Ethiopia Urged To Free Tigrayans In Prison Camps

The Ethiopian government-appointed human rights watchdog has called for the immediate release of thousands of Tigrayans who are being held in two detention camps in the north-eastern region of Afar. <br />The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission described their detention as illegal. <br />It says around 9,000 Tigrayans have been held there since December last year. They were from areas bordering Tigray where there has been a civil war. <br />The Addis Ababa government says the detainees were being held for their own safety and also to allow screening to find criminals including people linked to the fighting.