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Non-Governmental Organizations and Diaspora Groups Welcome Growing Support in Congress
July 27, 2017 Non-Governmental Organizations and Diaspora Groups Welcome Growing Support in Congress for Improved Governance and Human Rights in Ethiopi. Human rights, democracy, torture survivor and diaspora organizations welcome today’s markup of House Resolution 128 that calls for more inclusive governance, accountability for human rights violations, and an independent investigation into the unrest and […]
Joint letter on addressing the pervasive human rights crisis in Ethiopia
To Permanent Representatives of Members and Observer States of the UN Human Rights Council Geneva, 25 May 2017 RE: Addressing the pervasive human rights crisis in Ethiopia Your Excellency, The undersigned civil society organisations write to draw your attention to persistent and grave violations of human rights in Ethiopia and the pressing need to support […]
Prosecutor evidences hearing against Gurmessa Ayano, Bekele Gerba, and other OFC leaders completed (March 01/2017 hearing)
Audio-visual evidence against the fourth defendant –Bekele Gerba- not yet presented It was to present the CD documents, which were presented in the previous hearings by the prosecutor but failed to be readable, that the court adjourned for March 01. However, the prosecutor requested the court to cancel the particular ‘testimonial’ from the list claiming […]
Prosecutor failed to bring remaining witnesses against Gurmessa Ayano et al (Feb 10/2017 hearing)
Prosecutor witnesses hearing completed It is to be recalled that the court did adjourn for the prosecutor to bring the last two witnesses for Feb 10th hearing. The prosecutor claimed that one of the potential witnesses who were to testify against the second detainee (Dejene Taffa) could not be found in the address he gave […]