Ethiopia: Authorities Must Prevent Violence and Protect Rights During Sidama Referendum

press release

Ahead of tomorrow's referendum on a separate state for Ethiopia's Sidama ethnic group, Amnesty International is calling on the Ethiopian authorities to take all steps to ensure there is no repeat of the deadly violence that broke out when the referendum was postponed in July.

No official death toll has been published from the clashes in July when protests broke out, but Sidama activist groups put the figure at almost 170.

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