Ethiopia’s Anti-Terrorism Law: A Tool to Stifle Dissent – A Legal Analysis by International Lawyers

January 21, 2016 —FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—Media Contact: Anuradha Mittal, Oakland InstituteLewis Gordon, Environmental Defender Law Center Oakland, CA—With human rights as the special focus of the 26th Summit of the African Union that gets underway today in Ethiopia, the Oakland Institute and the Environmental Defender Law Center (EDLC) released a Read more…

Will EU ever sanction Ethiopia?

Alarmed by the TPLF’s vicious brutality against the people of Oromia, European Parliament conducted unprecedented 28 member states emergency debate on situation in Ethiopia, summoned the Ethiopian foreign minister to Brussels, and issued, yet again its latest resolution (Full Document can be found at: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+MOTION+B8-2016-0121+0+DOC+PDF+V0//EN) However, the question remains will Read more…