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    Ethiopian: Prisoners of conscience jailed for life
    (Amnesty International Press Release)AI Index: AFR 25/017/2007

  • Ethiopia life jail terms attacked (BBC)
    The head of the European Union 2005 election observers in Ethiopia has said she is "appalled" at the life sentences given to 30 opposition leaders.
  • Threatened Execution of Ethiopian Opposition Should be Opposed (Freedom House Press Release)
    “Any government that suggests sentencing its opposition leaders to death in response to legitimate demonstrations of dissent cannot, by any stretch of the imagination, call itself a democracy,”

  • Report from the court room June 11, 2007

  • NSU prof’s fate demands outcryThe Virginian-Pilot June 15, 2007

  • Charges against 131 individuals including all the senior leaders of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy Party (CUDP),
    members of the independent press, Voice of America reporters, and leaders of civic associations.

  • Ethiopia: Concerns about political trials of opposition activists, Human Rights defenders and journalists.
    International Federation for Human Rights 3/01/2006

  • Arbitrary detentions of human rights defenders, and fear for their safety Open letter to Mr. Woldegiorgis Girma, President of the Republic of Ethiopia
    International Federation for Human Rights 5/01/2006

  • Prisoners message on their decision not to engage in the litigation process. (Amharic) (English)

  • Ethiopia: Country Summary January 2007
    Human Rights Watch

  • Ethiopia: Prisoners of conscience prepare to face 'trial'
    Amnesty International Press Release: February 22, 2006

  • Prisoners of Conscience on Trial in Ethiopia May Not Receive a Fair Trial, Amnesty International Fears.
    Report Decries Possibility of Death Sentences and Absurd 'Genocide' Charges
    Amnesty International USA Press Release: May 1, 2006

  • ETHIOPIA: Prisoners of conscience on trial for treason: opposition party leaders, human rights defenders and journalists

  • Ethiopia: Amnesty International’s presentation to the European Parliament on Human Rights in Ethiopia*
    Amnesty International May 15, 2006

  • International Mission of Judicial Observation
    ETHIOPIA: The Situation of Human Rights Defenders From Bad to Worse
    The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defender

  • Open Letter to the People of Ethiopia and the Honorable Judges By Dr. Yacob Haile-Mariam