High profile killings and detentions since HORUS/HURASA party ARAMUMA came to power: a reminder
Posted: 30 Aug 2025, 10:53
Jun 22, 2019 — Amhara “coup attempt” killings. Amhara regional president Ambachew Mekonnen and others shot in Bahir Dar; the same night Ethiopia’s army chief Gen. Seare Mekonnen was killed in Addis Ababa.
The Guardian
Reuters
Wikipedia
Jun 29, 2020 — Killing of singer-activist Hachalu Hundessa; deadly unrest. His assassination sparked protests that left dozens dead and led to ~1,200 arrests in early days.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
TIME
+1
Jun–Sep 2020 — Opposition figures detained and charged. Oromo Federalist Congress leaders Jawar Mohammed and Bekele Gerba arrested (Jun 30) and later charged under anti-terrorism law (Sep). Journalist-politician Eskinder Nega also arrested amid the unrest. (They were released Jan 7, 2022.)
Addis Standard
JURIST
Amnesty International
Reuters
Nov 2020 — Axum massacre (Tigray). Amnesty documented hundreds of civilians killed by Eritrean troops during Nov 19–29.
Amnesty International
+1
Nov–Dec 2021 — Mass detentions under state of emergency. Thousands of ethnic Tigrayans (incl. UN staff & WFP drivers) detained without due process in Addis Ababa and elsewhere, per Amnesty, UN, and media.
Amnesty International
Axios
Al Jazeera
State
Jan 7, 2022 — High-profile releases. Government freed Jawar Mohammed and Bekele Gerba, among others (after ~18 months in custody).
Reuters
May–Sep 2022 — Journalists detained. Repeated arrests of Meaza Mohammed, Gobeze Sisay, Bekalu Alamrew during media crackdown (some later released).
Committee to Protect Journalists
+2
Committee to Protect Journalists
+2
Jun 18, 2022 — Tole (Gimbi) massacre, Oromia. Large-scale killing of civilians; HRW and monitoring groups reported hundreds dead.
Human Rights Watch
ACLED
Apr 27, 2023 — Assassination of ruling-party regional chief. Girma Yeshitila, head of the Prosperity Party in Amhara, shot dead; dozens arrested afterward.
Addis Standard
Human Rights Watch
Africanews
Aug 2023 — Amhara state of emergency & arrests. Authorities detained politicians and journalists, including MP Christian Tadele; UN later reported >1,000 arrests and numerous killings amid the fighting.
State
Africanews
AP News
Aug 13, 2023 — Finote Selam airstrike, Amhara. At least 26 civilians reportedly killed in a strike on a town square during clashes with Fano militia.
AP News
Feb 22–Mar 1, 2024 — Foreign journalist detained. Antoine Galindo (France) arrested in Addis Ababa while on assignment; held several days.
Reuters
AP News
Apr 9, 2024 — Killing of OLF opposition figure. Bate Urgessa (Oromo Liberation Front) shot dead in Meki; the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission urged an impartial investigation.
AP News
2024–2025 — Ongoing detentions of journalists under emergency measures. Rights groups and press-freedom orgs document continuing arrests and pressure on media nationwide.
Amnesty International
Committee to Protect Journalists
The Guardian
What is this any different from the DERG massacre of 60 gov positioned civilians or the subsequent blood flooding committed by the Horus and Birhanu party EPRP and DERG? What has changed in Ethiopia? ethnic balkanization, park ranging and blood corridor, corruption? Transformation and leadership my ar$e
Are we not in worse than square number one position?
Bunch of criminals, killers, gangs and mafia in power!
The Guardian
Reuters
Wikipedia
Jun 29, 2020 — Killing of singer-activist Hachalu Hundessa; deadly unrest. His assassination sparked protests that left dozens dead and led to ~1,200 arrests in early days.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
TIME
+1
Jun–Sep 2020 — Opposition figures detained and charged. Oromo Federalist Congress leaders Jawar Mohammed and Bekele Gerba arrested (Jun 30) and later charged under anti-terrorism law (Sep). Journalist-politician Eskinder Nega also arrested amid the unrest. (They were released Jan 7, 2022.)
Addis Standard
JURIST
Amnesty International
Reuters
Nov 2020 — Axum massacre (Tigray). Amnesty documented hundreds of civilians killed by Eritrean troops during Nov 19–29.
Amnesty International
+1
Nov–Dec 2021 — Mass detentions under state of emergency. Thousands of ethnic Tigrayans (incl. UN staff & WFP drivers) detained without due process in Addis Ababa and elsewhere, per Amnesty, UN, and media.
Amnesty International
Axios
Al Jazeera
State
Jan 7, 2022 — High-profile releases. Government freed Jawar Mohammed and Bekele Gerba, among others (after ~18 months in custody).
Reuters
May–Sep 2022 — Journalists detained. Repeated arrests of Meaza Mohammed, Gobeze Sisay, Bekalu Alamrew during media crackdown (some later released).
Committee to Protect Journalists
+2
Committee to Protect Journalists
+2
Jun 18, 2022 — Tole (Gimbi) massacre, Oromia. Large-scale killing of civilians; HRW and monitoring groups reported hundreds dead.
Human Rights Watch
ACLED
Apr 27, 2023 — Assassination of ruling-party regional chief. Girma Yeshitila, head of the Prosperity Party in Amhara, shot dead; dozens arrested afterward.
Addis Standard
Human Rights Watch
Africanews
Aug 2023 — Amhara state of emergency & arrests. Authorities detained politicians and journalists, including MP Christian Tadele; UN later reported >1,000 arrests and numerous killings amid the fighting.
State
Africanews
AP News
Aug 13, 2023 — Finote Selam airstrike, Amhara. At least 26 civilians reportedly killed in a strike on a town square during clashes with Fano militia.
AP News
Feb 22–Mar 1, 2024 — Foreign journalist detained. Antoine Galindo (France) arrested in Addis Ababa while on assignment; held several days.
Reuters
AP News
Apr 9, 2024 — Killing of OLF opposition figure. Bate Urgessa (Oromo Liberation Front) shot dead in Meki; the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission urged an impartial investigation.
AP News
2024–2025 — Ongoing detentions of journalists under emergency measures. Rights groups and press-freedom orgs document continuing arrests and pressure on media nationwide.
Amnesty International
Committee to Protect Journalists
The Guardian
What is this any different from the DERG massacre of 60 gov positioned civilians or the subsequent blood flooding committed by the Horus and Birhanu party EPRP and DERG? What has changed in Ethiopia? ethnic balkanization, park ranging and blood corridor, corruption? Transformation and leadership my ar$e
Are we not in worse than square number one position?Bunch of criminals, killers, gangs and mafia in power!
