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Discussion About : # Ethiopian prisoners of war reach 7000. Kept by ERA

1986 | Directly behind the border ERA keeps about 7000 Ethiopian prisoners of wars who are fed by ERA. They receive the same food as EPLF members. They have an own medical supply, schools, workshops and cultural groups (SUKE, p.173). Dismissed Ethiopian prisoners of war are homeless (!) The Ethiopian government denies that there are Ethiopian prisoners of war. And the Ethiopian government maintains that EPLF would murder all prisoners of war. By this the government means to keep the soldiers off from dissertation. Ethiopians who are dismissed from war captivity can only return to territories