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Ethiopia's crackdown on ethnic Tigrayans snares thousands


May 10, 2021
ADDIS ABABA – Police arrested Tigrayan street trader Nigusu Mahari last year as he strolled along the traffic-clogged streets of Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa. He says he was speaking on the phone in the language of his homeland, a distant region in the north.
Officers accused the broom hawker of planning a bombing, trying to overturn the constitution and working with Tigrayan rebel fighters. Nigusu professed his innocence. Six weeks later, a judge released him on bail without charge, court records show, after Reuters began inquiring about his case.
Nigusu is among thousands of Tigrayans swept up in a nationwide crackdown that started last November, when fighting erupted in Tigray between federal forces and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), the party that dominated the national government until three years ago. Tigrayans themselves are a small minority in Ethiopia’s mosaic of more than 90 ethnic groups and nationalities. ....

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Special Report-Ethiopia's crackdown on ethnic Tigrayans snares thousands


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ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Police arrested Tigrayan street trader Nigusu Mahari last year as he strolled along the traffic-clogged streets of Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa. He says he was speaking on the phone in the language of his homeland, a distant region in the north.
Street trader Nigusu Mahari,?an ethnic Tigrayan who says he was arrested as he strolled along a street speaking in his native language, holds a phone to his ear at a coffee shop in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, December 22, 2020. Police accused him of working with Tigrayan rebel fighters. He was released without charge, court records show. REUTERS/Stringer ....

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SPECIAL REPORT-Ethiopia's crackdown on ethnic Tigrayans ...


By Giulia Paravicini, Dawit Endeshaw and Katharine Houreld
ADDIS ABABA, May 7 (Reuters) - Police arrested Tigrayan street trader Nigusu Mahari last year as he strolled along the traffic-clogged streets of Ethiopia s capital Addis Ababa. He says he was speaking on the phone in the language of his homeland, a distant region in the north.
Officers accused the broom hawker of planning a bombing, trying to overturn the constitution and working with Tigrayan rebel fighters. Nigusu professed his innocence. Six weeks later, a judge released him on bail without charge, court records show, after Reuters began inquiring about his case.
Nigusu is among thousands of Tigrayans swept up in a nationwide crackdown that started last November, when fighting erupted in Tigray between federal forces and the Tigray People s Liberation Front (TPLF), the party that dominated the national government until three years ago. Tigrayans themselves are a small minority in Ethiopia s mosaic of more t ....

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Ethiopia's crackdown on ethnic Tigrayans snares thousands


Publishing date: May 07, 2021  •  6 hours ago  •  14 minute read  • 
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ADDIS ABABA Police arrested Tigrayan street trader Nigusu Mahari last year as he strolled along the traffic-clogged streets of Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa. He says he was speaking on the phone in the language of his homeland, a distant region in the north.
Officers accused the broom hawker of planning a bombing, trying to overturn the constitution and working with Tigrayan rebel fighters. Nigusu professed his innocence. Six weeks later, a judge released him on bail without charge, court records show, after Reuters began inquiring about his case.
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