Ethiopia: The Government Must Heed Past Mistakes, Not Repeat

HRLHA Press Release

April 3, 2018

Since the second State of Emergency was recklessly declared, without any credible justification, by the dictatorial regime in Ethiopia on February 18, 2018- an action that has been strictly opposed by the Ethiopians, rejected by some Oromo Members of Parliament  and condemned by the world community, including the Ethiopian allied governments-over 15,000 Oromo and Amhara nationals have been incarcerated and many have been killed by the killing squads, the Agazi force.

However, the government controlled Fana Broadcast, Corporate reported on March 30, 2018 that only 1,107 people have been detained for violating the emergency decree, thereby diminishing the number of detainees by over fourteen fold. Continue reading →