Ethiopia: About 11,607 Arrested Since October
The State of Emergency Inquiry Board says Ethiopian authorities have arrested and detained about 11,607 people since October 9, 2016 in a measure put in place to curb widespread violence that had gripped the country, Al Jazeera reported.Lire aussi : Fête de Pâques: La dernière ligne droite
Taddesse Hordofa, chairperson of the board said the people are detained to in six prisons and there are 347 women among the detainees. In a television statement of Saturday, November 12, 2016, Taddesse Hordofa said, Some 11,607 individuals have so far been detained in six prisons, of which 347 are female, in connection with the state of emergency declared in the country, Al Jaeera quoted. He said offences for the arrests ranged from serious crimes such as attacking security forces using firearms or killing civilians and members of security forces to the much more mundane denying provision of public services and disrupting movement of