Ethopia: Six civil society groups in Tigray demand action as Muslim students face 100 days of exclusion over hijab ban

Addis Abeba– Six civil society organizations operating in the Tigray region have called for urgent action to resolve the case of 159 Muslim students in Axum town who have been barred from classes for nearly 100 days due to wearing the hijab. The groups emphasized that the decision by the Tigray Regional Education Bureau and the district’s court, which ordered the students’ return, must be enforced.

The organizations—Yehono, Gorzo, Rise and Shine, Hewyet, Umbrella for the Needy, and Nolawi—warned that the prolonged…