Call for Proposals for Small Grants (Open for Individuals/Group Human Rights Defenders and Newly Registered CSOs) Background CRD is partnering with EHRCo. and CARD, civil society organizations basing in Ethiopia, for a project titled “Supporting Transition through Empowering HRDs in Ethiopia”. EHRCo. (Ethiopian Human Rights Council) is the oldest independent human rights organization in Ethiopia […]
Paid Internship Program
Overview The Ethiopian Human Rights Council (EHRCO) and Ethiopia Human Rights Project (EHRP), in collaboration with Civil Rights Defenders, organized paid Internship opportunities to emerging human rights defenders. The Internships provide individuals with valuable hands-on experience working with local human rights organizations. The Paid Internship last 4-5-months and consist of 20-hour work per week. Interns […]
Survey on Human Rights Treatment in Closed Institutions of Ethiopia
Closed Institutions are those public institutions with maximum security and restricted access to the general public. These include prisons, juveniles, mental health institutions, orphanages, refugees and etc. Ethiopian Human Rights Project (EHRP) in association with the Swedish Civil Rights Defenders (CRD) run an online survey on to grasp perceptions toward human rights condition in these […]
A Brief Stay Inside Amanuel Mental Hospital
Befekadu Hailu Amanuel Mental Hospital has been the only state-owned psychiatric facility in Ethiopia for decades. Kotebe General Hospital, which also has a psychiatric facility along with other services, has been established in 2017 and has few capacity of admission. Amanuel Mental Hospital, in contrary, has over 270 beds for both women and men patients. […]
Yared Hussien, a Survivor of Qilinto Prison Fire
Translated By:- Befekadu Hailu On the 1st of August 2016, the rumor of officials plan to deny boxed-foods visitors bring to prisoners has been circulating and disrupting the mood in Qilinto Prison. Qilinto Prison is one of the Federal prison facilities in Ethiopia. Concerned prisoners tried to confirm the issue through prisoners’ representatives without a […]