In September 2018, Amnesty International called for an independent investigation into police conduct in Ethiopia after deaths linked to law-enforcement operations during a volatile reform year marked by protests, ethnic violence, and mass arrests.
Amnesty’s public statements that season stressed accountability for security forces even as the federal government presented itself as reforming politics after years of repression. Human-rights groups argued that opening political space without policing reform would leave the same abusive patterns in place.
For Horn audiences, the file is lasting reference material on the gap between reform rhetoric and on-the-ground force: who investigates killings, whether courts are independent, and how quickly emergency security habits return.
