Nearly one year on from the start of a wave of protests that has left at least 800 people dead at the hands of security forces, the Ethiopian government must take concrete steps to address grave human rights concerns in the country, Amnesty International said today. Just as in Oromia, security forces responded with excessive and lethal force in their efforts to quell the protests. The Ethiopian government’s heavy-handed response to largely peaceful protests started a vicious cycle of protests and totally avoidable bloodshed. Oromo activists blamed the stampede on the security forces who they said fired live rounds and tear gas into the crowd causing a panic. “The Ethiopian government’s heavy-handed response to largely peaceful protests started a vicious cycle of protests and totally avoidable bloodshed.

Source: Ethiopian News November 09, 2016 15:18 UTC