Ethiopian Govt Bans More NGOs

Authorities have banned three civic organizations under a controversial 2009 law that prohibits NGOs from engaging in human rights advocacy or policy-related activities and caps foreign funding at 10 percent.

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  • Soren Ambrose
    Dec 24 2008, 03:27
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    Crafty title for this article - a play on the British NGO anthem "Do They Know It's Christimas?" I strongly suspect that the Ethiopian authorities are very much aware that the days this bill is scheduled to be debated in parliament, Dec. 24-25, are Christmas for non-Orthodox Christians, and that most of their donors and others who might otherwise be paying attention will be distracted from commenting on this measure.