Victims of Torture Deserve Meaningful JusticeFelix HorneHRW Senior Researcher, Horn of AfricaDecember 13,2018Ethiopia’s state broadcaster EBC aired a documentary this week, detailing numerous horrendous acts of torture carried out by security services in recent years. Human rights groups have documented extensive torture in detention for many years. What has changed is that torture is now spoken about openly on state television and by the government after years of denial that torture even existed. The airing of Tuesday’s torture documentary came several weeks after another documentary appeared on state television describing corruption involving state-owned Metals and Engineering Corporation (METEC). Human Rights Watch and others have continually stressed the importance of accountability and justice as Ethiopia comes to grips with its repressive past.

Source: Ethiopian News December 13, 2018 23:48 UTC