Human Rights
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Op-Ed: Ethiopia’s #COVID19 State of Emergency: right move with shades of problematic provisions
After approving the State of Emergency declared by the Council of minister (CoM) Ethiopian Parliament established seven members Inquiry Board…
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News: Police vague about journalist Yayesew Shimelis as CPJ calls for his release
Journalist Yayesew Shimelis Mahlet Fasil Addis Abeba, April 03/2020 – Endeshaw Tasew, Commissioner of Federal Police Commission, told Addis Standard…
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News: UN Rights Commission concerned about internet shut down in Oromia amidst #COVID19
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet Addis Abeba, MArch 27/2020 – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights…
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In-depth Analysis: Amidst fear of #COVID19 Ethiopian domestic workers coerced into making heavy payments to flee Lebanon
Ethiopian domestic workers cramped inside Rafic Hariri International Airport in Beirut waiting to depart to Addis Abeba. Their flights were…
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News: Protesters in Aweday beaten, shot at, as video exposes army crack down against civilians
Zecharias Zelalem Addis Abeba, February 24/2020 -At least 30 people were injured on Thursday February 20/2020 when government security forces…
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News: Displaced for more than seven years, IDPs in Afar region seek meaningful support
From left, Fatuma Mohammed, Dana Kasin Mohammed and Saida Mohammed Addis Abeba, February 18/2020 – Some 400 people remain displaced…
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News: Ethiopian authorities crack down on opposition supporters with mass arrests: Amnesty
Mahlet Fasil Addis Abeba, January 27/2020 – Amnesty International said it has confirmed that at least 75 supporters of the…
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News: Human Rights Commission chief says non-state actors worsening human rights crisis in Ethiopia
Daniel Bekele has been appointed as Commissioner of the Ethiopia Human Rights Commission (EHRC) on 02 July 2019. Addis Standard…
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Feature: Addressing Ethiopians in Lebanon a Foreign Ministry official threatens to sue Addis Standard
Right:: Ambassador Shamebo Fitamo. Photo: Ethiopian Diaspora Agency “Addis Standard lies, steals your money, collaborates with Egypt!”, Ambassador Shamebo Fitamo,…
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