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Ethiopia: Govt Frees Thousands Arrested in State of Emergency
VOA, 23 December 2016
Ethiopia has released thousands of protesters who were detained during the ongoing state of emergency. Read more »
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Ethiopia: Govt to Release 10,000 Detainees
Al Jazeera, 21 December 2016
Ethiopia says it is releasing nearly 10,000 people detained under its ongoing state of emergency but plans to charge almost 2,500 others accused of destabilising the country. Read more »
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Ethiopia: Thousands of Detainees Freed - Half Remain in Detention
HRW, 22 December 2016
It's good news that Ethiopia's government has announced the release of 9,800 people detained for their participation in anti-government protests. But they represent fewer than half… Read more »
Ethiopia Announces Releases & Charges as Crackdown Toll Mounts
The Ethiopian government announced it is releasing nearly 10,000 people detained under an ongoing state of emergency but plans to charge almost 2,500 others accused of destabilising the country. The independent Addis Standard published a moving account of the human cost inflicted by the emergency laws impossed six months ago to curtail political protests in various parts of the country.
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Ethiopia: The Human Cost of Ethiopia's Sweeping State of Emergency
Addis Standard, 20 December 2016
On Saturday Dec. 17, Siraj Fegessa, Ethiopia's minister of defense and the secretariat of the command post tasked to implement the country's sweeping six-month state of emergency… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Court Finds 20 Muslims, Journalists Guilty on Terror Charges
Addis Standard, 21 December 2016
The federal High Court 19th criminal bench has today found 20 defendants, including two journalists, guilty of terrorism related charges and violating the country's penal code. Read more »
InFocus
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The government restricted access to Internet for two months after the Oromo protests rocked the country. The Oromo people have been protesting the expansion of Addis Abeba onto ... Read more »
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Ethiopia has never been an easy place to operate. But a six-month state of emergency, combined with internet and travel restrictions imposed in response to a wave of ... Read more »
