Ethiopia
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Overview
Security forces used excessive, and sometimes lethal, force and carried out extrajudicial executions. Hundreds of people were killed and property destroyed in ethnically motivated violence by armed groups and militias. Opposition members and journalists were subjected to arbitrary arrests and detention.
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Retentionist
Retains the death penalty in law
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Ethiopia: End arbitrary detentions of Tigrayans, activists and journalists in Addis Ababa and reveal whereabouts of unaccounted detainees
Ethiopia: As Mekelle changes hands, civilians remain in urgent need of protection
Ethiopia: Tepid international response to Tigray conflict fuels horrific violations over past six months
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