Daniel Bekele, Chief Commissioner of the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission, did not name the officials and declined to comment on the reasons for the arrests.
But many of those arrested were working on behalf of the government, and they included one member of the ruling party, said a lawyer working with the detainees and a source close to the detainees, both asking not to be named for fear of reprisal. But Tigrayan forces forced the military to pull out of Tigray at the end of June 2021 - leaving its capital in the hands of the TPLF. The fighting has now mostly ground to a stalemate.
Those detained who served under Ethiopia's federal government include Abera Nigus, the former head of Tigray's justice bureau, the lawyer and the source said.
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