Ethiopia: Further information on Fear for safety and health concern and new concern: death in custody.

Ethiopia: Further information on Fear for safety and health concern and new concern: death in custody.

Index Number: AFR 25/018/2001
Date Published: 25 July 2001
Categories: Africa, Ethiopia

Four members of the opposition Ethiopian Democratic Party (EDP), arrested on 24 June have been released on bail. None of them have been charged. However, four members and three supporters are still detained without charge.Those in detention are being held in overcrowded and unsanitary conditions and Amnesty International remains concerned for their well-being. According to police reports another AAPO member detained, Gebrehana Wolde Medhin died in custody in July.