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- Position paper from FIDH FIDH would like to make the following recommendations to the Human Rights Council:"condemn serious human rights violations committed by the government of Ethiopia" - Medical concern on Professor Mesfin Woldemariam, aged 76 (AI) - Amnesty International is concerned about the ill-health and inadequate medical care of Dr Berhanu Negga - East Africa and the Horn of Africa 'Defending the Defenders': A Human Rights Defenders Conference" (AI Index AFR 04/001/2006) - Testimony by Yared Hailemariam Ethiopian Human Rights Defender at European Parliament - Election in Ethiopia and Byelorussia Similar stories, different e standards and responses - The International Federation for Human Right: Written Statement
Professor Mesfin Woldemariam: Professor Mesfin Woldemariam, prisoner of conscience, aged 75.Mesfin Wolde-Mariam is a renowned advocate of human rights and founder of the first ever Ethiopian human rights organization, the Ethiopian Human Rights Council (EHRCO), which was established in 1991.

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She was a resident of Yeka Sub-City, Kebele 19, House No. 162. She was a young girl of 23. She completed 12th grade two years back. She was living with her family. She was killed by the Federal Police on June 6, 2005 at 2:00 pm near the entrance of Kotebe Teachers' College. She was shot on the throat and passed away instantly. After a while her mother arrived and stooped to lift the body of her dead daughter. A member of the Federal Police pointed his gun at her. But she screamed, "Finish me!" and fell on her dead daughter. Then the policeman sneered at her and said, "Take away your dead" and left her. The funeral of the deceased took place on June 7, 2005 at 4:00 pm at Kotebe II Kulibi Church." Read More.... - Ethiopia-Africa's Great Hope (Video) - Ethiopia's Agony (Video) - Anguish over the disapeared - Democratic dawn in Ethiopia fades as abuses come to light

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