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Ethiopia: Lethal Force Against Protesters [HRW]
Military Deployment, Terrorism Rhetoric Risk Escalating Violence
(Nairobi) – Ethiopian security forces have killed dozens of protesters since November 12, 2015, in Oromia regional state, according to reports from the region. The security...
Ethiopia: Anti-terror rhetoric will escalate brutal crackdown against Oromo protesters [Amnesty International]
PRESS RELEASE
Protesters have been labelled ‘terrorists’ by Ethiopian authorities in an attempt to violently suppress protests against potential land seizures, which have already resulted in 40 deaths, said Amnesty International.
A statement...
Bloomberg’s Blooper on the Oromo Protests [By Zecharias Zelalem]
Ethiocritical.com
The tidal wave of emotion which has swept the country since the start of the Oromo protests movement about a month or so ago shows no sign of slowing, with some activists claiming that the number of cities and towns engulfed...
The Daughter Of A British Man On Death Row In Ethiopia Has Written To The Queen For Help[buzzfeed]
Andy Tsege’s 8-year-old daughter says: “With David Cameron in charge the situation will not be solved”. Updated: The Foreign Office told BuzzFeed News that a formal letter has been sent to Ethiopia regarding his treatment.
Alan White
BuzzFeed...
Let Us Take Warning: It is a Dangerous Time for Ethiopia.[SMNE Press Release]
Washington, DC- On Wednesday, December 9, 2015 a group of courageous Oromo students from the Addis Ababa Science and Technology University made a strong statement of protest on behalf of Ethiopians at risk throughout the country!
As planned...
Op-ed:The world must not forget the jailed journalists of Ethiopia [Amnesty International]
By Michelle Kagari and Nani Jansen
Today, on International Human Rights Day, the Ethiopian journalist Eskinder Nega, who was convicted on trumped up terrorism charges, will have spent more than four years in jail. Eskinder is just one of many...