HRW World Report : Ethiopia
Ethiopians vote inside a polling station in the capital Addis Ababa on May 23, 2010. Africa researcher Ben Rawlence explains how foreign aid helps the Ethiopian government to suppress political dissent. The ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) consolidated political control with a striking 99.6 percent victory in the…
Human Rights World Report: Quiet Diplomacy Failing to Protect Human Rights
Photo: AP Human Rights Watch executive director Kenneth Roth shows the group’s annual review during a media conference. Human Rights Watch report the silence and complicity of the U.S., U.N., EU and major European nations in dealing with rights-abusing developing nations, 24 Jan 2011. Western democratic governments are failing to…
Human Rights World Report: Quiet Diplomacy Failing to Protect Human Rights
Photo: AP Human Rights Watch executive director Kenneth Roth shows the group’s annual review during a media conference. Human Rights Watch report the silence and complicity of the U.S., U.N., EU and major European nations in dealing with rights-abusing developing nations, 24 Jan 2011. Western democratic governments are failing to…
Rights group alleges misuse of Ethiopia aid
PAUL CULLEN, Political Staff IRISH OVERSEAS aid to Ethiopia is being used to shore up the power of the regime and marginalise its opponents, an Oireachtas committee has been told. Money from Ireland and other donors flows through government structures in Ethiopia and is used by a highly partisan, politicised…
For Immediate Release: Horn Institute of Peace & Social Justice
Minneapolis, MN – Horn Institute of Peace & Social Justice is concerned that the Somali Regional President of Ethiopia, Mr. Abdi Mohamud Omar is expected to depart from Ethiopia on January 18, 2011 and arrive in Minnesota. We are vehemently protesting the decision to allow Mr. Omar to enter the…
Djibouti: Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa/HRLHA Urgent Action and Appeal, January 2011
PUBLIC, 12 January 2011 Extra-judicial Arrest in Djibouti; Fear of Deportations and Tortures Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa (HRLHA) is highly concerned about the safety of nine Oromo refugees from Ethiopia whose whereabouts are not known since they were extra-judicially arrested and taken away by members of…