{"id":213060,"date":"2022-01-08T11:15:51","date_gmt":"2022-01-08T09:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/release-of-detainees-a-significant-confidencebuilding-step-in-ethiopia-un-chief?lang=en"},"modified":"2022-01-08T11:15:51","modified_gmt":"2022-01-08T09:15:51","slug":"release-of-detainees-a-significant-confidence-building-step-in-ethiopia-un-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/release-of-detainees-a-significant-confidence-building-step-in-ethiopia-un-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"Release of detainees a ‘significant confidence-building step’ in Ethiopia: UN chief"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Ethiopian Government on Friday freed several high-profile political detainees, a move UN Secretary-General António Guterres hailed as a “significant confidence-building step”. <\/p>\n

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Some leaders from the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), which has been battling government forces in the north for more than a year, were among those granted amnesty, according to media reports. <\/p>\n

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“I welcome\u202ftoday’s release from prison in Ethiopia of numerous detainees, including key\u202fopposition figures,” the UN chief said in a statement<\/a>.\u202f\u202f <\/p>\n

“I\u202fcall upon the parties to build on this\u202fsignificant\u202fconfidence-building step by agreeing a cessation of hostilities and a lasting ceasefire, as well as launching a credible and inclusive\u202fnational dialogue and reconciliation process.” <\/p>\n

The Secretary-General said he will remain actively engaged with all stakeholders\u202fin\u202fassisting\u202fEthiopia in efforts to end\u202fthe fighting\u202fand restore peace and stability. <\/p>\n

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The UN estimates more than five million people in the northern regions of Tigray, Amhara and Afar require humanitarian assistance. <\/p>\n

Last month, the UN Human Rights Council<\/a> in Geneva voted to establish an international expert commission to investigate allegations of violations during the conflict. <\/p>\n

The decision to release the detainees took place on Orthodox Christmas, a major holiday in Ethiopia.   <\/p>\n

Extending his warm wishes to those who are celebrating, Mr. Guterres added, “may the spirit of this celebration contribute to a peaceful and prosperous Ethiopia.” <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Ethiopian Government on Friday freed several high-profile political detainees, a move UN Secretary-General António Guterres hailed as a “significant confidence-building step”.  Some leaders from the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), which has been battling government forces in the north for more than a year, were among those granted amnesty, according to media reports.  Ceasefire […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":213061,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4584],"tags":[4585],"class_list":{"0":"post-213060","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-africa-news-2","8":"tag-apo","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/release-of-detainees-a-significant-confidence-building-step-in-ethiopia-un-chief.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213060\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}