Peaceful Protesters Gunned Down in Ethiopia

Ethiopian security forces have killed more than 400 protesters and others, and arrested tens of thousands more during widespread protests in the Oromia region since November 2015. Human Rights Watch interviews in Ethiopia and abroad with more than 125 protesters, bystanders, and victims of abuse documented serious violations of the rights to free expression and peaceful assembly by security forces against protesters and others from the beginning of the protests in November 2015 through May 2016. The Ethiopian government should urgently support a credible, independent investigation into the killings, arbitrary arrests, and other abuses.