Ethiopia’s Freedom Status NOT FREE : Freedom in the World 2017

Hundreds were killed, and thousands were detained in Ethiopia’s crackdown on anti-government protests. (Freedom House) — Ethiopia received a downward trend arrow due to the security forces’ disproportionate and often violent response to massive, primarily peaceful antigovernment protests in the Oromia and Amhara regions, as well as an emergency declaration in October that gave the military sweeping powers to crack down on freedoms...

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As political repression intensifies, peace and stability become more elusive in Ethiopia

  Patriotic Ginbot 7 Movement for Unity and Democracy, Press Release  The year 2016 was one of the most climactic in recent history of Ethiopia. After two decades of political repression and economic exclusion, millions of citizens across the four corners of the country decided to engage in a peaceful rebellion demanding fundamental change in the country. Tragically, but not unexpectedly, the TPLF/EPRDF-led regime decided to use...

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ሂውማን ራይትስ ውች 2017 ሪፖርት፡ ኢትዮጵያ

እ.ኤ.አ. ከህዳር 2015 ዓ.ም. ጀምሮ የኢትዮጵያ በስፋት ትልቁ በሆነው በመላው ኦሮሚያ ክልል እና ከሃምሌ 2016ዓ.ም ጀምሮ ደግሞ በአማራ ክልል ያልተጠበቀ እና እጅግ ከፍተኛ የህዝብ ተቃዉሞዎች ተደርገው ነበር። የኢትዮጵያ የጸጥታ ሀይሎች ባብዛኛው ሰላማዊ የነበሩትን ሰልፈኞች ለመበተን በወሰዱት የሀይል እርምጃ ከ500 በላይ ሰዎችን ተገድለዋል። እ.ኤ.አ. ጥቅምት 2 ቀን2016 ዓ.ም. በኦሮሚያ ክልል ብሾፍቱ ከተማ ዓመታዊዉን የኢሬቻ በዓል ለማክበር በተሰበሰቡት የበዓሉ ታደሚዎች ላይ ፖሊስ የከፈተዉን ተኩስ እና አስለቃሽ ጭስ ለመሸሽ ሲሞክሩ በተፈጠረው የህዝብ መረጋገጥ የብዙ ሰዎች ህይዎት አልፏል። ወጣቶች የመንግስት ህንጻዎች እና የግል ንብረቶችን ማውደማቸውንም ተከትሎ እ.ኤ.አ. ጥቅምት 9 ቀን መንግስት ለ6 ወር የሚቆይ አፋኝ እና መጠነ ሰፊ የአስቸኳይ ጊዜ አዋጅን በመላው የሀገሪቱ ክፍል አውጇል። አዋጁ የዜጎችን የመሰባሰብ፣ የመደራጀት እና...

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Ethiopia: Year of Brutality, Restrictions (HRW)

Ethiopia plunged into a human rights crisis in 2016, increasing restrictions on basic rights during a state of emergency and continuing a bloody crackdown against largely peaceful protesters, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2017. The state of emergency permits arbitrary detention, restricts access to social media, and bans communications with foreign groups. Security forces killed hundreds and detained tens of thousands of protesters...

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