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Freedom of speech at risk in Ethiopia amid COVID-19-related restrictions – Rights group

Ethiopian authorities have been using the COVID-19 outbreak and a state of emergency declared on April 8, as a pretext to silence critical voices and limit free speech, according to a prominent rights watchdog. The Human Rights Watch (HRW) said this in a statement on Wednesday. “A new state of emergency declared on April 8,
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