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| Lynne Featherstone (Letters, 15 January) gives the impression that Human Rights Watch supports DFID's proposed training programme for the Liyu police. We do not. For years we have documented egregious human rights abuses committed by the Liyu police, including the March 2012 extra-judicial execution of 10 men in their custody and the killing of nine other villagers. To our knowledge, the Liyu police are a paramilitary group without a clear legal status. For these reasons, Human Rights Watch does not believe that a donor-financed training programme is appropriate, certainly not without clear commitments by the Ethiopian government to conduct credible investigations into past and ongoing abuses, and action to hold accountable those responsible. David Mepham UK director, Human Rights Watch | Lynne Featherstone (Letters, 15 January) gives the impression that Human Rights Watch supports DFID's proposed training programme for the Liyu police. We do not. For years we have documented egregious human rights abuses committed by the Liyu police, including the March 2012 extra-judicial execution of 10 men in their custody and the killing of nine other villagers. To our knowledge, the Liyu police are a paramilitary group without a clear legal status. For these reasons, Human Rights Watch does not believe that a donor-financed training programme is appropriate, certainly not without clear commitments by the Ethiopian government to conduct credible investigations into past and ongoing abuses, and action to hold accountable those responsible. David Mepham UK director, Human Rights Watch |
| • The Manchester Ogaden community would like to thank you for highlighting the situation in the Ogaden. The media has for years ignored the plight of the people of there. We have been raising the issue with our MPs for years and the British government's position never changes, despite the condemnations of international bodies such as Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, the ICRC and other UN bodies. The letter from the international development minister, Lynne Featherstone, is misleading the British public: our aid and the taxpayer's money is used by Ethiopia to suppress all political opposition, especially in the Ogaden where the Liyu police are committing a series of human rights abuses and our community is a testament to these crimes against humanity. A Yonis Ogaden Community of Greater Manchester | • The Manchester Ogaden community would like to thank you for highlighting the situation in the Ogaden. The media has for years ignored the plight of the people of there. We have been raising the issue with our MPs for years and the British government's position never changes, despite the condemnations of international bodies such as Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, the ICRC and other UN bodies. The letter from the international development minister, Lynne Featherstone, is misleading the British public: our aid and the taxpayer's money is used by Ethiopia to suppress all political opposition, especially in the Ogaden where the Liyu police are committing a series of human rights abuses and our community is a testament to these crimes against humanity. A Yonis Ogaden Community of Greater Manchester |
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