Political Rights In Ethiopia

To generate ideas on how to support the strengthening of human rights protection
and good governance in Ethiopia a roundtable discussion was convened in
Ottawa on May 4, 2007, through the collaboration of the Solidarity Committee
for Ethiopian Political Prisoners-Canada (SOCEPP-Canada), Amnesty International
Canada, Partnership Africa Canada, SubSahara Centre, the Canadian Network of
NGOs in Ethiopia, and the Canadian Peacebuilding Coordinating Committee
(CPCC). In the still supercharged political atmosphere stemming from the contested 2005 legislative elections in Ethiopia the by invitation- only gathering was designed to provide a space for in-depth and candid discussion, in order to encourage
constructive dialogue. The roundtable brought together more than 30 opinion leaders from the Ethiopian diaspora in Canada, the U.S. and Europe, a senior advisor to the Government of Ethiopia, representatives of Canadian nongovernmental
organizations with ties to Ethiopia, officials of both the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Canadian International Development Agency and
others.
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