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US says ethnic-based arrests 'completely unacceptable' in Ethiopia

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The United States condemns arrests based on ethnicity in Ethiopia after the detentions of UN staff reportedly from the Tigrayan community. "Security force harassment and detention on the basis of ethnicity is completely unacceptable," State Department spokeserson Ned Price tells reporters during a briefing. SOUNDBITE

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