A rights group has accused Ethiopian security forces of continuing to commit grave human rights violations, including extrajudicial executions and torture, since Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed took office in 2018. Today police fired live bullets on a group of protesters who oppose the PM in Bale Robe killing at least one. Unverified VideoA young boy named Awal Abduro was killed viciously in Robe, Bale by government forces in broad daylight. “The violations depicted in the report are telling of unfinished business of reform in Ethiopia including impunity for past human rights violations,” Deprose Muchena, Amnesty’s regional director for Southern Africa and East Africa. “When Abiy took power he criticised the authoritarian practices of the preceding government.
Source: Ethiopian News October 12, 2020 05:26 UTC