Italian police have clashed with refugees in the capital
city, triggering an outcry among international human rights groups.
Police dressed in anti-riot gear used water cannon and
batons on Thursday to clear hundreds of mostly Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees
who had occupied a square near Rome’s main train station.
Police said two people were arrested and more than a dozen
others injured in the dawn operation.
They said the move was necessary because the refugees
occupying the square had refused to accept city-organized lodging and were
using...
Friday, 25 August 2017
Saturday, 19 August 2017
Lawyer says Ethiopia’s political prisoners are victims of kangaroo courts, unjust laws
The legal director of an international advocacy group has
said that Ethiopia’s political prisoners like journalist Eskinder Nega and
Andualem Aragie are not terrorists but victims of “kangaroo courts” and unjust
laws designed to criminalize fundamental rights.
Kate Barth, Legal Director of Freedom Now and international
advocate for Eskinder Nega and Andualem Aragie, told ESAT that the courts, as
well as laws such as the anti-terror proclamation, are unjust and unacceptable
by any standard.
“The Ethiopian courts aren’t simply independent...
Tuesday, 15 August 2017
The abuse of young Ethiopian activist Nigist Yirga
Ethiopia Human Rights Project (EHRP), based on its project focused on documenting rights violation on political prisoners in custody presents the following video focusing on abuse of young activist Nigist Yirga!
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Saturday, 12 August 2017
American expert accuses TPLF of reviving apartheid in Ethiopia, embezzling billions of dollars
An American economist and civil resistance expert has
accused the TPLF of copying the policies of the defunct apartheid regime in
South Africa to oppress and exploit the poor people of Ethiopia.
In an exclusive interview with ESAT, David Steinman, who
advises pro-democracy movements around the world, said the minority regime is
draining all the economic resources away from the majority.
He claims that there is a good reason to conclude that
Zenawi embezzled over $3 billion during his reign of terror. He mentioned
Celebrity Net Worth as a pretty...
Up to 50 refugees ‘deliberately drowned’ off Yemen
(Al Jazeera) Up to 50 refugees and migrants from Somalia and
Ethiopia were “deliberately drowned” when a smuggler forced them into the sea
off Yemen’s coast, the UN migration agency said on Wednesday, calling the
drownings “shocking and inhumane”.
International Organization for Migration (IOM) staffers
found the shallow graves of 29 of the refugees and migrants on a beach in
Yemen’s Shabwa during a routine patrol, the agency’s statement said.
At least 22 people are still missing, the IOM said. The
passengers’ average age was 16, the agency...
Has Britain put liberty on trial by accusing a pro-democracy activist of terrorism?
by Zerihun Zelalem
On 5th July 2017, we read in the British Press that Dr.
Taddesse Kersmo, a British national of Ethiopian dissident who was detained at
Heathrow Airport on 4thJanuary 2017, upon his return to the UK from a trip to
Eritrea, was charged with terrorism under Section 58 of the Terrorism Act 2000
at Westminster Magistrate and later released on bail as he pleaded not-guilty
to all charges. The Magistrate judge referred the case,...
Tuesday, 1 August 2017
Over 500 prisoners died due to lack of medical care
The Federal Prisons Administration says 529 prisoners have
died this Ethiopian year due to lack of access to medical care. About 14,000 prisoners demanded medical care due to various
ailments but the Administration was not responsive to their queries leading the
death of the 529 inmates.
The Administration also said 6319 prisoners have filed their
appeals to their courts but lack of efficiency in the justice system kept them
in limbo.
Over...