Ethiopia: Fear of Torture or ill-treatment: Yalemzewd Bekele (f)

Index Number: AFR 25/033/2006
Date Published: 18 October 2006
Categories: Africa, Ethiopia

Yalemzewd Bekele, a lawyer working for the European Commission in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, was arrested on the morning of 19 October by the Ethiopian authorities, while trying to cross the border to Kenya. Amnesty International is concerned that she is at high risk of torture or other ill-treatment.