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Puck
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 Wed Feb 01, 2006 1:29 am 'Thousands arrested' in Ethiopia |
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'Thousands arrested' in Ethiopia
Ethiopia has arrested thousands of members of the Oromo ethnic group over the past three months, according to Amnesty International.
The London-based human rights group said students were among those who have been rounded up since November.
Amnesty said the arrests follow protest calls by the rebel Oromo Liberation Front against alleged government fraud.
It warned some of the detainees may be "at risk of torture or ill-treatment" and called for their release.
Election row
November's demonstrations in the southern Oromia region followed a call by the OLF for anti-government protests.
Opposition groups have accused the government of rigging last May's elections.
Amnesty said among those arrested were school students, teachers, farmers and, businessmen.
"Those detained have reportedly been accused of links with the OLF, although none of them has yet been charged," it said.
It called on Ethiopian authorities to either charge or release the detainees and investigate alleged mistreatment of some of those held.
Meanwhile, the US-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said Frezer Negash, an online journalist for the Ethiopian Review, had been arrested on Friday and was being held without charge in Addis Ababa.
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/africa/4668472.stm
Published: 2006/02/01 01:34:56 GMT
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Poverty breeds violence and despotism.
Oppulence breeds injustice and corruption.
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