Merera Gudina Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/merera-gudina/ An international non-profit organization of scientists, physicians, engineers and scholars dedicated to protecting the human rights and scientific freedom of our colleagues around the world. Mon, 05 Jul 2021 01:11:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/concernedscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cropped-64x64%40512px.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Merera Gudina Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/merera-gudina/ 32 32 59910430 Ethiopian Opposition Leader Freed https://concernedscientists.org/2018/02/ethiopian-opposition-leader-freed/ Mon, 12 Feb 2018 00:00:45 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=6756 Merera Gudina, leader of the Oromo Federalist Congress – government opposition party to the current administration, was released from prison on January 17, 2018. He was released with over 100 political prisoners held in a prison outside of Adis Ababa, and another 350 prisoners held elsewhere. Prime Minister Desalegn Hailemariam announced that jailed “politicians” would […]

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]]> 6756 Political Science Professor, Former Member of Parliament Arrested in Ethiopia https://concernedscientists.org/2017/10/political-science-professor-former-member-of-parliament-arrested-in-ethiopia/ Tue, 24 Oct 2017 20:13:38 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=6177 Dr. Merera Gudina, a political science professor and former member of parliament and leader of the Oromo people in Ethiopia ha been arrested upon returning from a meeting of the European Parliament. He was tried on May 4, 2017 when his counsel objected to the charges but the prosecution denied the objection. On July 7 […]

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]]> 6177 Political Science Professor and Former Member of Parliament Arrested https://concernedscientists.org/2017/01/political-science-professor-and-former-member-of-parliament-arrested/ Thu, 12 Jan 2017 16:48:34 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=5779 Dr. Merera Gudina, a political science professor who is also a former Member of Parliament and a leader in asserting the political interests of the Oromo people of Ethiopia, was arrested on November 30 upon his return to Ethiopia after a meeting at the European Parliament. We believe he was detained because of his association […]

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