Articles from Ethiopia
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Union growth 9 January 2007 Ethiopia: Amnesty International adopts detained ETA officials as prisoners of conscience
Education International is happy to have the support of Amnesty International in its appeal for the release of ETA officials. An urgent action appeal was launched on 4 Jan for the release of Tilahun Ayalew, Anteneh Getnet and Meqcha Mengistu, who are prominent members of EI's affiliate, the Ethiopian Teacher...
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Union growth 4 January 2007 EI launches Urgent Action Appeal for Ethiopia
An urgent action appeal is launched on 4 January by EI, which calls on all member organisations and partners to support the elected union officers of the Ethiopian Teachers’ Association (ETA).
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Trade union rights are human rights 21 December 2006 Ethiopia: EI fears for the safety of two activist teachers
Education International has been alerted by its affiliate, the Ethiopian Teachers’ Association (ETA) that two colleagues, Tilahun Ayalew and Meqcha Mengistu, are missing.
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Union growth 22 November 2006 Good News in ETA's Long Legal Struggle
EI is very pleased to report news today from Ethiopia Teachers’ Association General Secretary Gemoraw Kassa that the registrar’s office of the Federal Supreme Court has informed the ETA that the verdict delivered by the Supreme Court on November 20 is in favour of the authentic ETA.
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Union growth 5 October 2006 Ethiopia: arrested teachers released on bail
The two members of EI affiliate the Ethiopian Teachers Association (ETA) detained since 23 September have been released on bail.
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Union growth 4 October 2006 Ethiopia: Amnesty worries over jailed teachers
The global human rights group Amnesty International fears for the safety of two Ethiopian teachers detained "incommunicado".
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Union growth 26 September 2006 Ethiopia: the persecution of unionised teachers continues
Two teachers were arrested and detained on 23 September for being members of the Ethiopian Teachers' Association (ETA). One of the teachers had already suffered severe injuries, at the hands of security officers, earlier this year.
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Union growth 13 September 2006 EI urges Ethiopian government to stop harassment of teacher union
For the second time this year, security forces have disbanded a constitutional meeting of the Ethiopian Teachers' Association (ETA). EI, which represents education workers around the world, wrote to the Ethoipian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi telling his government to stop harassing the teacher union.
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Union growth 1 September 2006 Ethiopian colleagues have the courage to keep union alive
On November 9, 2005, Mrs. Mulunesh Abebayehu was arrested, without warning, at the junior secondary school where she teaches and taken to the notorious Kality Prison in Addis Ababa.
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Union growth 30 August 2006 Ethiopian authorities disrupt teachers’ General Assembly
For the second time this year, Ethiopian authorities have disrupted a General Assembly of the Ethiopian Teachers’ Association and forcibly shut it down.
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Trade union rights are human rights 28 July 2006 Ethiopian teacher leaders reunited with exiled union president
Unable to meet in their home country due to high risk to their personal safety, leaders of the Ethiopian Teachers’ Association (ETA) gathered in the Netherlands last week, thanks to support from Education International and member organizations.
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Union growth 28 July 2006 Trade union rights at risk in Ethiopia
For the past 15 years, Education International and member organizations such as the Dutch teachers’ union AOb and the National Union of Teachers of England and Wales have actively supported the Ethiopian Teachers’ Association. Why the need for this solidarity? Because the ETA has suffered ongoing repression by a government...
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Union growth 14 June 2006 EI pressure secures release of Ethiopian teacher after 7 months detention without charges
EI has been informed of the release on 9 June of Mulunesh Abebayehu Teklewold, a 53-year old female teacher. She was arrested in the Kelemworke junior secondary school in Addis and brought to the Kality prison on 9 November 2005.
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Union growth 6 June 2006 Ethiopia: EI mission relaunches social dialogue
An international trade union mission composed of two representatives from EI and the African director of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) managed to open doors in Ethiopia. Meetings could soon be secured with the Ethiopian Ministers of Education and Information, together with the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and embassy...
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Union growth 31 May 2006 Ethiopia: Teacher detained - EI writes to Minister of Education
Education International has written to Dr Sintayehu Michael, the Ethiopian Minister of Education, drawing his attention to the case of Mulunesh Abebayehu Teklewold, a female teacher who has been held without trial since November 2005.
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Union growth 16 May 2006 Ethiopia: International mission from 18-23 May
From May 18-23, an international mission composed of officials from Education International (EI), the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) will be in Ethiopia to meet with Ethiopian government officials, embassy officials, and detained ETA officials.
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Union growth 10 May 2006 Ethiopia: EI relaunches Urgent Action Appeal
EI has relaunched its Urgent Action Appeal for Ethiopia, to bring to the attention of member and partner organisations worldwide the urgent situation its affiliate, the "Ethiopian Teacher Association" (ETA) is now in. The Ethiopian government has repeatedly harassed and threatened the ETA, by dispossessing it of its properties, imprisonning...
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Union growth 4 April 2006 Ethiopia: EI letter to the Prime Minister
EI issued a formal letter to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia on 4 Apr, protesting against the ruling of the Ethiopian Federal High Court on 30 March to recognise the government-sponsored Ethiopian Teacher Association instead of the authentic Ethiopian Teacher Association affiliated to EI.
Ethiopia: EI letter to the Prime Minister