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2010</div> <div class="view-field field-news-teaser"><p>Ethiopia is the largest recipient of western development assistance in Africa. In 2005-08, aid to Ethiopia more than doubled - from $1.9 billion to $3.4 billion. Yet the country's domestic politics are becoming less democratic and more repressive. Could there be a link between aid and repression?</p> </div> <div class="view-field field-related-audio"><div class="field-item"><div class="tic-node-type-icon tic-node-type-icon-audio"></div></div></div> <div class="view-field field-related-videos"></div> </div></li><li class=""><div class="view-item clear-block"> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-cover"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-title"><a href="/web/20110707063642/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/11/02/submission-committee-against-torture-ethiopia">Ethiopia: Submission to the UN Committee against Torture</a></div> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-subtitle"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-created">Nov 2, 2010</div> <div class="view-field field-news-teaser"><p>This memorandum provides an overview of Human Rights Watch's concerns and recommendations regarding serious patterns of torture and other cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment in Ethiopia. Human Rights Watch's reports are based on extensive interviews in Ethiopia with victims, eyewitnesses, and other primary sources of information.</p> </div> <div class="view-field field-related-audio"></div> <div class="view-field field-related-videos"></div> </div></li><li class=""><div class="view-item clear-block"> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-cover"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-title"><a href="/web/20110707063642/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/10/25/aid-weapon">Ethiopia: Aid as a Weapon</a></div> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-subtitle"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-created">Oct 25, 2010</div> <div class="view-field field-news-teaser"><p>In recent years, the Ethiopian government has carried out a meticulous campaign of intimidation, harassment and abuse that has managed to silence most of the government's independent opposition. Foreign aid has become one of the government's most effective tools in suppressing and punishing criticism. Canada should be much more vocal in pushing to make sure aid is not used as a weapon to fight dissent.</p> </div> <div class="view-field field-related-audio"></div> <div class="view-field field-related-videos"></div> </div></li><li class=""><div class="view-item clear-block"> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-cover"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-title"><a href="/web/20110707063642/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/10/22/world-bank-feeding-repression-ethiopia">World Bank Feeding Repression in Ethiopia</a></div> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-subtitle"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-created">Oct 22, 2010</div> <div class="view-field field-news-teaser"><p>Western donors including the World Bank, the United States, United Kingdom and European Commission give more than $3 billion to Ethiopia every year. The money goes straight to the treasuries of the federal and regional governments for spending on public services in villages and safety net food for work programs. But this donor aid is being used by the ruling party to underwrite political repression. The bottom line is that if you step out of line, you risk not just social exclusion, but total deprivation.</p> </div> <div class="view-field field-related-audio"></div> <div class="view-field field-related-videos"></div> </div></li><li class=""><div class="view-item clear-block"> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-cover"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-title"><a href="/web/20110707063642/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/10/22/how-europe-contributes-ethiopia-s-repression">How Europe Contributes to Ethiopia’s Repression</a></div> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-subtitle"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-created">Oct 21, 2010</div> <div class="view-field field-news-teaser"><p>Ethiopia receives more than $3 billion (€2.2bn) in foreign development aid a year, with close to one-third of that coming from Europe. There is little doubt that the donor assistance has helped some Ethiopians. But these development programs have another, more sinister, side. With development aid actually being used to enforce repression of basic human rights, Europe's compromises - and its policy toward Ethiopia - need rethinking.</p> </div> <div class="view-field field-related-audio"></div> <div class="view-field field-related-videos"></div> </div></li><li class="last"><div class="view-item clear-block"> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-cover"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-title"><a href="/web/20110707063642/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/10/18/ethiopia-donor-aid-supports-repression">Ethiopia: Donor Aid Supports Repression</a></div> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-subtitle"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-created">Oct 19, 2010</div> <div class="view-field field-news-teaser"><p>The Ethiopian government is using development aid to suppress political dissent by conditioning access to essential government programs on support for the ruling party. Foreign donors are urged to ensure that their aid is used in an accountable and transparent manner and does not support political repression.</p> </div> <div class="view-field field-related-audio"><div class="field-item"><div class="tic-node-type-icon tic-node-type-icon-audio"></div></div></div> <div class="view-field field-related-videos"></div> </div></li></ul></div></div><div class="view-footer view-footer-taxonomy-filter"><div class="more"><a href="/web/20110707063642/http://www.hrw.org/en/news-all/100">More documents on this topic</a>»</div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div id="footer"><div class="limiter clear-block"> <div class="clear-block"><a href="#header" class="back-to-top">Back to top</a></div> <div class="nav"> <a href="/web/20110707063642/http://www.hrw.org/en/rss" class="rss-link">RSS</a> <div class="pipe-links"><a href="/web/20110707063642/http://www.hrw.org/en/home" title="Home">Home</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20110707063642/http://www.hrw.org/en/our-work" title="Our Work">Our Work</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20110707063642/http://www.hrw.org/en/news" title="News">News</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20110707063642/http://www.hrw.org/en/publications" title="Publications">Publications</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20110707063642/http://www.hrw.org/en/multimedia">Multimedia</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20110707063642/http://www.hrw.org/en/about" title="About Us">About Us</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110707063642/http://www.kintera.org/site/c.nlIWIgN2JwE/b.4542089/">Donate</a></div> </div> <div class="footer-blocks clear-block"> <div id="block-tic-tic_copy_24478" class="clear-block block block-tic"> <div class="bcontent"><div class="node clear-block ltr ntype-copy"> <div class="content clear-block filter-text"> Human Rights Watch<br/> 350 Fifth Avenue, 34th Floor<br/> New York, NY 10118-3299<br/> USA<br/> Tel: 1-(212) 290-4700<br/> <br/> <strong><a href="/web/20110707063642/http://www.hrw.org/en/contact-us">Contact Us - Global Offices</a></strong><br/> <strong><a href="/web/20110707063642/http://www.hrw.org/en/iff">Film Festival</a></strong><br/> <strong><a href="/web/20110707063642/http://www.hrw.org/en/about/jobs">Employment</a></strong> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="block-tic-5" class="clear-block block block-tic"> <div class="bcontent"><div class="col-left clear-block"><strong class="vocab-header"><a href="/web/20110707063642/http://www.hrw.org/en/regions">Browse by Region</a></strong><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first"><a href="/web/20110707063642/http://www.hrw.org/en/africa">Africa</a></li><li class=""><a href="/web/20110707063642/http://www.hrw.org/en/americas">Americas</a></li><li class=""><a href="/web/20110707063642/http://www.hrw.org/en/asia">Asia</a></li><li class=""><a href="/web/20110707063642/http://www.hrw.org/en/europe/central-asia">Europe/Central Asia</a></li><li class=""><a href="/web/20110707063642/http://www.hrw.org/en/middle-east/n-africa">Middle East/N. 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