Human Rights Watch could not establish the location or date these photographs were taken. Human Rights Watch has received a list of nine people who remain detained in connection with Batte's case. In recent months, Ethiopian authorities have increased threats, intimidation, and harassment against prominent Ethiopian human rights organizations, including the Ethiopian Human Rights Council, the country's oldest, independent rights group. Human Rights Watch and other rights organizations have repeatedly raised concerns about the government's lack of effective investigations into human rights violations, and about the capacity and independence of Ethiopia's investigative and judicial institutions, which are subject to political interference. "The Ethiopian authorities have glossed over or treated dismissively numerous high-profile killings and other human rights abuses against perceived critics of the government," Bader said.

Source: Ethiopian News August 06, 2024 05:04 UTC