Ethiopia: Exercise Restraint at Upcoming Festival

Expand Armed security forces watch during the Irreecha cultural festival in Bishoftu, Ethiopia on October 2, 2016. © 2016 Minasse Wondimu Hailu/Getty Images (Nairobi) - Ethiopian government and security officials should act with restraint and take concrete steps to prevent injuries and deaths at this year's Irreecha festival on October 1, 2017, Human Rights Watch said in a report and video released today. Many people, likely hundreds, died in a stampede at last year's festival, triggered by sec...