AAGE — Amhara Advocacy Group in Europe
Documentation, research and advocacy for civilian protection in Ethiopia's Amhara region.
AAGE — Amhara Advocacy Group in Europe
Documentation, research and advocacy for civilian protection in Ethiopia's Amhara region.
Public statements, open letters, briefings and research reports issued by the consortium and its member associations. Investigative long-form journalism is published separately under Investigations.
Joint statements, calls for action, and formal correspondence to institutions and member states.
An open letter to the leadership of the International Monetary Fund on its USD 3.4 billion Extended Credit Facility for Ethiopia — disbursing to a regime engaged in documented mass atrocities while austerity conditions drove the poverty rate from 33% to 43% within a decade. 14 cited sources from the IMF, HRW, Transparency International and others.
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 — 37 cited sources from HRW, Amnesty, OHCHR, ICG, US State Department and UN OCHA.
A formal statement issued by the Federation of Amhara Associations in Europe (in Amharic).
An urgent appeal to Norway’s Minister of Justice and Public Security to halt the deportation of Ms. Yeshihareg Bekele, a civic activist and member of the Hibre Amhara Association in Norway whose return to Ethiopia would expose her to grave danger.
An open letter to German Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the German government, warning that a reported €30 million funding agreement with the Ethiopian regime risks sustaining a government waging war on the Amhara people rather than alleviating poverty.
An open letter to His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates, on the supply of arms and drones to the Ethiopian regime.
An urgent call to international organisations, NGOs, governmental institutions, foundations and research institutes 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, human rights and humanitarian organisations, international financial institutions and the international media regarding the regime’s declaration of all-out military campaign.
An open appeal to United Nations agencies, humanitarian organisations and human rights monitors regarding the resumption of air strikes and drone attacks in the Amhara region after the 2024 rainy season.
An urgent appeal to international humanitarian organisations regarding the humanitarian situation of prisoners of war captured by Amhara Fano forces, who have publicly committed to the Geneva Conventions, and the broader civilian humanitarian crisis under blockade.
An urgent appeal to the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank regarding loan agreements with the Ethiopian regime and the diversion of public funds towards weapons procurement.
An urgent appeal to international human rights organisations and regional bodies 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 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 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 declared 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 of Oromo individuals 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 and the UN Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement.
An open letter to the Right Honourable Rishi Sunak, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, regarding UK defence cooperation agreements with the Ethiopian regime and their implications for the ongoing 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 and the protection of the Amhara civilian population.
An open letter to His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates, 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 to EU-Ethiopia relations.
An open letter on the 17 June 2024 public execution of 25 civilians by regime forces in Jiga, West Gojam.
An open letter to the US Ambassador to Ethiopia contesting remarks on the Fano movement and dialogue.
An open letter to the ECLJ acknowledging their report on the silent suffering of the Amhara people.
A major open letter on the 30th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide.
An open letter on the humanitarian consequences of the prolonged military campaign.
An open letter on the 29 January 2024 massacre in Merawi, West Gojam.
An open letter to the 60th Munich Security Conference.
An open letter condemning attacks on the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church.
An open letter to the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission.
An open letter to OXFAM requesting clarification on a press release title.
Quarterly briefings on civilian casualties, annual thematic reports, and ad-hoc research papers — produced in cooperation with partner organisations.
Drone and air-strike casualties consolidated by the Amhara Association of America from its monthly Amhara War Updates — minimum figures, gathered during the regional communications blackout.
A sourced inventory of Orthodox churches, monasteries and other places of worship attacked, burned or damaged in the conflict, 2024–2026 — each incident referenced to its source.
An open letter urging the International Monetary Fund to reconsider lending to a regime waging war on its own population and likely to misappropriate the funds to prolong the conflict.
An open letter on the 220-day internet shutdown in the Amhara region, used to conceal human rights violations, calling for the restoration of connectivity and independent media access.
An open letter documenting extrajudicial executions in the Amhara region under the state of emergency, citing Amnesty International and AAA findings, and calling for an independent international inquiry.
An open letter condemning Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's 8 May speech in Nekemte, which stoked further violence against the Amhara people, and calling for international intervention.
An open letter on the escalation of the war through the mass conscription of youth from Oromia and southern regions, warning against the regime's attempt to give the conflict an ethnic dimension.
An open letter marking one year of the invasion and blockade of the Amhara region, demanding an independent UN-led commission of inquiry and a political resolution to the conflict.
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Each document published in this archive is signed, dated and traceable to a deliberation of the consortium's editorial coordination. Translations into French and Amharic are released alongside the English text where capacity allows.