Foreign Aid to Ethiopia Fuels Repression
A Human Rights Watch report shows that Ethiopia's government has used foreign aid to bankroll repression. Now some donor nations may be taking a closer look at the way the East African country punishes perceived dissidents. Amy Costello speaks with HRW's Africa researcher Ben Rawlence.
Related Content
Africa
Ethiopia: Aid as a Weapon
October 25, 2010
Africa
Ethiopia: The Curtailment of Rights
With the legacy of the Derg behind it, the EPRDF proclaimed, as it instituted a four-year transitional period (1991-1995), its commitment to democratization and respect for the rule of law and pledged to establish human rights in the country. The transitional legislature ratified the major international human rights treaties.
December 9, 1997