Ethiopia: Fear of torture or ill-treatment/ incommunicado detention

Index Number: AFR 25/002/2007
Date Published: 2 February 2007
Categories: Africa, Ethiopia

Endalkachew Melese, Daniel Hailemariam, Fantaye Beyene, Hirut Kifle, Menbere Tsegaye, Saba Mekonnen, Tigist Tilahun, Zenebe Tadesse and over 30 other supporters of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy are being held incommunicado at the police Central Investigation Bureau prison (known as Maikelawi) in the capital, Addis Ababa. According to reports, they may have been tortured, and are at risk of further torture or ill-treatment.