UN Eritrea expert urges probe of refugee camp attack in Ethiopia
Ethiopia’s Hitsats refugee camp, along with the camp of Shimelba, was allegedly destroyed by Eritrean and Ethiopian troops
The UN’s special rapporteur on Eritrea on Wednesday demanded a swift, independent investigation into allegations that the country’s troops attacked refugee camps in neighbouring Ethiopia and abducted Eritrean asylum seekers.
Reporting to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Mohamed Abdelsalam Babiker said he was concerned for thousands of Eritreans who were in two camps in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region — now allegedly destroyed by Eritrean and Ethiopian troops