His families appeared to court as defense witnesses The 4th criminal bench at the Federal High Court heard the families of activist Yonatan Tesfaye, former public relations head of Blue Party, as defense witnesses. His father Priest Tesfaye Regassa and his sister Gedamnesh Tesfaye appeared to court as defense witnesses in Yonatan’s terrorism charge. His […]
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Another adjournment given to hear more prosecutor witnesses against Gurmessa Ayano et al (Dec 29/2016 hearing)
Two witnesses against 6th and 11th defendants have been heard in Dec 29/2016 hearing. Dawud Abegaz was the prosecutor witness against the 11th detainee (Beyene Rudo). He told the court that he was asked by police to observe when he was at Maekelawi to visit his relative who works there on the 29th of Jan […]
የአቶ በቀለ ገርባና ሌሎች 22 ተከሳሾች የክስ ሂደት እንዲሁም በቂሊንጦ እስር ቤት ያለው የሰብአዊ መብት አያያዝ
በአስከፊ እስር ውስጥ አልፈው ዳግም ለእስር የተደራጉት የኦሮሞ ፌደራሲስት ኮንግረስ ምክትል ሊቀመንበር አቶ በቀለ ገርባና ሌሎች 22 ተከሳሾች የክስ ሂደት እንዲሁም በቂሊንጦ እስር ቤት ያለው የሰብአዊ መብት አያያዝ ምን ይመስላል የሚለውን የዋዜማ ራዲዮ ባልደረባ ኤዶም ካሳዬ ከአዲስ ስታንዳርድ ኦንላይን ሚድያ ዋና አዘጋጅ ፀዳለ ለማ እና ከሰብአዊ መብት ፕሮጀክት ዋና አስተባባሪ ሶልያና ሽመልስ የተደረገውን ውይይት ያድምጡ።

Nigist Yirga
Activist Nigist Yirga who has been jailed for participating in a peaceful protest in Gondar, Ethiopia charged with terrorism after spending over four months in Maekelawi Federal Police Investigation Bureau. She was kidnapped in Gondar in September and soon brought to Maekelawi. Nigist Yirga is known for a viral photo, wearing a t-shirt showing portrait […]

Addressing the escalating human rights crisis in Ethiopia. An escalating human rights crisis in Oromia and Amhara Regions
To Permanent Representatives of Members and Observer States of the UN Human Rights Council Geneva, 8 September 2016 RE: Addressing the escalating human rights crisis in Ethiopia (PDF) Your Excellency, The undersigned civil society organisations write to draw your attention to grave violations of human rights in Ethiopia, including the recent crackdown on largely […]