Posts Tagged ‘human rights Watch’

Ethiopia: Government Ban Four NGO’s, Including Human Rights Watch

February 15 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopia, News, Politics, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,

Afrik: Ethiopian authorities have revoked the licenses of four Non-Governmental Organizations (two local and two foreign). The government of Ethiopia claims that activities carried out by the affected NGOs conflict with the Charities and Societies (CSO) proclamation, a law that came into force in January, 2009. Two non-governmental organizations, Ethiopian Women Lawyers Association (EWLA) and Ethiopian Human... Read more

Ethiopia:Human Rights Watch World Report 2011

January 25 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Election 2010, Ethiopia, News, Politics, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , ,

Human 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... Read more

Africa’s Failing Democracies

July 3 | Posted by ocean | Blog, Election 2010, Ethiopia, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , ,

By 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.
Ethiopia’s... Read more