Federal security forces in Addis Ababa have rearrested Kibrom Berhe, head of foreign affairs of the National Congress of Great Tigray’s Baytona Party – an opposition political party from Tigray regional state. He was arrested days after parliament passed a resolution to investigate war atrocities.
Kibrom’s Baytona Party is seeking a confederation arrangement with independent states. Its political ideologies advocate that the concept of a united Ethiopia is impossible, given its history and structure.
This is the second arrest for Kibrom – he was one of thousands of Tigrayans detained in July 2021 – in what Amnesty International described as “arbitrary arrests targeting Tigrayans”. Kibrom was released without charge after months of detention in Afar state, and has since written a book on the civil war in Tigray.