Ethiopia rejects "reckless" UN genocide warning
Posted: 13 Oct 2023, 20:33
Ethiopia rejects "reckless" UN genocide warningThe Ethiopian government has dismissed as "irresponsible and reckless" a statement by the UN's special adviser on the prevention of genocide.
Alice Wairimu Nderitu said in a statement on Tuesday about a "heightened risk of genocide" in Ethiopia.
"The government of Ethiopia regrets that the UN adviser released an irresponsible and reckless statement on the situation in Ethiopia," Ethiopia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
"The special adviser relied on the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia [ICHREE] to make inflammatory statement against Ethiopia," it added.
ICHREE was set up by the UN Human Rights Council in 2021 to investigate allegations of violations committed in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region.
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