ACLU files lawsuit alleging FBI involvement in rendition of US citizen
November 11, 2009
[JURIST] The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [advocacy website] filed suit [complaint, PDF; press release] Tuesday on behalf of US citizen Amir Meshal, alleging that FBI agents were involved in his interrogation and rendition in Somalia, Kenya, and Ethiopia in 2007. The suit, filed in the US D....... [more] 
International arbitration commission splits Ethiopia-Eritrea border war damages
August 18, 2009
[JURIST] The specially-established Eritrea-Ethiopia Claims Commission [official backgrounder] on Monday awarded damages [press release, PDF] "resulting from violations of international law" that occurred during the nations' 1998-2000 border war. The five-person panel established under the Permanent....... [more]
Ethiopia lawmakers pass controversial new anti-terrorism law
July 9, 2009
[JURIST] Ethiopian lawmakers passed a controversial new anti-terrorism Tuesday law that rights groups claim will negatively affect human rights in the country. Ethiopian authorities responded [VOA report] Wednesday to a recent Human Rights Watch [advocacy website] report [text], which expressed conc....... [more]
Former Guantanamo detainee Binyam Mohamed returns to UK
February 23, 2009
[JURIST] Released Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainee Binyam Mohamed [BBC profile, JURIST news archive] was returned to the UK on Monday after being held for nearly seven years. Mohamed had immigrated from Ethiopia to the UK prior to his arrest, and it is not yet known whether he will be p....... [more]
Ethiopia parliament approves controversial legislation regulating foreign charities
January 7, 2009
[JURIST] The Ethiopian Parliament on Tuesday adopted controversial legislation designed to regulate foreign charities. Under the Proclamation for the Registration and Regulation of Charities and Societies, which passed 327 to 79, foreign aid....... [more]
Proposed Ethiopia NGO law would undermine human rights efforts: HRW
October 13, 2008
'[JURIST] Human Rights Watch (HRW) Monday encouraged the Ethiopian parliament to reject the draft Charities and Societies Proclamation, which HRW officials concluded in a report would severely undermine human rights efforts in the country if passed. The....... [more]
Ethiopia releases eight Kenya terrorism suspects
October 4, 2008
'[JURIST] Kenyan police Saturday confirmed that Ethiopian authorities have released eight suspected Kenyan terrorists, saying that the suspects have been reunited with their families. Kenyan authorities rendered the suspects to Somalia in early 2007,....... [more]
Ethiopia must release rendition victims: HRW
October 2, 2008
'[JURIST] Human Rights Watch (HRW) Wednesday called on the Ethiopian government to release rendition victims in custody or prosecute them in an open court that meets basic fair trial standards. The renditions were the result of a US-backed Ethiopian....... [more]
New Ethiopia rights bill introduced in US Senate
September 12, 2008
'[JURIST] US Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) introduced a new bill entitled the"Support for Democracy and Human Rights in Ethiopia Act of 2008" in the Senate on Tuesday, calling for greater support for individual and political rights in Ethiopia. The bill....... [more]
Ninth Circuit refutes immigration judge statements made in Ethiopia asylum case
July 19, 2008
'[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit made an unusual ruling on Friday, finding that the adverse credibility determination made by an Immigration Judge (IJ) in an asylum case was not based on substantial evidence. The petitioner,....... [more]
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