34 Institutions, African Citizens Write UN Secretary General over imminent Genocide in Ethiopia, Demand Urgent Action

34 Institutions across African continent and Citizens in diaspora have written to United Nation (UN), Secretary General, Antonio Guterres
over imminent genocide in Ethiopia demanding for urgent action before it is too late.

The Institutions and individuals in a letter made available to our correspondent requesting the United Nations to provide leadership for Ethiopia by not allowing what happened in Rwanda to repeat itself in the Country.

The Groups warned that it will be blot that under the current General Secretary of UN such incident occurred.

In order to prevent imminent genocide in Ethiopia, the groups urged the United Nations to work with International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to make inventories of all internment centers in Ethiopia.

The groups also demanded that the UN should deploy without further delay Special Advisor on Prevention of Genocide (SAPG).

The group urged the United Nations to take steps in liason with members stayed to convene session of Human Rights Council on Ethiopia.

The letter reads in part, “We, the undersigned, write on behalf of ourselves, our members across the
regions of the African continent and the Diaspora and on behalf of concerned Africans and
humanity everywhere, to request you to provide leadership in taking urgent measures to prevent
imminent genocide in Ethiopia. Absent such action, we believe that genocide is likely to happen
under your watch as the Secretary-General which will be a blot not merely on your record in that
capacity but also of our collective humanity at this time.

“To avert this, we urge you to initiate or take the following steps urgently: – Work with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to make inventories of all internment centres in Ethiopia and ensure access, monitoring and oversight of conditions therein by the ICRC.

“Deploy, without further delay, your Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide (SAPG), Ms. Alice Nderitu, on an urgent assessment mission into Ethiopia.

“Take steps in liaison with Member States to convene a special session of the Human Rights Council on Ethiopia.”

The Institutions namely are Africa Centre for Open Governance (AfriCOG) , African Initiative for Peacebuilding, Advocacy and Advancement (AfriPeace), Jos, Plateau

State, Nigeria, African Union Watch, Banjul, The Gambia, Cameroon women’s peace movement (CAWOPEM), Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), Nigeria, Coalition burundaise des defenseurs des droits de l,home CBDDH, Burundi, Coalition Des Defenseurs des Droits Humains du Benin, Benin, Coalition Malienne des Défenseurs des droits de l’homme, Mali , Coalition Togolaise des Défenseurs des Droits Humains (CTDDH), Togo, Atrocities Watch Africa (AWA), Kampala, Uganda ,Coalition Burkinabè des Défenseurs des droits humains (CBDDH), Coalition Ivoirienne des Défenseurs des Droits de l’Homme, Côte d’Ivoire, Coalition for an effective African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACC), Arusha, Tanzania

Also, Le Forum pour le Renforcement de la société civile (FORSC), Burundi, Gender Centre for Empowering Development (GenCED), Hope Advocates Africa (HADA), Human Rights Defenders Network Sierra Leone , Institut des Médias pour la Démocratie et les Droits de l’Homme (IM2DH), International Refugee Rights Initiative (IRRI), Kampala, Uganda, Mouvement des Femmes et Filles pour la Paix et la Sécurité au Burundi, Burundi, Mozambique Human Rights Defenders Network, Nawi – Afrifem Macroeconomics Collective, Nairobi, Kenya, Network of the Independent Commission for Human Rights in North Africa, Nigerian Human Rights Defenders Focal Point, Nigeria , Pan African Citizens Network (PACIN), Nairobi, Kenya, Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU), Arusha, Tanzania , Réseau des Citoyens Probes (RCP), Burundi, Réseau des Défenseurs des Droits Humains en Afrique Centrale, Réseau Nigérien des Défenseurs des droits de l’homme , Réseau Ouest Africain des Défenseurs des Droits Humains,bSouthern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network (Southern Defenders) ,Tax Justice Network Africa (TJNA), Nairobi, Kenya , Victim Advocates International (VAI), Nairobi, Kenya, Youth Forum for Social Justice.