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Ethiopia: Crackdown on Dissent Intensifies [HRW]
Human Rights Situation Dire Ahead of May 2015 Elections
(Nairobi) – The Ethiopian government during 2014 intensified its campaign of arrests, prosecutions, and unlawful force to silence criticism, Human Rights Watch said today in its World...
UK diplomats clash over Andargachew Tsige[dailymail]
By Ian Birrell
An explosive row has erupted between diplomats and Ministers over their reluctance to help a British man on death row in Ethiopia.
A series of extraordinary emails, obtained by The Mail on Sunday, reveal officials’ increasing...
Leaked Report Says World Bank Violated its Own Rules in Ethiopia [Global Research]
By Sasha Chavkin
Anuak children in Gorom Refugee Camp in South Sudan. Many Anuak fled Ethiopia during a government relocation campaign called “villagization”. Photo: Andreea Campeanu/ICIJ
The World Bank repeatedly violated its own rules...
Ethiopia: Media Being Decimated [HRW]
Legal, Policy Reforms Crucial Prior to May Elections
(Nairobi) – The Ethiopian government’s systematic repression of independent media has created a bleak landscape for free expression ahead of the May 2015 general elections, Human Rights...
Ethiopia: human rights groups criticise UK-funded development programme [The Guardian]
Harry Davies and James Ball
Leaked World Bank report rejects claims from the Bank’s management that no link existed between their programme and villagisation
A traditional homestead in Gambela, Ethiopia. The country’s government...
Exposed: Prof. Constantinos Berhe has two fake degrees [By Abebe Gellaw]
A lengthy Addis Voice investigation can reveal that Dr. Constantinos Berhe, a professor of public policy at the Addis Ababa University (AAU) and a key operative of the ruling TPLF-led regime, obtained two fake degrees from a bogus university....
British MPs to visit Ethiopia in bid to secure release of Andy Tsege [THE INDEPENDENT]
JONATHAN OWEN
A delegation of British MPs will visit Ethiopia next month in a bid to secure the release of Andargachew “Andy” Tsege, a British father of three who is under a death sentence.
Mr Tsege, 59, a leading critic...