Related Content Legal Analysis of Ethiopia’s State of EmergencyUnder the new state of emergency, the army can be deployed country-wide for at least six months. The directive effectively codifies many of the security forces’ abusive tactics that Human Rights Watch has documented since the protests began. The government reports that since the state of emergency began, 1,600 people have been arrested, including about 50 for closing their businesses. Security forces confronted huge crowds with tear gas and fired shots and scores of people then died during a stampede. “Many of the abuses committed by security forces since November 2015 have now been codified under the state of emergency,” Horne said.

Source: Ethiopian News October 31, 2016 04:38 UTC