Ethopia: Civil society coalition calls suspension of rights groups ‘politically motivated’; authority says ‘final decision’ pending

Addis Abeba– The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) has called for the “immediate and unconditional retraction” of the suspension of three prominent Ethiopian human rights organizations, condemning the decision as a “major setback” to civic space.

In two separate letters, the Authority for Civil Society Organizations (ACSO) announced the suspension of the Centre for Advancement of Rights and Democracy (CARD), the Association…