Ethiopia: Demonstration organized by the All Amhara People's Organization (AAPO) and held in February 1993 for the release of Professor Asrat Woldeyes (AAPO chairman) and other political prisoners; consequences for participants
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 8 December 1999 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | ETH33326.E |
| Reference | 2 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Ethiopia: Demonstration organized by the All Amhara People's Organization (AAPO) and held in February 1993 for the release of Professor Asrat Woldeyes (AAPO chairman) and other political prisoners; consequences for participants, 8 December 1999, ETH33326.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ad578.html [accessed 7 June 2023] |
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No information on a demonstration organized by the All Amhara People's Organization (AAPO) held in February 1993 could be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.
However, sources report a demonstration by students at Addis Ababa University in January 1993 (The Scotsman 13 Aug. 1993; ION 31 July 1993; Amnesty International 1994, 130). For further information on this demonstration please consult ETH15998.E of 16 December 1993. Professor Asrat Woldeyes was one of 40 faculty members who were dismissed after the demonstration (The Scotsman 13 Aug. 1993; ION 31 July 1999). The Indian Ocean Newsletter states that he was the subject of a judicial inquiry shortly after this demonstration (ibid.).
The Indian Ocean Newsletter reported on 13 February 1993 that Woldeyes and two other AAPO leaders, had
been served with court summons on a charge of making comments the authorities qualify as 'incendiary' at rallies in Debre Berhan in July and December 1992. The chairman of AAPO who has in the past already had to answer to charges, faced these accusations and was apparently released, but the two other leaders of the movement are reported to be awaiting their audience still (3).
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
Amnesty International. 1994. Amnesty International Report 1994. New York: Amnesty International USA.
The Indian Ocean Newsletter (ION) [Paris]. 31 July 1993. "Asrat Woldeyes (Ethiopia)." (NEXIS)
_____. 13 February 1993. "Ethiopia: Government Arm Wrestles AAPO."
The Scotsman. 13 August 1993. Severin Carrell. "Edinburgh Trained Surgeon Held." (NEXIS)
Additional Sources Consulted
Africa Confidential. [London]. 1993.
Africa Events [London]. February - May 1993.
Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series [Oxford]. 1993.
Africa South of the Sahara 1996. 1995.
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1993. 1994.
The Europa World Year Book 1994. 1994.
Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS). February 1993.
The Indian Ocean Newsletter (ION) [Paris]. February - September 1993.
Keesing's Record of World Events [Cambridge]. 1960 -1998.
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