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Ethiopian Politicians in Hunger Strike Urge End to Impasse
Bloomberg | Opposition leaders have gone without food for almost 3 weeks. Oromo Federal Congress leaders facing terrorism charges. Time is “running out” to resolve an impasse with imprisoned Ethiopian opposition leaders who’ve spent almost three weeks without food, according to a lawyer for one of the key figures behind the protest. Media mogul Jawar […]
Ethiopia: Concern grows over health of jailed political leaders
Al Jazeera | Several Ethiopian opposition figures charged with ‘terrorism’ last year began a hunger strike in late January, Concerns are growing about the health of several imprisoned Ethiopian opposition figures who launched a hunger strike some two weeks ago, with protests erupting in Oromia to demand the release of some of the region’s most […]
Ethiopian politician facing terror trial goes on hunger strike
AFP | A prominent Ethiopian opposition politician charged last year with terrorism faces “permanent health problems” after going on hunger strike for more than a week, his lawyer told AFP Friday. Jawar Mohammed, a member of the opposition Oromo Federalist Congress, is one of around 20 suspects facing trial for terrorism and other offences in […]
Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) Press Release – 05/02/2021
ADDIS ABABA: SITUATION OF PRISONERS ON HUNGER STRIKE The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has deployed a monitoring mission to Kaliti Correctional Facility and Kilinto Prison to monitor the situation of defendants in Jawar Mohammed et al case, who have remained on hunger strike since January 27, 2021, and other prisoners. The Commission’s team visited […]
Joint NGO Letter call for a Special Session on the deteriorating human rights situation in Ethiopia
28 January 2021 | OPEN LETTER | To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Geneva, Switzerland Your Excellency, We, the undersigned human rights non-governmental organizations, strongly support the call for a UN Human Rights Council (HRC) special session on the deteriorating human rights situation in Ethiopia and urge your delegation […]
Ethiopia’s Oromia conflict: Why a teacher was killed ‘execution-style’
Source: BBC The shooting dead of Kitilaa Guddata has left his family in shock. The 32-year-old high school teacher was among the latest casualties in the conflict between government forces and rebels in Ethiopia’s Oromia region. The violence centres around demands by an insurgent group for the “liberation” of Oromia – a vast swathe of […]
Ethiopia “neutralizes” 265 suspected OLF insurgents: State Media
Ethiopia’s security forces have “neutralized” 265 suspected Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) mutineers in Oromia regional state, state media outlet Fana Broadcasting Corporate (FBC) reported on Monday. The 265 suspected insurgents were killed in military actions carried out in the past two months, FBC said. Six suspected OLA insurgents and 87 of their accomplices have also […]