ETHIOPIA: 1,100 arrested for violating emergency decree

Authorities in Ethiopia have arrested no less than 1,107 people for violating an emergency decree that was announced last month.

State-affiliated Fana Broadcast Corporate revealed the number of people arrested for violating the emergency decree, which includes a ban on protests and the dissemination of publications “that could incite and sow discord”.

“They were detained for killing peaceful civilians and security forces, setting houses and financial institutions ablaze, illicit movement of firearms, destroying government and public institutions (and) blocking roads,” Fana reported, citing Tadesse Hordofa, chairman of the State of Emergency Inquiry Board.

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Ethiopia declared a state of emergency after the abrupt resignation of Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn after more than two years of anti-government protests.

The government in a bid to stem political unrest amid long-standing demands for greater freedoms decided to declare a six-month state of emergency – the second of such measure in two years.

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