Ethiopia Rights Commission Confirms Reports of Intimidation, Arrests After Healthcare Workers Stage Widespread Strikes, Urges Dialogue

Ethiopia Rights Commission Confirms Reports of Intimidation, Arrests After Healthcare Workers Stage Widespread Strikes, Urges Dialogue

Addis Abeba -- Before the nationwide partial strikes went into effect, health professionals from hospitals the country across have been demanding the government to respond to their questions. Photo collage/Addis Standard

BRATISLAVA – The international community must take steps to defend international humanitarian law, say health and human rights defenders, as attacks on health care in war zones reached a record last year and the trend continues. A new report from the Coalition for the Protection of Human Rights [...] This article Health Workers in Conflict Areas suffer epidemic of violence was originally published in IPS News Agency

The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has called for urgent attention to the ongoing strike by medical professionals in various parts of the country since May 5, 2017, and the measures being taken by the government to prevent human rights violations. EHRC is monitoring the measures being taken by the government and medical professionals following the expiry of the 30-day deadline on May 3, 2017, for some medical professionals to respond t…