Ethiopia is in a double shock since Monday 29 June, 2020. The murder of Haacaaluu Hundessa, a popular resistance singer, and the political and security crisis that followed is shocking the entire coun...
Ethiopia is facing major challenges. Despite recent years’ positive changes to improve a critical situation for journalists and opinion makers in the country, the situation is still very uncerta...
In 2006, the police suspected Kefyalew Teferaa of being part of an outlawed group. When arrested, he was shot in the legs, causing a lifelong disability. Jailed for 12 years and exposed to constant to...
The Government of Ethiopia has released several political prisoners including journalists, leaders and members of oppositions parties, and representatives of the Muslim community. The government has a...
Since Wednesday 3 January, news about the potential release of political prisoners in Ethiopia have captivated large international media outlets and observers. As part of the breaking news was also th...
Civil Rights Defenders together with 12 international civil society organisations in a letter addressed to the Permanent Representatives of Members and Observer States of the UN Human Rights Council b...
Civil Rights Defenders together with 14 other prominent civil society organisations have issued a joint statement to the Permanent Representatives of Members and Observer States of the UN Human Rights...
Today, Civil Rights Defenders and eight other civil society organisations issue a joint statement calling on the Ethiopian Government to end the use of counter-terrorism law to persecute dissenters an...
In a letter to the Permanent Representatives of Members and Observer States of the UN Human Rights Council, Civil Rights Defenders together with eight undersigned civil society organisations expressed...
Civil Rights Defenders welcomes the news that the Federal High Court in Ethiopia has acquitted five Zone 9 Bloggers, four of whom have been held in prison since April 2014, on terrorism charges. Abel ...
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