Ethiopian authorities have banned peaceful protests against ethnically motivated killings which were due to take place on October 28, in direct violation of the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly, Amnesty International said on Tuesday. The National Amhara Movement (NAMA), an opposition political party, had called for protests following the killing of scores of people from the Amhara ethnic minority in recent months. [read_more id="2" more="Read full article" less="Read less"]“The killings are abhorrent and serve as a clarion call to the Ethiopian authorities to safeguard the right to life. In October there were 31 more killings in the Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples Region (SNNPR) in such attacks. Although some of the protests were peaceful, others turned violent as organized youth attacked members of ethnic and religious minorities.

Source: Ethiopian News October 27, 2020 17:18 UTC