Ethiopia is on a deteriorating human rights trajectory as parliamentary elections approach in 2010.
These will be the first national elections since 2005, when post-election protests resulted in the deaths of at least 200 protesters, many of them victims of excessive use of force by the police. Broad patterns of government repression have prevented the emergence of organized opposition in most of the country. In December 2008 the government re-imprisoned opposition leader Birtukan Midekssa for life after she made remarks that allegedly violated the terms of an earlier pardon.
In 2009 the government passed two pieces of legislation that codify some of the worst aspects of the slide towards deeper repression and political intolerance. A civil society law passed in January is one of the most restrictive of its kind, and its provisions will make most independent human rights work impossible. A new counterterrorism law passed in July permits the government and security forces to prosecute political protesters and non-violent expressions of dissent as acts of terrorism. Read Full Story≫
The western needs a centure to understand evil side of meles. Or the new him but not their interest to push him
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Weyane is the worest in all humaniterian indexes. As far as they are in good terms with Western countries, they are doing ok. Zimbabwe has better leadership than Ethiopia in terms of humantrian index. But the leader,Mugabie is not smart enough to satisfay western interest.
ReplyDeleteKe weyane min titbekaleh. abezagnawen edmiachewen yasalefut chaka new enam amelakaktachew wede hula yeker be zernignet lay yetemseret new
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