Ethopia: Amnesty urges UNHRC to condemn forced return of Eritrean refugees, cites over 600 forcibly returned from Ethiopia

Addis Abeba– Amnesty International has called on the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to condemn the forced return of Eritrean refugees, citing reports that “within the last three months alone, more than 600 Eritreans have been forcibly returned” from Ethiopia to Eritrea.

In an oral statement o the UNHRC’s 58th session on February 27, Amnesty said the “human rights situation of Eritrean refugees remains dire,” particularly in…