2007:
According to U.N. reports on Ogaden, EPEDF is committing the Worst Humanitarian Crisis in Africa. Persistent and
reliable reports emanating from the Ogaden region of Ethiopia clearly affirmed the alarming state of human rights abuse
in the whole area. The reports show that the security and armed forces of the EPRDF have carried out arbitrary killings
and numerous arrests grossly violating the human rights of the people in the region.
2005:
Members of an Ethiopian inquiry team charged with investigating violent mass demonstration following the May 2005
elections and separate protests about ballot fraud in November 2005 announced that 193 civilians were killed by
Ethiopian security forces during the violence, nearly three times the official number reported by the government. Zenawi
reportedly told the inquiry team to alter its report in July, just two days before the group had planned to present its
findings to the Ethiopian Parliament. At least two members of the 10-person panel have since fled from Ethiopia.
Furthermore, over 100 journalists, lawmakers and human rights activists were initially charged with treason following the
mass protests in 2005 even though some have been granted amnesty by EPRDF
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