Peace and Justice forTigreans International

October 28, 2023

Subject: Denouncing the recent EHRC misleading report about the situation of IDPs
in the Tigray region of Ethiopia
PJTI denounces the continued misleading report by the Ethiopia Human Rights
Council (EHRC) about the situation of internally displaced people (IDP) in Tigray. The
recent EHRC report falsely states that many of the IDPs in Tigray have returned home
and have received aid. Unfortunately, millions of IDPs in Tigray remain displaced from
their homes and continue to be in need of humanitarian assistance. We call for the
retraction of its recent report or for an official disclaimer that states ‘this report
doesn’t include assessments about the IDPs in Tigray’ to be added to the report.
It is well known to international donors and human rights organizations that the
IDPs in Tigray are still suffering due to the failure of the Federal government to fulfill its
mandate of returning them to their homes which are still occupied by Eritrean and
Amhara forces. According to the UN October report, the estimate of IDPs in Tigray is
over one million. The report indicates that the “IDPs continue to shelter in 106 schools
due to lack of support to return to villages of origin or to be relocated to alternative land,
causing 163,000 children to remain out of school for 3 consecutive years”.
The Peace and Justice for Tigreans International (PJTI) is very concerned by the
continued efforts of the EHRC to undermine the plight of the Tigray people which started
from the start of the war. It is well known that the EHRC misrepresented the Maikadra
and Axum massacres in its previous reports which were found to contradict the facts on
the ground and subsequent reports by international human rights organizations. While
international human right organizations are working hard to bring accountability and
justice for the victims of the genocidal war in Tigray, we are very sad to see the EHRC
working to undermine such efforts.
PJTI will continue to work towards the promotion and protection of human
rights, justice and peace. Our concern centers on the pressing human rights crisis in
Ethiopia, especially in the Tigray region, and we urgently request the support of the
international community to find mechanisms to return the IDPs in the Tigray region to
their homes with sufficient humanitarian assistance for rehabilitation.
With Best Regards,
Peace and Justice for Tigreans International (PJTI), USA
e-mail: PJTINT23@gmail.com
Peace and Justice for
Tigreans International
PJT INTERNATIONAL
Email: pjtint2023@gma