Ethiopia
Seen in the press
Read our selection of press reports about this country. This is a short description of prison conditions on a national scale. It gives an account of the preceding year’s events.
Ethiopia: nigerian inmates seek repatriation over poor conditions
Nigerian inmates in Kaliti prison, a maximum-security prison in Addis Abba, Ethiopia, have again called on the government to facilitate their transfer to prisons in Nigeria. The inmates are pleading to be allowed to serve the rest of their jail terms in Nigeria. The detainees said they suffer grave…Ethiopia: OLA fighters set hundreds of detainees free
Members of the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), a rebel group operating against government forces in Oromia region, broke into a zonal correction facility in Bule Hora town, Southern Oromia, on Saturday 07 January and set more than 480 prisoners free.
Éthiopie: la tristement célèbre prison Maekelawi ouvre ses portes au public
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Ethiopie: l'ancien directeur d'une prison arrêté pour torture
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