UN Condemns Ethiopia Crackdown, Amid Fears for Death-Row Brit

A group of UN experts has condemned a crackdown on dissent in Ethiopia, amid concerns for a British man held under a political death sentence in the country.

In a statement last night, United Nations human rights experts urged the Ethiopian authorities to end what they called a “calculated campaign to eliminate opposition movements and silence dissenting voices.” The experts – including the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Agnes Callamard, the UN Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Juan E. Méndez, and the head of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, Roland Adjovi – added that a crackdown on protestors since November 2015 had reportedly led to the death of over 600 people since November 2015......See More