Over 100,000 people were imprisoned and tortured for political reasons during the 17 years of the Mengistu regime. Tens of thousands “disappeared” or were killed. This report updates the May 1991 paper “Ethiopia: End of an era of brutal repression – a new chance for human rights” (AFR 25/05/91). It...
Amnesty International is concerned about reports from war zones of deliberate killings of unarmed civilians and captured or wounded members of the armed forces and about the reported ill-treatment and torture of people detained in connnection with the fighting. The available information indicates...
Reports of torture and ill-treatment of prisoners and of an apparent pattern of short-term detention and ill-treatment in police custody continue to be of concern to Amnesty International. Cases noted here include the illegal detention and torture during interrogation of prisoners of conscience...