SITUATION IN ETHIOPIA

Motion Text

That this House expresses grave concern at the current situation in Ethiopia which resulted in the killing of at least 46 people in last week's anti-government protests; condemns all violence, whether by security forces or demonstrators; urges the Ethiopian government to release all political detainees; calls on the Ethiopian government to allow immediate access to the International Red Cross to jailed opposition leaders, civil society and media leaders; urges the Government to provide notification to families of names and whereabouts of detainees together with appropriate access and provision of humanitarian needs; calls upon the Ethiopian government to initiate an independent investigation arising from recent events and events in June; and further urges the Ethiopian government to reinstate a free media.