Ethiopia Releases Ex-Politician Implicated in Heinous Crimes

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Front gate of Jail Ogaden, May 2019. © 2019 Felix Horne/Human Rights Watch This week, Ethiopian authorities dropped all charges and released Abdi Mohamoud Omar, also known as “Abdi Illey,” the former president of Ethiopia’s Somali region, after serving more than five years in prison. The action is a setback to ending impunity for crimes involving senior officials. State media reported that Ethiopia’s Ministry of Justice took the action for the “sake of public interest.” Federal officials initially arrested Abdi Illey in 2018 for “violations of human rights and inciting…

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