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Ethiopia unrest killed 669 in three regions - Report
Eyewitness News
The Horn of Africa country declared six months of emergency rule after more than a year of violent protests in its Oromiya, Amhara and SNNP regions.
ADDIS ABABA – A total of 669 people were killed in unrest that gripped...
Tampere University did the (human) right thing [Helsinkitimes-Finland]
Columns
On March 29, President Mika Hannula of the Tampere University of Technology issued a statement that announced: “It is the decision of the Academic Board that [Prime Minister of Ethiopia] Hailemariam Desalegn will not be conferred...
The Torture Chronicles of Ethiopian Patriot Habtamu Ayalew (in His Own Words) [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
Author’s Note: Following is my translation of the Amharic interview given by Habtamu Ayalew to the Voice of America (VOA), Amharic Program on March 15, 2017 and broadcast on the same day and on March 18 on “Democracy in Action” program....
FREEDOM NOW: Current Campaigns, Eskinder Nega
Eskinder Nega
Ethiopia
Eskinder Nega, 46, is a prominent Ethiopian journalist who was convicted and sentenced to 18 years in prison on treason and terrorism charges. Prior his current detention, Mr. Nega was a widely published independent journalist...
A license to torture [Amnesty International]
By Seyoum Teshome
Seyoum Teshome is a professor at a university in Ethiopia and writes to fight the spread of fear that has engulfed his country as a result of an increasingly repressive administration. In September 2016, Seyoum was arrested...
Letter on Ethiopia to the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs / Vice-President of the European Commission Mogherini [HRW]
Federica Mogherini
High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs /
Vice-President of the European Commission
Rue de la Loi, Wetstraat 200
1049 Brussels
Brussels, March 23, 2017
Dear High Representative Mogherini,
Human Rights Watch wishes...
Ethiopia reports deadly raid by gunmen from South Sudan [Al Jazeera]
Murle bandits allegedly crossed into Ethiopia’s Gambella region and killed 28 people before fleeing with 43 children.
More than 1,000 gunmen from South Sudan have killed 28 people and kidnapped 43 children in neighbouring Ethiopia,...