{"id":276155,"date":"2019-05-15T10:26:13","date_gmt":"2019-05-15T14:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.google.com\/articles\/CBMiVmh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmV0aGlvcGlhLWluc2lnaHQuY29tLzIwMTkvMDUvMTUvZGV0YWluZWQtdGlncmF5YW4teW91dGgtbGFuZC1ibG93LW9uLXRwbGYv0gEA?oc=5"},"modified":"2026-09-19T12:54:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T16:54:03","slug":"ethiopia-insight-detained-tigrayan-youth-challenged-the-tplf-over-land-and-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/276155","title":{"rendered":"Ethiopia Insight: detained Tigrayan youth challenged the TPLF over land and rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 15 May 2019 Ethiopia Insight reported that young Tigrayan activists, including Mekelle University lecturer Nebiyu Sihul Mikael, were being detained after pressing the regional government over land compensation and constitutional rights.<\/p>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"780\" width=\"780\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-425108\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221222_191454-1.jpg?fit=780%2C780&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ethiopia Insight: detained Tigrayan youth challenged the TPLF over land and rights\" \/>\n<p>Protests in Enderta and Kuha around Mekelle grew from anger at low payouts when land was taken for investment, while TPLF officials still dominated the regional state even after losing much federal power. Witnesses said police assaulted detainees and that court hearings were delayed with little access for families.<\/p>\n<p>Civil society groups such as SebHidri and opposition Arena Tigray also reported harassment. Officials sometimes painted rights campaigners as agents of Abiy Ahmed or Eritrea instead of debating land policy.<\/p>\n<p>Kept as politics archive, the file shows Tigray was not only a federal\u2013regional fight. Homegrown youth pressure on the TPLF over land and due process was already live in 2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ethiopia-insight.com\/2019\/05\/15\/detained-tigrayan-youth-land-blow-on-tplf\/\">Ethiopia Insight<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Detained Tigrayan youth land blow on TPLF&nbsp;&nbsp;Ethiopia InsightYouthful Tigrayan activists are increasingly challenging the TPLF by encouraging citizens to demand their constitutional rights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":425108,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-276155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ethiopian-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221222_191454-1.jpg?fit=2000%2C934&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-19Q7","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276155"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":754786,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276155\/revisions\/754786"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/425108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}