Hundreds of opposition party officials (Birkayehu Mekecha (m), Emkulu Yiheyis (m), Endrias Ero(m), Hailemichael Zijita (m), Solomon Tenaye (m), Tefera Mengeste (m), Tesfaye Tarekegne (m), Wendwossen Shiferraw (m), Yohannes Abate (m)) and members are being held incommunicado without charge in order to stop them attending nationwide demonstrations which had been planned for 2 October. Several of those detained, including Dache Molla, have reportedly been beaten in detention, and all the detainees are at risk of torture or ill-treatment. Amnesty International believes that those arrested may be prisoners of conscience, detained solely on account of their non-violent opinions
