06.11.2008 - Source:BBC News 

"Ethiopia arrests 'bomb plotters'"

Addis Ababa: Ethiopia arrests several members of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) and members of a previously unknown group; according to the police, they were planning bomb attacks in the capital; the OLF has been fighting for independence for the southern region of Oromia [ID 108803]

03.11.2008 - Source:Reporters Sans Frontières 

"Leading newspaper editor beaten unconscious outside son’s school"

Newspaper editor beaten unconscious outside son’s school [ID 108526]

23.10.2008 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Further Information on UA 328/07 (AFR 25/030/2007, 11 December 2007) - Torture/incommunicado detention [AFR 25/010/2008]"

Najima Jamal Ismail released on bail on 28 December 2007; her stepfather released unconditionally on 16 December; Mulatu Aberra released on bail on 1 July 2008; both were accused of being supporters of armed opposition group Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) [ID 108085]

09.2006 - Source:Schweizerische Flüchtlingshilfe

"Übersicht Reflexverfolgung und/oder Sippenhaft"

Information on kin liability in Azerbaijan, Ethiopia, China, Eritrea, Iran, Myanmar, Russia and Chechnya, Sri Lanka, Syria, Togo, Turkey, Uzbekistan and Vietnam (persecution of relatives of criminals and opposition politicians) [ID 107614]

14.10.2008 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Ethiopia: Draft Law Would Wreck Civil Society [AFR 25/009/2008]"

Government claims that proposed law is intended to encourage financial transparency among NGOs, but its oppressive provisions demonstrate the government’s increasing intolerance of the work of human rights activists and civil society organizations [ID 107493]

13.10.2008 - Source:Human Rights Watch 

"Draft Law Threatens Civil Society"

HRW urges the government to reject a draft law that would criminalise human rights activity and weaken the civil society [ID 107397]

08.10.2008 - Source:Schweizerische Flüchtlingshilfe

"Behandlung von HIV/AIDS und einem Kropf"

Query response on the treatment of HIV/AIDS and of struma [ID 107283]

09.2008 - Source:Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik

"Kriege ohne Grenzen und das "erfolgreiche Scheitern" der Staaten am Horn von Afrika"

Report on conflicts and wars at the Horn of Africa (Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia) [ID 107280]

26.09.2008 - Source:US Agency for International Development 

"Horn of Africa – Complex Emergency; Fact Sheet #9, Fiscal Year (FY) 2008"

Brief report on key developments and current situation [ID 107170]

01.10.2008 - Source:BBC News 

"Terror extradition"

Addis Ababa: Impressions from detention facility for supposed terrorists in an African 'Guantanamo' [ID 107034]

01.10.2008 - Source:Human Rights Watch 

"Why Am I Still Here? The 2007 Horn of Africa Renditions and the Fate of Those Still Missing"

Report on fate of people who fled fighting in Mogadishu and became subject to rendition from Kenya to Somalia and, in some cases, on to Ethiopia (case studies on 7 detainees) [ID 106960]

10.06.2008 - Source:Ethiopian Human Rights Council 

"Worsening situation of ethnic clashes needs due attention; 110th Special Report"

Brief report on worsening situation of ethnic clashes between members of the Oromo and Gumuz ethnic groups [ID 106922]

07.05.2008 - Source:Ethiopian Human Rights Council 

"Recurring ethnic clashes need lasting solutions; 109th Special Report"

Brief report on ethnic tensions and clashes in Ethiopia (conflict between members of the Sidama and Guji Oromo ethnic groups) [ID 106921]

18.04.2008 - Source:Ethiopian Human Rights Council 

"EHRCO denounces terrorist attacks targeting innocent citizens; 108th Special Report"

Brief report on human rights violations as a result of terrorist attacks targeting civilians [ID 106920]

07.2008 - Source:Ethiopian Human Rights Council 

"The Human Rights Situation in Ethiopia- 31st Regular Report"

Report on human rights violations (extra judicial killings, gunshot wounds, beating and torture, illegal detention, disappearances, threat and intimidation, denial of justice and ethnic-induced human rights violations) [ID 106918]

05.2008 - Source:Ethiopian Human Rights Council 

"The Human Rights Situation in Ethiopia- 30th Regular Report"

Report on human rights violations (extra judicial killings, gunshot wounds, beating and torture, illegal detention, disappearances, threat and intimidation, denial of justice and ethnic-induced human rights violations) [ID 106916]

23.09.2008 - Source:BBC News 

"Aid workers abducted in Ethiopia"

Gunmen abduct 2 aid workers near border with Somalia, an aid agency says [ID 106533]

19.09.2008 - Source:US Department of State 

"International Religious Freedom Report 2008"

International Religious Freedom Report 2008 [ID 106254]

19.09.2008 - Source:BBC News 

"Ethiopian needy 'not getting aid'"

Food aid is not getting to Ethiopia's Somali region quickly enough, US says [ID 106204]

11.09.2008 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"More parents saying no to FGM"

Fewer parents are subjecting their daughters to female genital mutilation and cutting, according to an NGO campaigning to eradicate the practice [ID 105823]

03.09.2008 - Source:BBC News 

"Video parlour blast in Ethiopia"

Addis Ababa: People at a video parlour are caught up in a large explosion; 4 people were killed and another 24 were wounded [ID 105350]

28.08.2008 - Source:Reporters Sans Frontières 

"Newspaper editor freed on bail"

Newspaper editor arrested 2 days ago freed on bail [ID 104946]

28.08.2008 - Source:BBC News 

"Ethiopia hints at leaving Somalia"

According to Ethiopia's prime minister, Ethiopia is prepared to withdraw troops from Somalia even if the government is not stable; the withdrawal of Ethiopians is a key demand of the Islamist insurgents [ID 104902]

26.08.2008 - Source:Reporters Sans Frontières 

"Well-known newspaper editor arrested for article questioning big brewery’s labour practices"

Addis Ababa: Amare Aregawi, editor of a weekly newspaper, arrested and illegally transferred to a prison in Gondar in connection with a libel case [ID 104830]

22.08.2008 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Urgent Action 232/08 [AFR 25/007/2008]"

Ugaas (clan leader) Abdirahman Mohamed Qani, chief of the Tolomoge group of the Ogaden clan has been detained without charge since 13 July, together with 12 others; they are at risk of torture or other ill-treatment [ID 104510]