Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Ethiopia: Elections, Ethiopian Style

OPINION

By Felix Horne
This is what an election campaign looks like in Ethiopia, where the ruling coalition took 99.6 percent of parliamentary seats in the last national elections, in 2010.

Jirata, who asked that his real name not be used, is a 19-year-old student who was campaigning for a legally registered opposition party recently, when security officials arrested him.

They told him that he was working for a "terrorist group" that sought to forcibly bring down the government. He was badly beaten over the course of three nights and released on the condition that he end his involvement in politics. He is still limping from his injuries, and he told me he no longer has any interest in getting involved in politics. He says he will vote for the government party "because life is easier that way".

Click the link to read the full article: http://allafrica.com/stories/201505070410.html

Source: http://amediaagency.com/category/al-jazeera/

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