borkenaOctober 17,2018Unconfirmed sources in social media reported today that a notable human rights lawyer, Henok Aklilu, is arrested in Ethiopia. According to sources, he was arrested from his office in Piazza area in the capital Addis Ababa. Currently his whereabouts is known to be third division of police station in the city. However, it is unclear why he was arrested at this writing. News of the arrest came as Addis Ababa Police Commissioner, Zeinu Jemal, is saying that government will release youth who were detained from Addis Ababa and taken to military training camp (Tolay) for “training” – which activists say is a compulsory indoctrination in adverse environmental conditions.

Source: Ethiopian News October 18, 2018 03:11 UTC