and asked to see our IDs then we were taken to ‘amistegna’ police station.”

According to Elias, the police then explained to them that the reason for their arrest was the violation of Covid-19 preventive measures. Elias continued describing the conditions of his arrest by recalling being taken to Gelan police station. “After they took us and we reached Gelan, it became clear that we were arrested because of our ethnic identity. All of the inmates were Tegaru.”

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