Ethiopian authorities released more than 600 federal prisoners on September 10, 2026, including several prominent opposition politicians, after the government dropped pending charges and granted conditional pardons following months of advocacy by the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC). A Five-Month Process Behind the Releases According to the EHRC, the releases […]
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Amhara Advocacy Group Urges National Dialogue Chief to Step Back From “Compromised” Process
A European-based Amhara advocacy organization has published an open letter to Professor Mesfin Araya, chairman of Ethiopia’s National Dialogue Commission, urging him to distance himself from a process it says cannot deliver genuine peace under current conditions. The Amhara Advocacy Group in Europe (AAGE) addressed the letter directly to Araya, […]
Ethiopian Government Arrests Lawyer and Opposition Figures in Addis Ababa
Photo: Collage ©Addis Standard Addis Abeba — In what activists are calling another wave of pressure on dissenting voices, Ethiopian security forces have detained two members of the opposition Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Party (EPRP) along with a lawyer widely known for defending political prisoners. Yishak Wolday, the EPRP’s head of […]
Ethiopia Imprisoned and Tortured a Canadian Over a Speech He Made in Toronto
A Toronto airport employee has been held in an Ethiopian prison for more than five months after being removed from a homebound flight, with the country’s own human rights body concluding that police subjected him to severe physical abuse during his detention. Esubalew Birhanie, 39, works as a ground technician […]