Ethiopia and Eritrea -- Public statement; Cease-fire and human rights.

M2 PRESSWIRE-10 July 2000-AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: Ethiopia and Eritrea -- Public statement; Cease-fire and human rights (C)1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:07072000 Human rights issues have again come to the fore after a preliminary cease-fire in the two-year border war between Ethiopia and Eritrea.

The recent heavy fighting since 12 May 2000 ended with a cease-fire deal brokered by the Organization of African Unity (OAU) and signed in Algiers by both Ethiopia and Eritrea on 18 June 2000. The OAU peace plan provides for a UN peace-keeping force in a 25-kilometer-wide ...

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