News in Pictures - Recent protests in Oromia and worldwide 8. March 2016 OT news, community, human rights, report (0) Pictures depicting recent protests by the Oromo people in Oromia and worldwide. As widely covered by the international media, the protest was triggered by the so-called "Addis Ababa Masterplan" which has overwhelming been objected to by the Oromo people as this would have a disastrous effect on rural communities around Addis Ababa with forced eviction and loss of livelihood dependent on the land. [More]
Ethiopia's Invisible Crisis 24. January 2016 dmosis news, human rights, report (0) By: Felix Horne, Researcher, Horn of Africa"Badessa" was a third-year engineering student in western Ethiopia in April 2014 when he and most of his classmates joined a protest over the potential displacement of ethnic Oromo farmers like his family because of the government’s plan to expand the capital, Addis Ababa, into the farmland. [More]
EU parliament adopts resolution on Ethiopia 22. January 2016 dmosis news, human rights (0) The debate on the situation in Oormia & Ethiopia in the EU parliament and the resolution adopted [More]
Ethiopia's Anti-Terrorism Law: A Tool to Stifle Dissent - A Legal Analysis by International Lawyers 21. January 2016 dmosis news, report, human rights, research (0) January 21, 2016 ---FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE---January 21, 2016Media Contact:Anuradha Mittal, Oaklan [More]