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May 3
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Ethiopia: Free Eskinder Nega on World Press Freedom Day - Human Rights Watch
The Ethiopian government should mark World Press Freedom Day, on May 3, 2013, by immediately releasing all journalists jailed under the country's deeply flawed anti-terrorism law.... Read more »
April 2
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Ethiopia: Muslim Protesters Face 'Unfair' Trial [press release]
The prosecution of 29 Muslim protest leaders and others charged under Ethiopia's deeply flawed anti-terrorism law raises serious fair trial concerns. The trial is scheduled to... Read more »
March 18
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Ethiopia: World Bank Urged to Investigate 'Development' Project Abuses
The World Bank's board should support an internal investigation into allegations of abuse linked to a World Bank project in Ethiopia, Human Rights Watch said today. Read more »
January 21
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The African Union (AU) should make human rights central to its discussions about crises situations in Africa at its summit meeting this week in Ethiopia, Human Rights Watch said... Read more »
December 20, 2012
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Ethiopia: Journalists Win Free Speech Prize
Four Ethiopian journalists have received the prestigious Hellman/Hammett award for 2012 in recognition of their efforts to promote free expression in Ethiopia, one of the world's... Read more »
November 13, 2012
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Ethiopia: Ethiopia - Candidacy to the Human Rights Council - Letter to Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn [press release]
Dear Prime Minister, Read more »
October 26, 2012
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Ethiopia: Supreme Court Ruling Marks a Further Erosion of Human Rights Work [press release]
Amnesty International, CIVICUS and Human Rights Watch are deeply concerned at the 19 October 2012 decision by Ethiopia's Supreme Court to uphold the freezing of the assets of the... Read more »
September 4, 2012
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East Africa: Dozens Forced Back to Ethiopia [press release]
The Somaliland authorities should immediately stop deporting Ethiopian refugees and asylum seekers to Ethiopia. On August 31, 2012, dozens of Ethiopians, mostly women and children,... Read more »
August 28, 2012
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Ethiopia: Army Commits Torture, Rape [press release]
The Ethiopian military responded to an April 2012 attack on a large commercial farm in Gambella region with arbitrary arrests, rape, and other abuses against scores of local... Read more »
August 21, 2012
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Ethiopia: Transition Should Support Human Rights Reform [press release]
Ethiopia's new leadership should commit to fundamental human rights reforms in the wake of the death of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. Meles's death was announced by the Ethiopian... Read more »
August 15, 2012
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Ethiopia: Prominent Muslims Detained in Crackdown [press release]
The Ethiopian government should immediately release 17 prominent Muslim leaders arrested as part of a brutal crackdown on peaceful Muslim protesters in Addis Ababa, Human Rights... Read more »
August 13, 2012
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East Africa: Letter to World Bank President Kim Re. Regional Eastern Africa Power Pool Program (APL1) [document]
Dr. Jim Yong Kim Read more »
July 13, 2012
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East Africa: Ethiopia, Kenya - World Bank Approves Controversial Loan [press release]
The World Bank undermined the rights of indigenous peoples and the environment with its approval on July 12, 2012, of a US$684 million loan, Human Rights Watch, Friends of Lake... Read more »
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East Africa: AU - Don't Endorse Sudan, Ethiopia for Rights Council [press release]
Foreign ministers of African Union (AU) member states should reconsider a decision that would allow Sudan and Ethiopia to gain uncontested seats on the United Nations Human Rights... Read more »
July 11, 2012
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Kenya: Power Project Threatens Indigenous Peoples [press release]
The World Bank should ensure that the rights of indigenous peoples and the environment are rigorously protected before funding a power transmission line connecting Kenya to a... Read more »
June 28, 2012
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Ethiopia: Human Rights Watch Concerned Over Ethiopian Law [press release]
Human Rights Watch is gravely concerned by increased restrictions used to limit human rights activities in many countries. Read more »
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Ethiopia: Terrorism Law Used to Crush Free Speech - Donors Should Condemn Verdicts, Demand Legal Reforms [press release]
Ethiopian high court on June 27, 2012, convicted 24 journalists, political opposition leaders, and others under Ethiopia's deeply flawed anti-terrorism law, Human Rights Watch said... Read more »
June 18, 2012
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Ethiopia: Pastoralists Forced Off Their Land for Sugar Plantations [press release]
The Ethiopian government is forcibly displacing indigenous pastoral communities in Ethiopia's Lower Omo valley without adequate consultation or compensation to make way for... Read more »
May 28, 2012
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Ethiopia: 'Special Police' Execute 10 - Human Rights Watch [press release]
An Ethiopian government-backed paramilitary force summarily executed 10 men during a March 2012 operation in Ethiopia's eastern Somali region. Detailed information on the killings... Read more »
May 21, 2012
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Ethiopia: Letter to President Obama Regarding the Invitation of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi to the G-8 Summit [document]
Dear President Obama, Read more »
February 3, 2012
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Ethiopia: Future of Last Remaining Human Rights Monitoring NGO in the Balance [press release]
On February 3, 2012, the Cassation Bench of the Federal Supreme Court of Ethiopia will hear a petition by the Human Rights Council (HRCO), Ethiopia's oldest human rights... Read more »
January 20, 2012
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Ethiopia: Terrorism Verdict Quashes Free Speech [press release]
The Ethiopian Federal High Court on January 19, 2012, convicted three Ethiopian journalists, an opposition leader, and a fifth person under an anti-terrorism law that violates free... Read more »
January 17, 2012
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Ethiopia: Forced Relocations Bring Hunger, Hardship [press release]
The Ethiopian government under its "villagization" program is forcibly relocating approximately 70,000 indigenous people from the western Gambella region to new villages that lack... Read more »
January 4, 2012
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Somalia: Rights Group Calls for End to Somaliland Deportations [press release]
The Somaliland authorities should cease forcibly returning refugees and asylum seekers to possible persecution in Ethiopia, Human Rights Watch said today. Read more »
December 22, 2011
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Ethiopia: Journalists Convicted Under Unfair Law, Says Rights Group [press release]
An Ethiopian court's conviction of two Swedish journalists on charges of supporting terrorism after an unfair trial demonstrates that the country's anti-terrorism law is... Read more »
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