“Yalemzewd Bekele, a prominent human rights activist and a lawyer working for the European Commission in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, was arrested on the morning of 19 October by the Ethiopian authorities, while trying to cross the border to Kenya with another Ethiopian,” reports Ethiopian Life, Politics, Culture and Arts [1].
Ethiopia: human rights lawyer arrested
· Written by Ndesanjo Macha
Categories: Sub-Saharan Africa, Ethiopia, Human Rights, Law