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 […]
Tag: Human Rights
Identity based extrajudicial killings and other human rights violations – Summary findings of human rights reports from Human Rights Council- Ethiopia
Human Rights Council (HRC), Civic organizations based in Ethiopia had released 139th and 141th Special Reports that revealed identity based extrajudicial killings and other human rights violations in Somali, Tigray, Amhara and Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples regions by government security forces. Somali Region HRC, in its 139th Special Report which was released on 01 […]
Democracy, Human Rights and Diaspora Groups Urge Congress to Pass H. Res. 128 on Ethiopia
Ethiopia is at a crossroads. On Monday, April 2, a new Prime Minister, selected from within the ruling coalition, delivered a speech about planned reforms while the country was under another State of Emergency. At such a juncture, amid mounting pressures, the role of the US, Ethiopia’s longstanding international ally to encourage critically-needed reforms and […]
‹‹They beat me using a stick that has nails on it; the pain is still on my knee›› Agbaw Setege
Name: – Agbaw Setegn Berihun Age: – 38 years old Address: – Amhara Regional State, North Gonder, Armachiho Current situation: – Held in Qilinto prison The reason why I am jailed: – I believe that my arrest was related with the last national election (2015) in which they fear I would win the vote in […]
‹‹I lost my left ear hearing because of torture›› Daniel Shibeshi
Name: – Daniel Shibeshi Age: – 41 years old Address: – Addis Ababa, Kolfe Keranio sub city woreda 02 Current situation: – Qilinto prison The reason why I am jailed: – I believe I was arrested because of the repressive nature of the state of emergency decree. I know I have not done any crime […]