Ethiopia: United States Department of State Report on Human Rights Practices for 2012 US State Department report on Ethiopia’s human rights record – (PDF) Ethiopia is a federal republic. On August 20, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi died. The ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) elected then deputy prime minister Hailemariam Desalegn to take Meles’s [...]
ነጻነት እኛ ሰዎች በልደት ወደዚህ አለም ስንመጣ አብሮን የሚመጣ የተፈጥሮ ፀጋ ነዉ። ነጻነት ከሌሎች የምንጠብቀዉ ወይም ማንንም ስጠን ብለን የማንጠይቀዉ ፈጣሪ ለእያንዳንዳችን ያደለንን፤ በዚህ አለም ቆይታችን ለደቂቃም ቢሆን እንዲለየን መፍቀድ የሌለብን ኃብት ነዉ። ነጻነታችን እጃችን ላይ ሲኖር በግለሰብ ደረጃ የምንደሰትበት፤ እንዳንቀማ በጋራ የምንጠብቀዉና እንደወያኔ አይነቱ ፀረ ህዝብ ኃይል ሲቀማን ደግሞ በጋራ ታግለን ማስመለስ የሚገባን የግልና [...]
U.S. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2011, Ethiopia The most significant human rights problems included the government’s arrest of more than 100 opposition political figures, activists, journalists, and bloggers. The government charged 14 of those arrested under the antiterrorism proclamation. In addition it charged another 17 [...]
Human rights abuses reported during the year included unlawful killings, torture, beating, and abuse and mistreatment of detainees and opposition supporters by security forces, especially special police and local militias, which took aggressive or violent action with evident impunity in numerous instances; poor prison conditions; arbitrary arrest and detention, particularly of suspected sympathizers or members [...]
