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After years of widespread protests against government policies and brutal security force repression, a series of human rights reforms were ushered in after Abiy Ahmed became prime minister in April 2018. The government released thousands of political prisoners from detention, admitted that security forces relied on torture, committed to legal reforms of repressive laws and introduced numerous other reforms. At the same time, there has been a significant break down in law and order in parts of Ethiopia amidst escalating ethnic tensions that has resulted in significant numbers of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). Ethiopia’s national elections are scheduled for May 2020.
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“We are Like the Dead”
Torture and other Human Rights Abuses in Jail Ogaden, Somali Regional State, Ethiopia
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“Fuel on the Fire”
Security Force Response to the 2016 Irreecha Cultural Festival
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“Such a Brutal Crackdown”
Killings and Arrests in Response to Ethiopia’s Oromo Protests
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Interview: Years of Untold Suffering at Jail Ogaden
In the Somali region of Ethiopia, it seems like everyone knows someone who was locked up in the dreaded Jail Ogaden, but no one wants to speak about the horrors there. Audrey Wabwire speaks to Felix Horne about the new Human Rights Watch report on Jail Ogaden, and about what it takes to restore hope to many who have silently suffered in the Somali region and across Ethiopia.
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Executive Director, Africa MausiSegun
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Senior Researcher, Horn of Africa @felixhorne1
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Deputy Director, Africa ida_sawyer
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Ethiopia: Omo Sugar Plantations
Ethiopia’s Lower Omo Valley, a home to 200,000 indigenous people is being turned into an industrial powerhouse.
