Web pages about "Ethiopia"
Routine killings of civilians in Somalia - 6 May 2008
The dire human rights and humanitarian crisis facing the people of Somalia has been revealed in a groundbreaking new Amnesty International report.Somalia/Ethiopia: Deliberate killing of civilians is a war crime - 25 April 2008
Amnesty International refutes statements made by the Ethiopian government on its report about a raid on the Al Hidya Mosque in Mogadishu on 19 April 2008. In the attack, Ethiopian forces killed at least 21 people, including 11 unarmed civilians inside the mosque, and detained at least 40 children and youths, aged 9 to 18.Ethiopia must release mosque attack children - 24 April 2008
Ethiopian forces and forces of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) have been accused of targeting civilians in an attack on a Mogadishu mosque that left 21 dead.Somalia/Ethiopia: Release children held in raid on Al Hidya mosque - 23 April 2008
Amnesty International today called on the Ethiopian military to release some 41 children held after a raid on Mogadishu’s Al Hidya mosque on 19 April 2008, which left 21 people dead. “The safety and welfare of the children, some as young as nine years old, must be paramount for all parties,” said Amnesty International.Activists released from prison in Ethiopia - 31 March 2008
Two human rights activists have been released from prison in Ethiopia having been detained since November 2005.Ethiopia: Two prisoners of conscience freed - 28 March 2008
Amnesty International today welcomed the release of human rights activists Daniel Bekele and Netsanet Demissie, who had been detained in Ethiopia since November 2005, but said the two prisoners of conscience should be compensated for the time they spent in prison.Ethiopia: Convicted human rights defenders jailed but quick early release expected - 26 December 2007
Amnesty International welcomes the expected imminent release of prisoners of conscience Daniel Bekele and Netsanet Demissie, who were unfairly convicted two days ago on a charge of provoking and preparing outrages against the Constitution.Ethiopia: Prisoners of conscience unfairly convicted; face possible 10-year prison terms - 24 December 2007
Amnesty International today condemned the convictions of two human rights defenders in Ethiopia on charges of provoking and preparing "outrages against the Constitution", saying that the two men are prisoners of conscience arrested solely for their peaceful human rights work. Both have been held in prison since November 2005.