Rights Group Urges Saudis Not to Expel Ethiopians (voa)
Human Rights Watch is urging the Saudi government to halt its plan to expel hundreds of thousands of Ethiopian immigrants who missed a late August deadline to register or face deportation.
Felix Horne, HRW’s senior researcher for the Horn...
The Case of Qilinto Fire in the Past Year, my Testimony [Befeqadu Z. Hailu]
Abraham used to visit us, my colleague Atnafu Berhane of Zone 9 Blogging Collective and myself, every Saturday while we were jailed in Qilinto prison. His workplace was near to the prison compound. Just a year ago, on a Saturday morning, September...
Ethiopia's bereaved families seek justice (Al Jazeera)
Bereaved families in Ethiopia are demanding justice for 650 anti-government protesters who were killed last year.
They were from the largest ethnic group, the Oromo, and died during a government crackdown on dissent.
Despite repeated...
Ethiopian woman's mouth 'melted shut in horrific acid attack by husband'
Independent
WARNING: Story contains graphic images of severe injuries caused by acid attack
A woman has been left near-blind, in constant agony and with her mouth melted shut after her estranged husband allegedly attacked her with acid.
Atsede...
Outrage as Somalia transfers citizen to Ethiopia in breach of national laws (africanews).
There is outrage in Somalia following the reported transfer of a citizen to neighbouring Ethiopia. The detention and subsequent transfer of Mr. Abdikarin Sheikh Muse of the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) has been labeled as a breach...
13 Ethiopians due in court over illegal status [Capital FM Kenya (press release)]
By SIMON NDONGA, NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 31 – Thirteen Ethiopian nationals arrested in a house within Parklands are due in court Thursday morning for being in the country illegally.
Police said they had rented a house and stayed there while waiting...