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ESAT News (July 18, 2017) A prisoner by the name Nigist Yirga, who was the poster child of the anti-government protest in the Amhara region last summer, spoke of torture and abuse at the hands of her captors in an Ethiopian prison. Nigist Yirga appeared before the court in Addis Ababa today but regime prosecutors demand, for the fifth time, ...

ESAT News (July 18, 2017) Businesses and transportation continue to shut down in many districts in the Oromo region in protest against new tax assessments as the presence of security forces continue to build up. In Ambo, schools and businesses remained closed while major highways leading to Addis Ababa and Wollega were shutdown. Reports say there is a huge security ...