[4] EHRCO published its preliminary report on the Mai Kadra massacre of the Tigray War on 25 December 2020.

The government claimed that EHRCO was "a political organisation", "side[d] with the opposition", was "ethnically oriented" and made inaccurate reports.

[4] The initial aims of EHRCO were described as helping the 1991 Transitional Government of Ethiopia in "respecting, protecting and fulfilling human rights.

[4] EHRCO planned a one-day human rights workshop for media organisations and political parties for 20 October 2020.

Mesfin Woldemariam stated the deportations were "causing a build up of hatred" that, if continued, would "lead to indiscriminate violence that [would] go on for generations".

The freeze forced EHRCO to close ten out of thirteen[2] (or eight out of eleven[4]) of its offices and to sack 80[2] (or 52[4]) staff members.