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Ethiopia: U.S. Embassy suspends travel to Gondar
The U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa is temporarily suspending all travel for U.S. Chief of Mission employees to Gondar until further notice.
The Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC) said in a security message to U.S.citizens that the Embassy...
Ethiopia: Year of Brutality, Restrictions (HRW)
Restore Rights, Address Grievances
(Nairobi) – Ethiopia plunged into a human rights crisis in 2016, increasing restrictions on basic rights during a state of emergency and continuing a bloody crackdown against largely peaceful protesters,...
Ethiopia targets opposition who met with European lawmakers (AP)
By ELIAS MESERET
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopia said Monday it will not release a leading opposition figure detained under the country’s state of emergency after meeting with European lawmakers in Belgium.
Prime Minister Hailemariam...
At last, federal high court begins hearing of defense witness testimonials on Yonatan Tesfaye’s terrorism charges [addisstandard]
“If speaking for those killed on the streets constitutes a crime, I will take it as my badge of honor” Yonatan Tesfaye
“If Yonatan was my student I would have, at best, given some of his writings Fs and Cs; I wouldn’t call him a terrorist”,...
Free Merera Gudina and all political prisoners [Press Release]
For Immediate Release
Free Merera Gudina and all political prisoners
Amsterdam, Washington DC, Minnesota – December 29, 2016
Dr. Merera Gudina
Top opposition leader, Dr. Merera Gudina, was arrested on October 30, 2016 upon his return from...
Memoirs of my detention at Awash 7: tales of indoctrination, of laughter and the unknown [BefeQadu Z. Hailu]
Addisstandard
Wakoma Tafa was planning to get married on Sunday, Oct.10, 2016. But just three days before his wedding he was arbitrarily detained around Alem Gena, 25k west of Addis Abeba, a city within the special zone of the Oromia Regional...
Miruts Yifter, Ethiopian running legend, honoured at Toronto funeral
Olympic champion’s body will be sent back to Ethiopia this week
By John Rieti, CBC News
Miruts Yifter, an Ethiopian running legend dubbed “Yifter the Shifter” for his ability to power away from rivals, was laid to...
Ethnic tensions in Gondar reflect the toxic nature of Ethiopian politics [theguardian]
William Davison in Gondar
From uneven development to authoritarian government, the morass of issues facing the city of Gondar offer a snapshot of Ethiopia’s wider problems
In Gondar, a city in Ethiopia’s northern highlands, a lone tourist...