Targeting of Tigrayan Academics
Following the outbreak of conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region in November 2020, academics of Tigrayan ethnicity faced widespread and systematic persecution. At Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia’s flagship higher education institution, dozens of Tigrayan professors reported ethnic profiling, surveillance, and intimidation. By December 2020, at least 20 Tigrayan academics had been placed on indefinite administrative leave […]