Rights Group: 140 Dead in Ethiopia's Oromo Protests

A rights organization says at least 140 people in Ethiopia's Oromo state have been killed by security forces during anti-government protests, far beyond what the government has confirmed. Human Rights Watch said Friday that Ethiopian sources killed at least 140 people and wounded many more in what the group says "may be the biggest crisis to hit Ethiopia since the 2005 election violence." The rights group's new estimate is nearly twice the death toll it estimated last...

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