Ever Since more than 50 Orthodox Christians have been brutality massacred in ASeko County of the Oromia region of EThiopia on the eve of the national election, the government not only hasn't apprehended the perpetratos didn't even make any effort in that direction. Instead it has been busy arresting priests and influencial individuals who spoke against or condemn the massacre as well as the governments abhorent inaction on the matter.
Journalist Salsawit Baynesan,known for her criticsm on the government, has been arrested a day after the massacre for condemning the horrible crime and the governments failure to do its basic duty of protecting citizens. Salsawit has not even been brought to court for more than 9 days as of today.
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🇪🇹 #Ethiopia: At least 37 Orthodox Christians were killed & churches burned during coordinated attacks in the East Arsi Zone between 30 May and 1 June 2026.
➡️The ECLJ submitted an urgent appeal to the UN Office on Genocide Prevention:
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Watch as H.I.H Prince Asfa-Wossen Asserate speaks out against the ongoing persecution of Amharas and Christians in Ethiopia. The following description of the event is taken as-is from the ECLJ official YouTube Channel.
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Official @ECLJ_Official event description is given below
"The human rights situation in Ethiopia continues to deteriorate, particularly in the Amhara and Oromia regions. This event will examine credible reports of extrajudicial killings, arbitrary detention, forced displacement, attacks against Christian communities, and other serious violations affecting the Amhara civilian population and Ethiopian Christians.
The conference will also explore the implications of the European Union’s continued engagement with Ethiopia, including its recent EUR 689 million support package. It aims to promote accountability for serious human rights violations and to encourage discussion on whether current EU policies are consistent with the Union’s commitments to the protection of civilians, religious freedom, and the prevention of atrocity crimes.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
H.I.H. Prince Asfa-Wossen Asserate, Ph.D. Ethiopian-German historian, political analyst, and author specialising in Ethiopian affairs, Ethiopian state and church history, and political developments in the Horn of Africa.
BACKGROUND
• The ECLJ’s 2024 report on the Amhara people documented patterns of violence that may amount to atrocity crimes. A substantially updated edition, published in June 2026, confirms that the situation remains deeply alarming.
• The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission has reported extrajudicial killings, abductions, indiscriminate attacks against civilians, and large-scale displacement in the Amhara region.
• Drone and aerial strikes have repeatedly affected civilian populations in the Amhara region, raising serious concerns under international humanitarian law.
• Ethiopian Christians have increasingly been targeted, including clergy, churches, and Orthodox Christian communities in Oromia.
• In February 2026, coordinated attacks against Orthodox Christian communities in East Arsi reportedly killed more than thirty worshippers, including a priest shot inside his church. On 31 May 2026, similar attacks in East Arsi have led to the death of at least 37 Christians and the burning of a monastery.
• Opposition politicians, journalists, and civil society actors documenting the conflict continue to face detention, intimidation, and prosecution.
• In October 2023, the United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide warned of a heightened risk of genocide and related atrocity crimes in Ethiopia.
• Despite these developments, the European Union has recently extended approximately EUR 689 million in support to the Ethiopian government, raising questions regarding human rights conditionality. The EU also surprisingly congratulated the government on the contested elections"
This footage was recorded in Dera, Shoa, just a few hundred kilometers from Addis Ababa. It shows armed forces associated with the group commonly referred to as OLF Shene, which is backed by elements within the country's security apparatus and in coordination with the regime's defense forces. These forces are being used as an instrument of violence against Amhara communities. The video below shows the mobilization of these armed groups in the Dera area of Shoa, where they are preparing to carry out serious atrocities against Amhara civilians in the area.
"Learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow."
Raise your voice against the killings, persecution,& displacement of Amhara Orthodox Christians in Ethiopia. Silence in the face of suffering is not justice. #AmharaGenicide#EOTC
#ArsiMassacre Led by fascist Abiy Ahmed Ali's genocidal regime. #AmharaGenocide
Horrific attack in Asenko, Arsi Zone, Ethiopia: 53 killed, 190 missing, 1,875 displaced. Over 300 homes and a 101-year-old Orthodox church burned.
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A black & tragic day for Christians as more than 13 Orthodox Christians were killed in Arsi, Oromia, 🇪🇹 with hundreds fled & churches burned. This targeted massacre continues under Ethiopia govt’ inaction & int’l community silence. United Nations Human Rights Watch