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News Alert: Council of Ministers approves draft proclamation to form National Dialogue Commission
Addis Abeba, December 10/2021 – The Council of Ministers, in its second regular meeting held today, discussed the draft proclamation establishing the Ethiopian National Dialogue Commission and passed a draft proclamation establishing Ethiopian National Dialogue Commission. In a statement the office of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed released, it said that …
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Ethiopia: Tigray Forces Summarily Execute Civilians
Addis Abeba, December 10, 2021 – The Human Rights Watch yesterday released a report detailing the human rights violations committed by Tigrayan forces in Two towns, Chenna and Kobo in the Amhara region. The HRW called for the urgent need for the United Nations Human Rights Council to establish an …
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Analysis: CPJ says ‘Ethiopia biggest setback for media freedom in Sub-Saharan Africa’; Two journalists shot dead, a dozen remain behind bars in 2021
By Addis Standard Staff Addis Abeba, December 09/2021 – In its 2021 report on the global status of press freedom, the Committee to Protect Journalists ranked Ethiopia among the worst jailers of journalists in Sub-Saharan Africa after Eritrea. The report that was released today revealed that in Ethiopia in 2021, …