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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...

Dare to Dream With Me About the New Ethiopia in 2017...

“Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,… see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.” Author’s Note: I get to celebrate New Year...

Memoirs of my detention at Awash 7: tales of indoctrination, of...

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...

Bloggers Befeqadu Hailu & Seyoum Teshome, activists Blen Mesfin, Eyasped Tesfaye...

Befeqadu Hailu,  a member of the Zone9 blogging collective , who was detained by the Ethiopian Command Post for an alleged interview he gave...

Human rights groups to Ethiopia: Where is jailed journalist?

Washingtonpost ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Human rights groups are asking Ethiopia’s government to immediately disclose the whereabouts of a popular local journalist who has been...

Ethiopia: detained journalist missing, denied access to family and medical care

Ethiopian authorities should immediately disclose the location of Temesgen Desalegn, who was jailed on spurious charges two years ago, and give him access to...

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