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The latest law approved by the House of Peoples' Representatives sparked growing unrest in the country's prisons where prisoners in various regions held demonstrations and damaged facilities claiming that they deserved to be released, announced Wednesday the government. 19659002] According to the Government Communications Bureau (GCAO), demonstrations have already taken place in seven prisons across the country after the parliament pbaded a law granting amnesty to dissidents at a special session July 20, 2018.
At the beginning of the week, inmates tried to escape by lighting fires in the prisons, said Zeinu Jemal, Commissioner General of the Federal Police, Monday at the beginning of the week. a press conference.
A separate fire in a prison in Mekele, the regional authority disclosed the same day without giving any details as to whether the fire was related to the riot.
"It is unconstitutional and will impede the peace, unity and spirit of solidarity of the people," said Kbadahun Gofe, the GCAO's state minister, when he a press conference Thursday. He said the riots were due to a lack of "understanding" of the amnesty law.
Prisons affected by riots were at Debre Markos, Shoa Robit (Amhara region), Addis Ababa (Killinto Prison and Kality) and Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region
Stay was part of the reform program of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed with the intention of making peace with various opposition groups.
Since coming to power in April, thousands of prisoners Earlier this month, the government announced that senior officials of the federal prison administration had been fired for "failing to fulfill their responsibilities and respected the human rights of prisoners. "
Human Rights Watch sounded the alarm about torture, rape and famine in a notorious jail in Somalia's volatile country.
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