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April
19. 2007
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Amnesty
International
... The people named above are
among over 80 detainees held incommunicado
in at least three different locations in
Ethiopia. They are at risk of torture or
ill-treatment, and may not be receiving
access to the medical treatment they need.
( Full
story )
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ቃሊቲ አፍ ያውጣ
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April
16. 2007
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Ethiopia's
offenses noted by State Dept.
.... Among the most notorious recent
cases was a raid on a high school in the western
town of Dembi Dollo. Students had protested the
killing by police of a local teenager, and began
throwing stones. What followed was a raid by about
30 riot police, who crashed into the school compound
and cha sed
after students, beating them with nightsticks.
Several were hospitalized. Sixteen of those left
standing were taken to jail .... ( Full
Story).
Reports
of torture in Ethiopia are widespread
( Ghimbi, Ethiopia ) First, the
police threw Tesfaye into a dark cell. Then, each
day for 17 days, it was the same routine: Electric
shocks on his legs and back, followed by beatings
with rubber truncheons. Four or five officers
would then surround and kick him. At last, a large
bottle of water would be tied around his testicles.
He'd pass out.... ( Full
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April
15. 2007
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( ከቅንጅት
አለም አቀፍ
የፖለቲካ
አመራር)
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April
14. 2007
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 Our
Quest for the Resolution to the
Ethiopian Human Rights Crisis:
Time for A Critical Appraisal
Human rights abusers obviously
do not have the slightest respect
for human life and dignity.Therefore,
they dehumanize, vilify and, eventually,
brutalize their victims and commit
all sorts of crimes against them.
Since they have conditioned themselves
to consider these victims as objects,
rather than as fellow human beings,
any sense of moral dilemma they
might have had in actively victimizing
their targets or condoning atrocities
committed by others, has been diminished
or, worse, completely drained out
of them. [Full
text in PDF]
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Press release by KSOS regarding the newly
formed Kinijit Europe and Africa council April
4, 2007 (
Read PDF ) ( Mp3
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audio)
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