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Coalition of NGO and Diaspora Groups Support Ethiopia Human Rights Resolution [Amnesty International]
PRESS RELEASE
The undersigned civil society organizations applaud U.S. Representatives Chris Smith, Keith Ellison and Mike Coffman for introducing House Resolution 861, entitled “Supporting human rights and encouraging inclusive governance...
Ottawa must speak out on Ethiopian crackdown [FELIX HORNE]
Felix Horne, an Ottawa resident, is the senior Ethiopia researcher at Human Rights Watch.
In the past 10 months, Ethiopian security forces have killed at least 500 protesters and detained tens of thousands of people during largely peaceful anti-government...
Ethiopian Paralympic athlete Tamiru Demisse in new finishing line protest against oppressive regime
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1500m runner echoes protest of fellow countryman Feyisa Lilesa, who has now fled to the US
A runner has become the latest Ethiopian athlete to stage a political protest in Rio, after he crossed the finish line in a 1500m event at...
No joy in Ethiopia region even as New Year fete approaches (AFP)
ADDIS ABABA
As Ethiopians prepare to celebrate their New Year and the Muslim feast of Sacrifice, shops in the town of Burayu are shuttered and streets strangely empty amid fresh anti-government protests.
With New Year festivities set for...
Ethiopian journalist Yusuf Getachew released from jail [CPJ]
New York, September 10, 2016–Ethiopian authorities today released Yusuf Getachew, editor-in-chief of Ye Muslimoch Guday (Muslim Affairs), who has been imprisoned since his arrest in July 2012, a relative of the journalist told CPJ. Yusuf...
Ethiopia 'at crossroads' warns opposition leader
Growing unrest, violence attracts attention of African Union, US
By Addis Getachew
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia
A recent statement of concern by the African Union has thrown the spotlight onto what many see as a simmering problem in Ethiopia which...
