{"id":10993,"date":"2013-10-18T03:23:37","date_gmt":"2013-10-18T03:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/ethiopia-tortures-inmates-says-hrw\/"},"modified":"2013-10-18T03:23:06","modified_gmt":"2013-10-18T03:23:06","slug":"ethiopia-tortures-inmates-says-hrw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/ethiopia-tortures-inmates-says-hrw\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethiopia ‘tortures’ inmates says HRW"},"content":{"rendered":"

{{Ethiopian authorities are torturing and mistreating political detainees to extract confessions, Human Rights Watch says.}}<\/p>\n

The US-based group says former prisoners at the main detention centre in Addis Ababa described being beaten and kicked during interrogation.<\/p>\n

It accuses Ethiopia of using anti-terrorism laws to stifle dissent.<\/p>\n

The government has dismissed the report as biased and lacking credible evidence, according to media.<\/p>\n

The report by HRW says police investigators at Maekelawi prison use illegal interrogation methods, keep inmates in poor detention conditions, and routinely deny them access to a lawyer.<\/p>\n

Former detainees reported “being held in painful stress positions for hours upon end, hung from the wall by their wrists, often while being beaten”, it said.<\/p>\n

{{‘Culture of impunity’}}<\/p>\n

“Ethiopian authorities right in the heart of the capital regularly use abuse to gather information,” said Leslie Lefkow, HRW’s deputy Africa director.<\/p>\n

“Beatings, torture, and coerced confessions are no way to deal with journalists or the political opposition.”<\/p>\n

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{Protests earlier this year called for the release of political prisoners}
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