Ethiopia fires senior prison officials for failing to respect rights

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia has fired senior prison officials a few hours before the publication of a Human Rights Watch report detailing torture and other abuses in a notorious prison and urging the government to hold managers accountable. Tsegaye's announcement of layoffs and the appointment of new officials was broadcast Wednesday night on the state-affiliated Fana TV channel.

He stated that new officials should respect human rights in accordance with the constitution. The Somali region of the country has been systematically abused for years with little access to medical care and sometimes to food, reported Human Rights Watch, based in New York, in its report released Thursday.

Ahmed spoke in front of parliament with an unprecedented frankness about the extent of abuses committed by security forces on the eve of his predecessor

"Police badped … is unconstitutional. police were terrorists, "Abiy told parliament in mid-June

(Maggie Fick report, edited by Robert Birsel)