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Residents of Hawassa spend the night outside of their home

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Following the continuous earthquake the city is experiencing since Sunday evening, residents are in fear to stay in their house. To avoid any risks and damages they are spending the night out of their houses. Students in different collages are pushed out to sleep in the fields. It has been for the six tine that the city shocked with the earthquake within 24 hours. However, it is reported that the government is yet behind to announce emergency evacuation and related matters.  Source

Ethiopia: Time to Repeal Anti-Terrorism Law in Ethiopia

By Anuradha Mittal Oakland — With the African Union celebrating the African Year of Human Rights at its 26th summit, at its headquarters in Addis, Ethiopia, the venue raises serious concerns about commitment to human rights. Ethiopia's so called economic development policies have not only ignored but enabled and exacerbated civil and human rights abuses in the country. Case and point is the ongoing land grabbing affecting several regions of the country. Under the controversial "villagization" program, the Ethiopian government is forcibly relocating over 1.5 million people to make land available to investors for so called economic growth. Since last November, the country's ruling party, EPRDF's, "Master Plan" to expand the capital Addis has been the flashpoint for protests in Oromia which will impact some 2 million people. At least 140 protestors have been killed by security forces while many more have been injured and arrested, including political l

UNPO: European Parliament’s resolution on Ethiopia brings hope and courage to the Oppressed

On 21 January 2016, the European Parliament passed an urgent resolution on the situation in Ethiopia – condemning the use of violence by the security forces against Oromo peaceful protesters in particular, and drawing attention to the increased number of human rights violations in Ethiopia more generally. The resolution also highlights the dire situation in the Ogaden region and calls for a credible investigation into atrocities committed in the country. Importantly, as stressed by UNPO at multiple occasions, the resolution calls for greater scrutiny by the EU of its development assistance to Ethiopia, to ensure it is not contributing to further human rights violations. A recent plan by the Ethiopian Government to expand its capital city, Addis Ababa, into surrounding Oromo lands has caused mass demonstrations among the Oromo community over the past months. Since November 2015, at least 140 peaceful protesters have been killed, and many more imprisoned. Ethiopia, being an important

European Parliament Resolution on Ethiopia Brings Hope and Courage to the Oppressed

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On 21 January 2016, the European Parliament passed an urgent resolution on the situation in Ethiopia, condemning the use of violence by the security forces against peaceful Oromo protesters, in particular, and drawing attention to the increased number of human rights violations in Ethiopia, more generally. The resolution also highlights the dire situation in the Ogaden region and calls for a credible investigation into atrocities committed in the country. Importantly, as stressed by UNPO at multiple occasions, the resolution calls for greater scrutiny by the EU of its development assistance to Ethiopia, to ensure it is not contributing to further human rights violations. Read more:  https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://unpo.org/article/18867&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTQ1NzAxNTM4MDM4ODc5NTg3NDQyGjIyYzhkMDcyMWEwOWM0YjI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGGtJfdezGKREm2bqExgwA8V_lZPg

በጀርመን ፖስትዳም የምገኘው ሄልም ሆልትዝ የጂኦፎርሽኑንግ ማዕከል የሃዋሳውን የመሬት መንቀጥቀጥ በተመለከተ መረጃ ይፈልጋል

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በጀርመን ፖስትዳም የምገኘው ሄልም ሆልትዝ የጂኦፎርሽኑንግ ማዕከል የሃዋሳውን የመሬት መንቀጥቀጥ በተመለከተ መረጃ ይፈልጋል። የመሬት መንቀጥቀጡን በተመለከተ የተለያዩ  መረጃዎች ያሏችው የወራንቻ ቢሎግ ኣንባቢያን ከታች ካለው ከማዕከሉ ድረገጽ ላይ ያለውን ፎርም በመሙላት ይተባበሩ። http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/Contribute/?lang=en&id=484139 http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=484139