Ethiopia: Information on Moges Habtemiriam, a former ambassador to Saudi Arabia and Deputy Minister of Public Security during the Mengistu regime; and on the Ministry of Security or Internal Affairs during the Mengistu regime
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 September 1995 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | ETH21817.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Ethiopia: Information on Moges Habtemiriam, a former ambassador to Saudi Arabia and Deputy Minister of Public Security during the Mengistu regime; and on the Ministry of Security or Internal Affairs during the Mengistu regime, 1 September 1995, ETH21817.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab415c.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
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Specific information on the above-mentioned subjects could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB.
A brief reference in Africa Contemporary Record 1985-86 lists a Moges Habte-Mariam as Vice-Minister of State and Public Security, however no other information is provided (1986, B290). Dawit Wolde Giorgis, a former official with the Ethiopian Relief and Rehabilitation Commission who left Ethiopia in 1986, mentions in his book Red Tears that one of his deputies was a Colonel Habtemariam, however, he provides no additional information on this individual's background (1989, 290).
For general information on police forces in Ethiopia, please consult the attachments. For general information on the human rights situation during the Mengistu regime, please consult the annual reports of Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch/Africa and Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, which are available at Regional Documentation Centres
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
References
Africa Contemporary Record: 1985-86 Annual Survey and Documents. 1986. Edited by Colin Legum et al. New York: Africana Publishing Company.
Dawit, Wolde Giorgis. 1989. Red Tears: War, Famine and Revolution in Ethiopia. Trenton, New Jersey: The Red Sea Press.
Attachments
Ethiopia: A Country Study. 1993. Edited by Thomas P. Ofcansky and LaVerle Berry. Washington, DC: Secretary of the Army, pp. 315-319.
George Thomas Kurian. 1989. World Encyclopedia of Police Forces and Penal Systems. New York: Facts on File, pp. 109-12.
Additional Sources Consulted
Africa Confidential. 1982-1994.
Africa Contemporary Record: 1985-86 Annual Survey and Documents. 1980-1989.
Ethiopia: 200 Days in the Death of Asmara: Starvation as a Weapon and Violations of the Humanitarian Laws of War. 1990. Africa Watch.
Ethiopia: Accountability Past and Present: Human Rights in Transition. 1995. Amnesty International.
Ethiopia: Conscription: Abuses of Human Rights During Recruitment to the Armed Forces. 1990. Africa Watch.
Ethiopia: End of an Era of Brutal Repression A New Chance for Human Rights. May 1991. Amnesty International.
Ethiopia: Human Rights Crisis as Central Power Crumbles: Killings, Detentions, Forcible Conscriptions and Obstruction of Relief. 1991. Africa Watch.
Ethiopia: Mengistu's Empty "Democracy": One Year After Reform is Announced, No Improvements in Civil and Political Rights. 1991. Africa Watch.
Ethiopia: "Mengistu Has Decided to Burn Us Like Wood": Bombing of Civilians and Civilian Targets by the Air Force. 1990. Africa Watch.
Ethiopia: Reckoning Under the Law. 1994. Africa Watch.
Ethiopia: Violent Suppression of Student Protest. 1990. Africa Watch.
Ethiopia: Waiting for Justice: Shortcomings in Establishing the Rule of Law. 1992. Africa Watch.
Evil days: 30 Years of War and Famine in Ethiopia. 1991. Africa Watch.
Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) reports.
On-line searches of media reports (NEXIS).