Human Rights
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News: Ethiopia Supreme Court reduces jail sentence of Yonatan Tesfaye by three years
Addis Abeba, November 27/2017 – Ethiopia’s federal Supreme Court has today overruled a decision by the Federal High court…
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Interview: They were even terrified to hear that the title of my book included the name Maekelawi: Solomon Kebede
Solomon Kebede was detained by the government and charged with multiple terrorism charges when he was working as a managing…
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Commentary: Revisiting the lives of Ethiopian freed prisoners. Are they really free?
Mahlet Fantahun (Translated by Zecharias Zelalem) Addis Abeba, Nov. 07/2017 – Looking at the lives of Ethiopians who were…
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In-depth Analysis: The State of Emergency is over but the fate of thousands hangs inside Ethiopia’s politicized court rooms, unlawfully
Among the thousands facing criminal charges in the wake of the SoE are these group of women in Assela town. …
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News: Ethiopia editor-in-chief sentenced for a year and half in prison, time he already served
Mahlet Fasil Addis Abeba, May 26/2017 – In what came as a big moment of relief to family and…
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Book Review: ‘Pharaoh: The Symbol of Dictators’: By Ahmedin Jebel
Original Title in Amharic: [ፈርዖን፡ የአምባገነኖች ተምሳሌት] Author: Ahmedin Jebel Published: Aug. 2015 Reviewed by Abadir M. Ibrahim, for Addis…
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Commentary: The Chief Commissioner’s visit and its fallout
Merhatsidk Mekonnen Abayneh, For Addis Standard Bahir Dar, May 9, 2017 – Being one of the first 51 founding…
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Op-Ed: Fear of investigation: what does Ethiopia’s government have to hide?
By Felix Horne, for Addis Standard Addis Abeba, April 21, 217 – In February 2016, an 18-year-old student who…
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News: Rights Commission say security measures that killed hundreds of civilians during recent protests mostly proportional
Liyat Fekade Addis Abeba, April 18/2017 – Shortly after Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn spoke to the BBC rejecting…
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Opinion: Ahmed Abba is a victim of Cameroon’s war on terror
Peter Nkanga Cameroon has remained in a protracted battle with the Boko Haram Islamist militant sect since 2014 when the…
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