Law & Justice
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News update: Prosecutors charge journalist Yayesew with newly enacted hate speech law
Mahlet Fasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba, April 21/2020 – Federal prosecutors have today charged journalist Yayesew Shimelis with Ethiopia’s newly enacted…
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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 update on detention of journalists by security forces
Left: members of Tigray Tv crew who were detained and subsequently released by security forces in Afar regional state. Right:…
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News: NISS says it intercepts a global arms smugglers network shipping two containers of arms into Ethiopia
Demelash Gebremichael, pictured, is currently the Director General of Ethiopia’s National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS). In December last year,…
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News: Unlawful arrests reminiscent of Ethiopia’s unchanged politics: OLF Chairman
Abdi Regassa is one of the ex-rebels who returned to Ethiopia in 2018 and subsequently became a member of OLF’s…
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News: Medical Director of Dhegahbur Hospital stabbed, assailant in custody
Abdirahman was transferred by a helicopter to Addis Abeba for further medical treatment . Photo provided to Addis Standard by…
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Updated: Prosecutors agree to drop case against Ermias Amelga
Editor’s note: this story and the headline is edited to include the latest update Prosecutors dropped demand for settlement payment…
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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: “We were assaulted by the police”: Artist Hawi H. Qeneni
Artist Hawi suffered fractured bones in her left arm and bruises in her neck and back. She also has several…
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News: Members of federal police assigned as Jawar Mohammed’s security resign following recall by federal police
Jawar Mohammed greeting his supporters who came to his residence after he announced that his security detail were told to…
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