Sunday, September 28, 2008

NGOs fear for human rights defenders in Ethiopia


25 September 08 - Ethiopia recently launched a project of legislation, known as the Draft Proclamation on Charities and Societies, which could dramatically limit human rights activities in the country if signed into law later this year.
Yet, human rights organizations like Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch (HRW) are worried that this new bill signals a trend in Ethiopia’s crackdown on human rights over the last several years. Read

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