The EU has subsequently urged the regime to make public any charges against Professor Merera Gudina. Late last month, Ethiopian security forces arrested the professor who is the chairman of the opposition party ‘Oromo Federalist Congress’ (OFC), shortly after his arrival in the capital Addis Ababa. I urge the Ethiopian Government to make public any charges it has brought against Prof. Merera and I will continue to follow his case very closely. Since January 2016 the human rights situation in Ethiopia has not improved at all. Human Rights Watch reports that security forces have killed more than 500 people during protests over the course of 2016.

Source: Ethiopian News December 06, 2016 08:34 UTC