Ethiopia Shoots Prison Officials for Human Rights Violations

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – The Ethiopian Attorney General announced the dismissal of officials from the country's detention centers for human rights violations a few hours before the publication Thursday of a Human Rights Watch report on torture in prison.

Berhanu Tsegaye stated that senior prison officials "had been relieved of their duties for failing to respect the responsibilities and respect the human rights of prisoners", according to the broadcaster Fana Broadcasting, affiliated with the state, Wednesday

. states that the prison authorities were fired a few hours before the publication of a heartbreaking report (19459008) from Human Rights Watch describing systematic torture in Jail Ogaden, a Somali-area prison in Ethiopia

. The authorities have never responded to the letters of April and May transmitting the findings of the group.

Ethiopia has long been criticized for its flagrant human rights violations and conditions, but a new prime minister inaugurated in April spoke out against the old ways of doing things.

At a historic question-and-answer session in Parliament in June, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed condemned the historical use of torture by the security services, describing it as a form of "torture." terrorism".

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, presented at the 32nd Extraordinary Summit of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development in Addis Ababa in June, condemned the historical use. torture by the security services. (Yonas Tadesse / AFP / Getty Images)

"Does the constitution require that people be badped, wounded, kept in dark rooms?" This is not the case. United States this month, also released thousands of prisoners and reached out to the political opposition and rebel groups.

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