OPEN 140th Special Report (Executive Summary)
The Human Rights Council (HRCO) 140th Special Report, Executive Summary (English) March 14 2016
Human Rights Council – Ethiopia
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The Human Rights Council (HRCO) 140th Special Report, Executive Summary (English) March 14 2016
In this document, CIVICUS, EHAHRDP and HRCO outline urgent concerns related to the environment in which civil society activists and human rights defenders operate in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and discuss threats faced in the exercise …
“The Gewada (Ale) ethnic group is one of the many nationalities residing in the SNNPR. Since 1987 following a new administrative division in the region, members of the ethnic group have been living in 10 kebele farmers’ associations in Derashe special …
“Article 17(2) of the Constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE) clearly provides that no person may be subjected to arbitrary arrest, and no person may be detained without a charge or conviction against him. Nevertheless, accor …
“Police in Nekemte town, Eastern Wellega Zone in the Oromia Region, detained fifteen people since August 23, 2007 without taking them to a court of law until the date of issuance of this report. The police came with a search warrant stating that they a …
” The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which Ethiopia has adopted, prohibits cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment and punishment under article 5. The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights to which Ethiopia is a party, affirming …