543 9share3 Testimony of Seenaa Jimjimo President of Coalition of Oromo Advocates for Human Rights and Democracy House Subcommittee on Africa, Global health, Global Human …
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Ethiopia is officially a federal republic. The ruling Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), a coalition of four ethnically based parties, controls the government. …
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs P.O. Box 393 Addis Ababa Ethiopia Re: Human Rights Watch Reporting on Ethiopia Dear Minister, Human Rights Watch notes the October …
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http://unpo.org/article/19573 Sparked by the Ethiopian Government’s plan to incorporate parts of the Oromia region surrounding Addis Ababa to the capital municipality in 2014, the Oromo …
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The bodies of 162 people had been pulled from the waters off theEgyptian coast by Friday, two days after a boat carrying hundreds of refugees …
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Last week, Secretary John Kerry met with the foreign ministers of East African nations in Kenya to discuss the fighting in South Sudan and the …
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www.amnesty.org At least 97 people were killed and hundreds more injured when Ethiopian security forces fired live bullets at peaceful protesters across Oromia region and …
Read More »U.S. Senators Speak Loud and Clear: Human Rights Violations in Ethiopia Must Stop!
Last July, Barack Obama visited Ethiopia and declared the ruling Thugtatoship of the Tigrean People’s Liberation Front (T-TPLF) regime a “democratic government.” The T-TPLF claimed …
Read More »UN Human Rights Council: Item 4 General Debate
Human Rights situations that require the Council’s attention (HRW) — Human Rights Watch is deeply concerned about several human rights situations that have either been …
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