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On 1 January 2013, Ethiopia took up its seat on the United Nations Human rights Council. The uncontested election – Africa put forward five countries for five seats – has raised some eyebrows, given the country’s own poor rights record. Elected member countries are obliged to ‘uphold the highest standards in the promotion and protection of human rights’. Yet, in Ethiopia, hundreds of
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As the sixth anniversary of the arrest and imprisonment of a Canadian citizen in Ethiopia approaches, preliminary negotiations are taking place for a possible prisoner transfer to Canada. Bashir Makhtal, a 44-year-old who lived and worked in Toronto, was arrested on the border of Kenya and Somalia on December 30, 2006, after fleeing Mogadishu and the fall of the Islamic Courts Union.
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last week the ethiopian government deployed soldiers to the northern part of the country this kind of deployment seen the first time after the end of the border war in 2000, relations between Ethiopia and Eritrea have remained tense, with both countries supporting each other's opposition
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Ethiopia has been transporting soldiers to Mekele, North Ethiopia since Friday 14 December, 2012. Over 20 buses carryi
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Students of Jimma University Ethiopia have clashed with Police today December 3, 2012. The clash reportedly started when students who are followers of Orthodox Christianity religion and are in the season of Fast of the Nativity and eating only once asked for the increase of Cafeteria meals. When these students refused to leave the Cafeteria as a form of protest, local police were called
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Editors Note: This news comes as a surprise to most Ethiopians and even the international community that have been asking day and night for Ethiopia to respect human rights. It is an absurdity for anyone that would expect an international organisation as big as the UN to develop in such a manner. The absurdity is that the UN General Assembly elected Ethiopia, along with Kenya, Cote d’Ivoire, Sierra Leone and Gabon to represent Africa for membership in the UN Human Rights Council, for the period 2013-2015. It has also elected Japan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, South Korea and United Arab Emirates for Asia; Argentina, Brazil and Venezuela for Latin America and the Caribbean; Estonia and Montenegro for Eastern Europe;
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