Ethiopia and Human Rights
As a result of the government crackdown on mass protests following the disputed and controversial 2005 elections, at least 193 protesters were killed. Many newly elected (CUD) opposition leaders were jailed and subject to spurious charges, and tens of thousands of protesters were arrested in mass detentions. Many of these have since been released, though many still languish in prison without access to family or legal counsel.
Ethiopians have been unlawfully killed and summarily executed. Foreign journalists have been deported, and private property has been illegally appropriated. Political activists, journalists, and teachers have been and continue to be harassed and threatened, and the citizenry has been almost entirely deprived of its legal rights to freedom of press, of speech, of association and of peaceful assembly.
For details on Ethiopian government violations and restrictions of civil rights and human rights, see the U.S. Department of State report.
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