HC Deb 28 February 1989 vol 148 c123W
Mr. Faulds

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent information he has received on alleged atrocities being perpetrated by Ethiopian armed forces against the civilian population in the north.

Mrs. Chalker

We have recently received oral and written reports from the Relief Society of Tigray (UK). We are studying these carefully.

Mr. Amery

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if, having regard to the 45th session of the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva, he will, under item 12 of the agenda, seek to raise the issue of the repeated violations of the Ethiopian regime against the human rights of the peoples of Eritrea and Tigray.

Mrs. Chalker

We shall refer under item 12 of the agenda of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights to our concern about reports of violations of human rights in Eritrea and Tigray.