AAGE — Amhara Advocacy Group in Europe
Documentation, research and advocacy for civilian protection in Ethiopia's Amhara region.
An open letter to the leadership of the International Monetary Fund on its Extended Credit Facility for Ethiopia — a USD 3.4 billion programme that disburses to a regime engaged in documented mass atrocities, while austerity conditions have driven the poverty rate from 33% to 43% within a decade.
An open letter to the European Commission and European Parliament calling for human rights conditionality on the resumption of €140 million in budget support to the Ethiopian regime — while the Amhara region endures the same military blockade, mass atrocities and humanitarian catastrophe that prompted the EU to suspend aid during the Tigray war.
An urgent appeal to Norway’s Minister of Justice and Public Security to halt the deportation of Ms. Yeshihareg Bekele, a civic activist whose return to Ethiopia would expose her to grave danger.
An open letter to Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates, on the continued supply of arms and drones to the Ethiopian regime.
An urgent call to international organisations regarding the unprecedented education crisis in the Amhara region: five million students deprived of education, 1,115 schools damaged.
An appeal to the United Nations, the African Union, governmental institutions and human rights bodies regarding the regime’s renewed military campaign.
An open appeal regarding the resumption of air strikes and drone attacks after the 2024 rainy season.
An urgent appeal regarding prisoners of war captured by Amhara Fano forces, who have publicly committed to upholding the Geneva Conventions, and the broader civilian humanitarian crisis under blockade.
An urgent appeal to the IMF and the World Bank regarding loan agreements with the regime and the diversion of public funds towards weapons procurement.
An urgent appeal regarding the abduction of over 160 Amhara students on 3 July 2024, the false government statements about their release, and the broader pattern of kidnappings since 2018.
An open letter to the FAO regarding the award presented to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, whose regime is conducting a military campaign against the Amhara civilian population.
An urgent appeal to the international community calling for an immediate end to the state of emergency in the Amhara region and to the military operations targeting the civilian population.
An open letter to the Government of Somalia regarding the presence of Ethiopian regime forces on Somali territory and the documented killings linked to regime operations.
An appeal to governments and to IGAD regarding the destabilising effect of the Ethiopian regime’s military campaign on regional security, cross-border displacement and the breakdown of Horn of Africa diplomatic structures.
An urgent appeal to the international community regarding the forced relocation of internally displaced persons in the Amhara region, in violation of international humanitarian law.
An open letter to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak regarding UK defence cooperation agreements with the Ethiopian regime and their implications for the military campaign against the Amhara civilian population.
An open letter to the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic regarding bilateral cooperation with the Ethiopian regime and the need to condition engagement on respect for human rights.
An open letter to His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, regarding the supply of arms and drones used in the military campaign against the Amhara civilian population.
An open letter to European Union institutions regarding the inadequacy of the EU's response to the military campaign against the Amhara civilian population and the urgent need for a rights-based approach.
A continuously-updated inventory of documented drone and air strikes attributed to the Ethiopian regime since August 2023.
A running record of recent, independently reported attacks on Orthodox Amhara communities in the Arsi zone — and the absence of any official response since our alert.
A 14-minute investigation on the systematic destruction of schools and the displacement of millions of children. Published April 2026.
UN-verified findings and eyewitness testimony on the systematic use of sexual violence as a weapon of war. Published January 2026.
A research investigation into the systematic targeting of places of worship, clergy and faithful in the Amhara region. Published December 2025.
A short-form documentary on the operational reality of drone warfare in the Amhara region. The first AAGE film. Published November 2025.
In Ethiopia, nine million children are out of school. Nearly half of them — 4.4 million — come from a single region. This is the structural anatomy of an educational collapse.
For the 2024-2025 school year, the regional government had planned to enrol seven million students. Seven million children, ready to learn. When September came, only one point five million walked through the doors. By the end of the year, two point eight million were registered. The remaining four point four million were not in class, not in school, and — until the field documentation gathered for this investigation — not counted.
The figures used here are not contested. They are drawn from UNICEF's Humanitarian Situation Report, from the Amhara Regional Education Bureau, from statements by the Regional President Arega Kebede, and from the European Council on Foreign Relations.
Each incident is cross-referenced against AAA primary documentation, OHCHR, ACLED, BBC and HRW. Open the live monitor →
Since August 2023, Ethiopia's Amhara region has been under a complete telecommunications blackout. Our consortium combines field research, open-source verification and diplomatic engagement to break that silence.
Systematic recording of human rights violations through partner networks operating under information restrictions, with chain-of-custody for each report.
Each incident cross-referenced against multiple independent sources — OHCHR, ACLED, Human Rights Watch, BBC Amharic, and academic research partners.
Direct diplomatic engagement with European Parliament committees, UN human rights bodies, and international advocacy organisations.
Documentary films and visual investigations bringing field findings to international audiences in plain, accessible language.