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Ethiopia: Three killed in Bahir Dar as authorities demolish houses
ESAT News (March 23, 2017) Security forces shot and killed two people who were among hundreds of people protesting against the demolition of their houses. A little girl has also lost her life in the stampede. A pregnant woman was taken to the hospital after she was brutally beaten by security forces. About 2500 houses are slated for demolition ...
Read More »Ethiopia: Political prisoner exposes horrific torture in prison
ESAT News (March 23, 2017) A former political prisoner says TPLF investigators inflict unimaginable physical and psychological torture on prisoners including but not limited to damaging their reproductive organs and making them sterile for life. In an interview with the VOA Amharic service, Habtamu Ayalew, former spokesperson for the opposition Andinet Party said not only he had endured physical ...
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