Ethiopia National Elections
THE CARTER CENTER OBSERVATION MISSION 2005 : FINAL REPORT
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Upon the invitation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, The Carter Center observed Ethiopia’s May 15, 2005 elections for the national and regional p...
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Letter to Justice Navanathem Pillay, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights
Petitions Team
Office of the United Nations
High Commissioner for Human Rights UNOG-OHCHR
1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
Dear Madam High Commissioner,
No one has ever been brought to justice in Ethiopia for the massacre of 424 Anuak in Gambella, Ethiopia on Decembe...
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Obama’s Hesitant Embrace of Human Rights
By KENNETH ROTH:
As one would expect from so eloquent a leader, President Obama has brought about a marked improvement in presidential rhetoric on human rights in comparison with his predecessor. In a series of speeches around the world, carefully tailored for each audience...
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Adoption Watchdog Suppresses Ethiopia Findings
By Mary Ann Jolley for Foreign Correspondent
A powerful international adoption overseer is refusing to release the results of its inquiry into the disturbing activities of American adoption agencies operating in Ethiopia.
The inquiry was launched after ABC TV's Foreign Cor...
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A Voice for Israeli Refugees
On Tuesday, February 24, Israeli Ethiopian recognized refugee Yonannes Bayu spoke in a lecture at Temple Emanu-El presented by New Israel Fund of Canada.
Bayu spoke about the plight of refugees in Israel – currently, about 20,000 asylum seekers from African countries su...
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Judges allow genocide charge against , Meles Zenawis body, Sudanese Ruler
(CNN) -- Judges at the International Criminal Court ruled Wednesday that Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir may be charged with genocide for his role in a five-year campaign of violence in western Sudan's Darfur region.
Al-Bashir, who remains in office, has already been ch...
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Ethiopia’s jailed victim of Western realpolitik
XAN RICE
At noon every Sunday an old Toyota sedan donated by supporters of Ethiopia's most famous prisoner pulls up near a jail on the outskirts of the capital.
A 74-year-old woman in a white shawl and her four-year-old granddaughter -- the only outsiders the prisoner is a...
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Ethiopian Rulers Attack Human Rights Defenders, Says HRW Report
The human rights movement can look back on 2009 with some satisfaction in exposing abuses almost anywhere in the world. By shaming, diplomatic and economic pressures, the human rights movement is making it more costly for abusive governments to violate fundamental human righ...
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AU Summit: Focus on Human Rights Consequences of Conflicts
Source: Human Rights Watch (HRW)
Date: 22 Jan 2010
Incorporate "Civilian Protection" and "Rejection of Impunity" in Strategies to End Conflicts
(New York) - The African Union (AU) should improve its strategies for civilian protection and accountability in its effort...
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2010: Human Rights Watch Report on Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Events of 2009
Ethiopia is on a deteriorating human rights trajectory as parliamentary elections approach in 2010. These will be the first national elections since 2005, when post-election protests resulted in the deaths of at least 200 protesters, many of...
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Ethiopia abusing leaders rights
ADDIS ABABA, Jan 15 - An Ethiopian opposition official accused the government on Friday of violating the rights of his party's jailed leader who is serving life imprisonment.
Birtukan Mideksa, head of the Unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ) party, was initially sent...
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Ethiopian Students Kidnapped By Security Forces For Protesting The Contamination Of Local Rivers
January 12, 2010
Advocacy for Ethiopia (AFE) is concerned about the safety of three Ethiopian students abducted by Ethiopian government security forces. The three students Nagga Gezaw, Jatani Wario and Dhaba Girre are students at Awasa University. According to sources...
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An Open Letter to my Fellow Ethiopians for the New Year: Reflection Brings Questions
January 5, 2009“My eyes fail from weeping, I am in torment within, my heart is poured out on the ground because my people are destroyed, because the children and infants faint in the streets of the city. They say to their mothers, “Where is bread and wine?” as they fa...
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Ethiopia: Meles Zenawi Jails Seven for Complaining of Aid Abuses December
By Jason McLure :
Dec. 29 (Bloomberg) — Seven farmers from northern Ethiopia were jailed last week after agreeing to testify to human rights groups that they were denied international food aid by the government for political reasons, two opposition leaders said. The fa...
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Release Birtukan Mideksa & All Political Prisoners!
For Immediate Release :
January 4, 2010
Contact: info@advocacyforethiopia.org
In recognition of the first anniversary of Judge Birtukan Mideksa's unlawful imprisonment,Advocacy for Ethiopia (AFE) calls for the unconditional release of Ethiopia's prisoner ofconscie...
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