No country for Ethiopian Activists? The growing danger of illegal rendition in the region
Andargachew Tsige, Secretary General of Ginbot 7, detained in Yemen while in transit
July 1, 2014 (The Gulele Post) — Asylum, Citizenship and western
passport seems to no longer protecting Ethiopia’s opposition leaders and
human rights advocates from being illegally renditioned by regional and
neighboring countries. Neighboring governments and humanitarian
agencies are not doing enough to protect refugees who sought protection,
while Western countries failing to stand up for those whom they
granted asylum and citizenship.
Bashir Makhtal, an Ogadeni businessman and Canadian citizen was arrested
by Kenyan security and sent to Ethiopia in 2006. Accused of membership
to the Ogaden National Liberation Front, Mukhtal was sentenced to life
in prison in 2009 where he still languishes. Although Canadian
authorities appealed for his release, the Ethiopian regime has ignored
it because the appeal was not back with any serious threat of economic
or political sanction.
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