The ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) won the parliamentary elections in May, which took place in a context of intimidation, harassment and restrictions on freedom of association and assembly. Legislation that severely limits human rights activities came into force. The independent press was severely restricted. State resources, assistance and opportunities were broadly used to control the population. Background Parliamentary and... Read more
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Amnesty International 2011 Country report: The state of the world’s human rights: Ethiopia
May 18 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Election 2010, Ethiopia, News, Politics, Uncategorized, World Tags: Amnesty, Amnesty International, Aregawi, election, EPRDF, Gebreyohannes, Medrek, Report
Ethiopia Declines to Respond to US Human Rights Charges
April 25 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Election 2010, Ethiopia, News, Politics, Uncategorized, United States Tags: 2010 election, Desalegn, election, Hailemariam, Hailemariam Desalegn, human right in Ethiopia, U.S. human rights report, voaVOA: Ethiopia has ended its practice of formally responding to the annual U.S. human rights report, as it has done the past two years. A statement said the government views the Congressionally-mandated report with contempt, and has no plans to answer the charges. The most recent State Department report paints a troubling picture of human rights conditions in Ethiopia. It depicts a... Read more
Ethiopia:Human Rights Watch World Report 2011
January 25 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Election 2010, Ethiopia, News, Politics, Uncategorized Tags: 2010 election, Birtukan Midekssa, election, EPRDF, human rights Watch, meles zenawi, ReportHuman Rights Watch released World Report 2011 Ethiopia: Events of 2010 The ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) consolidated political control with a striking 99.6 percent victory in the May 2010 parliamentary elections. The polls were peaceful, but were preceded by months of intimidation of opposition party supporters and an extensive government campaign aimed at increasing support for the ruling party,... Read more
Ethiopia’s Ruling Party “Heavely Favored” in Election 2010 : European Union
November 8 | Posted by ocean | Election 2010, Ethiopia, News Tags: Berman, election, Ethiopian Electricity, EU, ThijsEthiopia’s electoral playing field was “heavily” balanced in favor of the ruling party in a May vote in which Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and allied parties won all but two of the 547 seats in parliament, the European Union said. Local administrations that are almost entirely controlled by the Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front should in future have a... Read more
Africa’s Failing Democracies
July 3 | Posted by ocean | Blog, Election 2010, Ethiopia, Uncategorized Tags: africa, Democracy, election, human rights Watch, The Obama administration, U.SBy Jason McLure When human rights Watch criticized the results of Ethiopia’s May elections, in which the ruling coalition “won” an improbable 545 out of 547 seats, leaders in Addis Ababa didn’t ignore the influential NGO. Instead, they paid tens of thousands of demonstrators to gather in the capital and denounce the report.
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