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Amnesty urges Ethiopia to release journalists, opponents – etbaba.com

Amnesty International today calls on the Government of Ethiopia to immediately release recently detained journalists and political opponents. Amnesty stated that the Government of Ethiopia has recently jailed two journalists from the Oromia News Network and three Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) officials “who remain in custody a week after charges against them were dropped and …

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Ethiopia pardons additional 12,500 prisoners – etbaba.com

To avoid suffocation and avoid the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in jails the Southern region of Ethiopia decided to pardon and set free over 12,553 prisoners. This will increase the total number of prisoners Ethiopia released to over 18,000 prisoners after the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic. The prisoners in Southern Region of Ethiopia who benefited …

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Abiy urges Ethiopians to complete Nile Dam united – etbaba.com

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia todays urges all Ethiopians to unite and complete the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), his country is building on the Nile River. He urged all the citizens of Ethiopia to continue their financial contribution to complete the over 70 percent completed construction of GERD, which is set to begin …

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Ethiopia postpones August 2020 general election – etbaba.com

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the National Electoral of Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) today announced that it is forced to postpone the upcoming general election, which was scheduled to take place at the end of August 2020. The Board indicated that it is difficult to conduct the election and prior preparedness activities on schedule because …

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Parents in Ethiopia fear for missing students – etbaba.com

As universities across Ethiopia close to avert spread of the COVID-19 virus, Amnesty International is calling on the Ethiopian authorities to disclose measures it has taken to rescue 17 Amhara students from Dembi Dolo University in Western Oromia, who were abducted by unidentified people in November 2019 and have been missing since. The anguish of …

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