Ethiopia

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Restrictions on humanitarian assistance to the Somali Region (known as the Ogaden) continued.

Ethiopia: New Anti-Terrorism Proclamation jeopardizes freedom of expression - 7 July 2009

Reacting to the news that the Ethiopian Parliament has today passed an Anti-Terror Pro

Ethiopia: Government must reveal fate of political prisoners - 5 May 2009

Amnesty International today called on the Ethiopian government to immediately disclose the names and fate of more than 35 people believed to be held by its security fo

Binyam Mohamed released from Guantánamo - 24 February 2009

UK resident Binyam Mohamed has been released from detention in Guantánamo Bay and allowed to return to the UK.

Ethiopian parliament adopts repressive new NGO law - 8 January 2009

The Charities and Societies Proclamation law could criminalise the human rights activities of both foreign and domestic non-governmental organizations.

Ethiopia: Government passes repressive new legislation - 6 January 2009

Amnesty International called the Charities and Societies Proclamation law (CSO law), adopted today by the Ethiopian parliament, a repressive law designed to strictly c

Growing calls for end to executions at UN - 18 December 2008

Over one hundred countries voted overwhelmingly in favour of a second resolution on "Moratorium on the use of the death penalty" at the United Nations on T

Routine killings of civilians in Somalia - 6 May 2008

The dire human rights and humanitarian crisis facing the people of Somalia has been revealed in a groundbreaking new Amnesty International report.