Nicola Roxon (Gellibrand, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Health) Share this | Hansard source

to move:

That the House:

(1)

expresses concern at:

(a)

recent reports of unlawful killing and detention of Oromo refugees by Ethiopian and Somali security forces in Somalia; and

(b)

ongoing reports of human rights violations and persecution of ethnic groups in Ethiopia; and

(2)

calls on the Australian Government to:

(a)

urge the international community to secure the rights of Oromo refugees in Somalia and elsewhere; and

(b)

request that the Ethiopian Government allow its citizens to peacefully exercise their rights to freedom of association and assembly and investigate fully reports of human rights violations by police and security forces.

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