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Felix Horne

Felix Horne

Senior Researcher, Horn of Africa Follow @felixhorne1

Felix is the Senior Ethiopia and Eritrea researcher for Human Rights Watch. Based in Ottawa he has documented the human rights dimensions of Ethiopia’s development programs, telecom surveillance, media freedoms, misuse of the counterterrorism law and other topical issues in the Horn of Africa including most recently the year-long crackdown against peaceful protesters in Ethiopia. Prior to working for HRW, Felix has worked on a variety of indigenous rights and land issues in northern Canada and internationally including several years of research into the impacts of agricultural investment in several African countries. He holds a Masters in Resource and Environmental Management from Dalhousie University and an undergraduate degree in urban planning from the University of Saskatchewan.

Articles Authored

  • February 22, 2019 Interview

    Interview: Ethiopia Lets in Human Rights Watch for First Time in 8 Years

  • December 13, 2018 Dispatches

    Ethiopia’s Torture Problem and the Court of Public Opinion

  • December 7, 2018 Dispatches

    Somali Journalist Critically Hurt in Car Bombing

  • December 3, 2018 Dispatches

    Tackling Hate Speech in Ethiopia

  • November 22, 2018 Dispatches

    Making Ethiopia’s Electoral Board Independent

  • November 14, 2018 Dispatches

    UN Security Council Lifts Arms Embargo on Eritrea

  • October 20, 2018 Dispatches

    Mass Arrests, ‘Brainwashing’ Threaten Ethiopia’s Reform Agenda

  • July 13, 2018 Dispatches

    Ethiopia Torture Victims Deserve Justice

  • July 4, 2018 Interview

    Interview: Years of Untold Suffering at Jail Ogaden

  • June 26, 2018 Commentary

    Torture and Ethiopia’s Culture of Impunity

    Published in Addis Standard

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Reports Authored

  • September 19, 2017

    “Fuel on the Fire”

    Security Force Response to the 2016 Irreecha Cultural Festival

  • June 15, 2016

    “Such a Brutal Crackdown”

    Killings and Arrests in Response to Ethiopia’s Oromo Protests

  • October 15, 2015

    “There is No Time Left”

    Climate Change, Environmental Threats, and Human Rights in Turkana County, Kenya

  • January 21, 2015

    “Journalism Is Not a Crime”

    Violations of Media Freedoms in Ethiopia

  • March 25, 2014

    “They Know Everything We Do”

    Telecom and Internet Surveillance in Ethiopia

  • June 18, 2012

    “What Will Happen if Hunger Comes?”

    Abuses against the Indigenous Peoples of Ethiopia’s Lower Omo Valley

  • January 16, 2012

    “Waiting Here for Death”

    Forced Displacement and “Villagization” in Ethiopia’s Gambella Region

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