Paid Internship Program
Overview The Ethiopian Human Rights Council (EHRCO) and Ethiopia Human Rights Project (EHRP), in collaboration with Civil Rights Defenders, organized paid Internship opportunities to emerging human...
View ArticleSurvey on Human Rights Treatment in Closed Institutions of Ethiopia
Closed Institutions are those public institutions with maximum security and restricted access to the general public. These include prisons, juveniles, mental health institutions, orphanages, refugees...
View ArticleA Brief Stay Inside Amanuel Mental Hospital
Befekadu Hailu Amanuel Mental Hospital has been the only state-owned psychiatric facility in Ethiopia for decades. Kotebe General Hospital, which also has a psychiatric facility along with other...
View ArticleThe State of Emergency (2016-2017): Its Cause and Impact
Between the years of 2016 and 2017 Ethiopia was under a state of emergency for 10 months. This research which was undertaken by the Ethiopian Human Rights Project (EHRP) examines the State of Emergency...
View ArticleJoint civil society letter to Ethiopian Prime Minister-designate on recent...
Prime Minister-Designate, Dr. Abiy Ahmed Ali Cc: Abadula Gemeda, Speaker of the House of Peoples’ Representative 29 March 2018 Your Excellencies, The undersigned international, regional and national...
View ArticleYared Hussien, a Survivor of Qilinto Prison Fire
Written By:- Atnafu Brhane Translated By:- Befekadu Hailu On the 1st of August 2016, the rumor of officials plan to deny boxed-foods visitors bring to prisoners has been circulating and disrupting the...
View Articleየጫልቱ ታከለ ፈተና እና ፅናት
ጸሐፊ፡- ማሕሌት ፋንታሁን ከአንዴም ሁለት ጊዜ የእስርን ሕይወት ተጋፍጣለች፡፡ በማዕከላዊ እና የትነቱ በማይታወቅ የእስር ቦታ የማሰቃየት ተግባር ተመሥርቶባታል፡፡ ከ8 ዓመታት በላይ ከዕድሜዋ ላይ ተቆጦ በእስር ባክኗል፡፡ ጫልቱ ታከለ፡፡ እርሷ ግን በፅናት ፈተናዋን ተወጥታለች፡፡ በእስር ቤት ውስጥ ከአስቸጋሪ ሁኔታዎች...
View ArticleYonas Gashaw: “I am Castrated in Prison”
Written By:- Belay Manaye Translated By:- Befekadu Hailu Yonas Gashaw is a 29 years man who lives in Bahir Dar, capital of Amhara regional state. He is father and a father of a son. In a political...
View Articleሁለት እግሮቹን በእስር ወቅት ያጣው ከፍያለው ተፈራ
ጸሐፊ፡- በላይ ማናዬ ከፍያለው ተፈራ ደረሰ ይባላል፡፡ 33 ዓመቱ ነው፡፡ ወለጋ፣ ሆሮ ጉድሩ ነው የተወለደው፡፡ አሁን የሚኖረው ኦሮሚያ ክልል፣ ፊንፊኔ ዙርያ ሰበታ ወረዳ ወለቴ 03 ነው፡፡ ከ1999 ጀምሮ ለ12 ዓመታት እስር ቤት ቆይቶ ሰኔ 16/2010 ነው የተፈታው፡፡ ማዕከላዊ፣ ቃሊቲ እና ቂሊንጦ እስር ቤቶች...
View ArticleKefyalew Teferra – The Man who Lost His Legs in Prison
Written by:- Belay Manaye Translated by:- Befekadu Hailu Kefyalew Teferra Deresse is a 33 years old man who was born in Horro Guduru. He now lives in the outskirt of Addis, Sebeta, Oromia region. He...
View Article“The Personal Prisoner” – Gueled Mohammed
Written by: Belay Manaye Translated by: Befekadu Hailu Gueled Mohammed is a 41 years old man who used to work as the Ethiopia’s Somali regional government communication head before he was jailed years...
View Article“የግለሰብ እስረኛው” ጉለድ መሐመድ
ጸሐፊ፡- በላይ ማናዬ ሙሉ ሥሙ ጉለድ መሐመድ አሰዌ ይባላል፡፡ የ41 ዓመት ጎልማሳ ነው፡፡ የሚኖረው በሶማሊ ክልል፣ ጂግጂጋ ከተማ፣ ቀበሌ 06 ውስጥ ነው፡፡ ለእስር ከመዳረጉ በፊት የሶማሊ ክልል መንግሥት ኮሚኒኬሽን ጉዳዮች ውስጥ ይሠራ ነበር፡፡ ለስድስት ዓመታት ታሥሮ ከተፈታ ዓመት አልሞላውም፡፡ ራሱን “የግለሰብ...
View ArticleEthnic based attacks and conflicts should be resolved – HRC 143th Special Report
Human Rights Council (HRC) has released special report on 04 Nov 2017 that underlined the need to take bold policies and implementation measures to resolve ethnic based attacks and conflicts in...
View ArticleIdentity based extrajudicial killings and other human rights violations –...
Human Rights Council (HRC), Civic organizations based in Ethiopia had released 139th and 141th Special Reports that revealed identity based extrajudicial killings and other human rights violations in...
View ArticleDemocracy, Human Rights and Diaspora Groups Urge Congress to Pass H. Res. 128...
Ethiopia is at a crossroads. On Monday, April 2, a new Prime Minister, selected from within the ruling coalition, delivered a speech about planned reforms while the country was under another State of...
View ArticleThe State of Emergency (2016-2017): Its Cause and Impact
Between the years of 2016 and 2017 Ethiopia was under a state of emergency for 10 months. This research which was undertaken by the Ethiopian Human Rights Project (EHRP) examines the State of Emergency...
View ArticleJoint civil society letter to Ethiopian Prime Minister-designate on recent...
Prime Minister-Designate, Dr. Abiy Ahmed Ali Cc: Abadula Gemeda, Speaker of the House of Peoples’ Representative 29 March 2018 Your Excellencies, The undersigned international, regional and national...
View ArticleIn a renewed crackdown Ethiopia arrests at least 30 dissents.
On Sunday, March 25, 2018, police arrested 11 activists’, politicians, journalists and bloggers including recently released former opposition leader Andualem Arage and Eskinder Nega from a welcoming...
View ArticleTillerson, Munchin Urged to Use Sanctions Under Global Magnitsky Act.
March 5, 2018 The Honorable Rex Tillerson Secretary of State U.S. Department of State 2201 C Street NW Washington, DC 20520 The Honorable Steven Mnuchin Secretary of the Treasury U.S. Department of the...
View ArticleTrial Monitoring Manual
Monitoring trials is one of the main strategies that EHRP uses to gather and compile information on the due process of the law and human rights violation in Ethiopia. Below is the trial monitoring...
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