{"id":1323,"date":"2010-12-04T17:03:36","date_gmt":"2010-12-04T22:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/174.120.63.226\/~hrlha\/?p=1323"},"modified":"2010-12-04T17:03:36","modified_gmt":"2010-12-04T22:03:36","slug":"save-the-date-ethiopias-stalled-democracy-and-a-spotlight-on-the-ogaden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.humanrightsleague.org\/?p=1323","title":{"rendered":"Save the Date: Ethiopia\u2019s Stalled Democracy and a Spotlight on the Ogaden"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"90%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1333\" href=\"http:\/\/174.120.63.226\/~hrlha\/2010\/12\/save-the-date-ethiopia%e2%80%99s-stalled-democracy-and-a-spotlight-on-the-ogaden\/images-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1333\" title=\"images\" src=\"http:\/\/www.humanrightsleague.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/images12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"111\" height=\"111\" \/><\/a>HRLHA, On 7 December 2010 Ms Ana Gomes MEP will convene a hearing, \u2018Ethiopia\u2019s Stalled Democracy: A Spotlight on the Ogaden\u2019 in Room ASP3H1 of the European Parliament in Brussels from 16.15\u201318.15 in collaboration with UNPO and African Rights Monitor<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Nov 26, 2010<\/em> \u2013 Brussels &#8211; Just as the EU Election Observation Mission to Ethiopia concluded in its final report that the process of the 2010 Ethiopian elections \u201cfell short of international commitments for elections\u201d and as fresh reports of insecurity emerge, there is a pressing need to assess where Ethiopia is heading and what this will mean for EU policy and the Horn of Africa.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ms Ana Gomes MEP will convene a hearing, \u2018Ethiopia\u2019s Stalled Democracy: A Spotlight on the Ogaden\u2019 at the European Parliament in Brussels from 16.15\u201318.15 on 7 December 2010 in collaboration with the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) and the African Rights Monitor (ARM).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Under discussion will be the political and humanitarian situation of Ethiopia\u2019s ethnic communities, with personal testimony from the Ogaden region illustrating the current situation of human rights and democracy, the impact of the elections and what the result will spell for peace in the coming months.<br \/>\nMore information on the event can be found on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unpo.org\/article\/11964\">www.unpo.org\/article\/11964<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Registration Required<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Media opportunities will be available at the close of the hearing<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>About UNPO:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) is an international, nonviolent, and democratic membership organisation. Its members are indigenous peoples, minorities, and unrecognised or occupied territories who have joined together to protect and promote their human and cultural rights, to preserve their environments, and to find nonviolent solutions to conflicts which affect them.<br \/>\nwww.unpo.org<br \/>\n<strong>About ARM:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">African Rights Monitor (ARM) is non-profit organization that advocates to increase awareness of the gross violations of human rights, democracy, and the rights of the press in conflict and post-conflict African countries. ARM will educate civil society groups in conflict and post-conflict African countries on democracy, human rights, and the rights of the press.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Source: PROLog Free Press Release <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HRLHA, On 7 December 2010 Ms Ana Gomes MEP will convene a hearing, \u2018Ethiopia\u2019s Stalled Democracy: A Spotlight on the Ogaden\u2019 in Room ASP3H1 of the European Parliament in Brussels from 16.15\u201318.15 in collaboration with UNPO and African Rights Monitor FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nov 26, 2010 \u2013 Brussels &#8211; Just&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1334,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ethiopia","category-global-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humanrightsleague.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humanrightsleague.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humanrightsleague.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanrightsleague.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanrightsleague.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanrightsleague.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanrightsleague.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humanrightsleague.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanrightsleague.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanrightsleague.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}