Ethiopia, Sudan extradition agreement condemned

Posted by on May 18, 2012

 Ethiopia and Sudan on Wednesday signed an extradition agreement in Addis Ababa but there are fears that this may be a ploy to persecute Ethiopian opposition exiles in the neighbouring country

.Meles Zenawi and Albashir

 

 

The agreement is a follow up to another one between the two countries in December 2011 in which it was agreed not to host opposition figures from their respective countries. Thousands of Ethiopian opposition members sought refuge in Sudan following the 2005 election, which was characterised by violence, which claimed almost 200 lives. At the beginning of 2012, the international community criticised Sudan after it deported hundreds of Ethiopian opposition figures. The Berlin-based Solidarity Committee for Ethiopian Political Prisoners (SOCEPP) alleged in March 2012 that Sudanese police had raided houses and rounded up Ethiopians in Omdurman and many parts of the capital, Khartoum, for forcible deportation.

Djibouti: destitution and fear for refugees from Ethiopia – Gadaa.com Oduu

May 11, 2012

.  The following report is from the Oromia Support Group (OSG), a non-political organisation which attempts to raise awareness of human rights violations in Ethiopia. OSG has now reported 4407 extra-judicial killings and 992 disappearances of civilians in Ethiopia. Hundreds of thousands have been placed in illegal detention, where torture and rape are commonplace. To read the full report (pdf format), please click here.

UN fears torture of forcibly returned

How Norway will ensure that the Ethiopian government is not going to torture forcibly returning asylum seekers?

Published: April 22, 2012 (8:02)

Girum Zeleke er glad for at FN engasjerer seg i etiopernes sak.FOTO:Anders Minge

This is one of six specific questions that the UN makes a critical letter to Norway in connection with the forced return of asylum seekers. Norway has been given 60 days to answer this and several other issues that are associated with the safety of the 400 Ethiopians who now is in danger of being forcibly returned to Eritrea soon.

Stopping the returns to Ethiopia

 Friday 13 april, 2012

By Annie Brandvold

FINGERPRINT: Only five Ethiopians were repatriated from Norway after returning Agreement came into force. Lack of clarity about the fingerprints can be distributed to Ethiopia delay returns.  

Asking for more money to send asylum seekers

Apr10

 apr 10/2012

Police and the Immigration Directorate (UDI) will use 93 million extra to get sent out asylum seekers who are difficult to return.

 

POSITIVE: Minister Paul Lønseth (AP) in the Ministry of Justice. PHOTO: KNUT ERIK KNUDSEN / VG

AP follows Asylum debate   Over 4,500 asylum seekers with final rejection is today the Norwegian reception. To reduce this figure suggests the Immigration Directorate (UDI) and the police to allocate additional resources to send out 800 of the most difficult returnable asylum seekers over the next two years, writes Our Land.

Police believe that half of them must be forcibly returned. The proposal is a contribution to the budget for 2013.

Secretary of State Paul Lønseth (AP) in the Ministry of Justice is in favor of the proposal from the UDI and the police. He stressed that it is important to have an effective return policy where both positive and negative decisions have consequences