"There are some good beginnings in reforming Ethiopia's justice system, the opening of Maekelawi to the public being one of them," said Wabella. "But, Maekelawi is one single building, the reform should be across all sectors of the justice system." "I have also seen the governmental Human Rights Commission be more forthcoming to investigate alleged human rights abuses and judges trying to be bolder in their court proceedings," said Wondimu. "You see some prominent faces, like former politician and prisoner Birtukan Mideksa leading the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE), and another former prisoner, Daniel Bekele, heading the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission. But they will not have enough capacity to do what they want, if the ethnicisation of politics and the justice system doesn't stop."

Source: Ethiopian News October 01, 2019 05:03 UTC