ESAT News (April 14, 2016)
The 2015 country report on Ethiopia by the State Department show an even worsening human rights abuse by the minority regime in Ethiopia, a country considered by the US as its best ally in Africa.
The list of the human rights violations are too long but to name a few are “harassment and intimidation of opposition members and supporters and journalists; alleged torture, beating, abuse, and mistreatment of detainees by security forces; and politically motivated trials. Other human rights problems included alleged arbitrary killings; harsh and at times life-threatening prison conditions; arbitrary arrest and detention; detention without charge and lengthy pretrial detention.”
The report continue to list “restrictions on freedom of expression, including continued restrictions on print media and the internet, assembly, association, and movement; restrictions on academic freedom; interference in religious affairs; restrictions on activities of civil society and NGOs; limited ability of citizens to change their government; police, administrative, and judicial corruption; violence and societal discrimination against women and abuse of children; female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C); trafficking in persons; societal discrimination against persons with disabilities; clashes between ethnic minorities; discrimination against persons based on their sexual orientation and against persons with HIV/AIDS; and limits on worker rights, forced labor, and child labor, including forced child labor.”
“Impunity was a problem. The government, with some reported exceptions, generally did not take steps to prosecute or otherwise punish officials who committed abuses other than corruption,” the report said.
Every year the State Department issue a report with a long list of human rights abuses by the minority tyrannical regime in Ethiopia. It is, however, puzzling to Ethiopians that the United States government continue to use tax payer’s money to finance tyranny in Ethiopia.