Reforms Continue as Parties Ready for Promised 2020 Election Published at 22.01.2019 Country Ethiopia Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption release of HRDs positive CS development excessive force protest killing of protestors enabling law protestor(s) detained Read more
Government Amends Contentious CSO law as human rights actors return to the country Published at 05.03.2019 Country Ethiopia Category Latest Developments Tags: violent protest restrictive law positive CS development killing of protestors enabling law Read more
Opposition party slams government for failure to defend rule of law Published at 21.05.2019 Country Ethiopia Category Latest Developments Tags: religious groups Read more
Ethnic Clashes and Internet blackouts Continue Amid Abiy Government Reform Process Published at 28.08.2019 Country Ethiopia Category Latest Developments Tags: time,place restrictions censorship LGBTI youth internet restriction Read more
Hundreds of protestors shot dead in Ethiopia Published at 27.06.2016 Country Ethiopia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption HRD detained excessive force internet restriction killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment Read more
Core civic space freedoms under attack in Ethiopia Published at 20.08.2016 Country Ethiopia Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained killing of protestors access to info. law attack on journalist excessive force Read more
Ethiopia declares state of emergency as crackdown intensifies Published at 17.10.2016 Country Ethiopia Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction HRD detained killing of protestors excessive force Read more
Journalists, bloggers and activists arrested under new state of emergency Published at 29.03.2018 Country Ethiopia Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained journalist detained Read more
Ethiopian court lays fresh criminal charges against two Zone 9 bloggers Published at 13.04.2017 Country Ethiopia Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship negative court ruling public vilification Read more
Thousands still detained as state of emergency continues to deny rights Published at 07.02.2017 Country Ethiopia Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction release of HRDs censorship HRD detained Read more
5,000 face trial for taking part in anti-government protests Published at 09.06.2017 Country Ethiopia Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained protestor(s) detained excessive force protest Read more
Seven performers of a popular YouTube music video charged with terrorism Published at 31.07.2017 Country Ethiopia Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction prevention of protest protest Read more
State of Emergency Ends as Deadly Protests Erupt in Oromia Published at 26.09.2017 Country Ethiopia Category Latest Developments Tags: surveillance killing of protestors excessive force protest intimidation Read more
New ban on protests, just months after the state of emergency was lifted Published at 21.11.2017 Country Ethiopia Category Latest Developments Tags: time,place restrictions killing of protestors excessive force protest Read more
Plans to release political prisoners as ethnic tensions spark clashes and protests Published at 09.01.2018 Country Ethiopia Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment violent protest minority groups positive CS development excessive force protest land rights Read more
Thousands of political prisoners freed but new state of emergency declared Published at 10.03.2018 Country Ethiopia Category Latest Developments Tags: positive CS development killing of protestors excessive force protest Read more
Government lifts the state of emergency and releases political prisoners Published at 18.06.2018 Country Ethiopia Category Latest Developments Tags: positive CS development release of HRDs Read more
journalists attacked and internet shut downs continue despite progressive reform drive Published at 17.09.2018 Country Ethiopia Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction attack on journalist Read more
Exiled Opposition Groups Return Amid Peace Reforms Published at 23.10.2018 Country Ethiopia Category Latest Developments Tags: youth positive CS development killing of protestors protest protestor(s) detained Read more
Former Torture Centre Reopened to Public and Former Inmates Published at 04.11.2019 Country Ethiopia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption killing of protestors violent protest restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained protest Read more
Prime Minister Abiy Wins Nobel Peace Prize Amid Tensions Published at 23.01.2020 Country Ethiopia Category Latest Developments Tags: positive CS development Read more
