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http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/08/10/ethiopia-video-shows-security-forces-beating-protesters.html
Updated: 10:53 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016 | Posted: 10:53 a.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016
Ethiopia video shows security forces beating protesters
Ethiopia video shows security forces beating protestersVideo obtained
by The Associated Press shows Ethiopian security forces beating,
kicking and dragging several protesters
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http://www.krmg.com/ap/ap/international/ethiopia-video-shows-security-forces-beating-prote/nsC8x/
The Associated Press
JOHANNESBURG —
Video obtained by The Associated Press shows Ethiopian security forces
beating, kicking and dragging several protesters in the capital over
the weekend.
The protesters were arrested Saturday after a rare demonstration in
Addis Ababa by hundreds of people calling for greater freedom in the
East African nation. Several dozen people were shot dead in
anti-government demonstrations across the country, opposition members
and Amnesty International have said.
The government blocked internet access over the weekend and blamed the
protests on "foreign-backed forces." Ethiopia, a close security ally
of the West, is often accused by rights groups of stifling dissent.
The video, which appears to be shot from an upper floor of a nearby
building, shows police pushing, pulling and dragging protesters one by
one from the street into a run-down compound and out of sight.
Police officers are shown beating people with sticks and batons even
after they fall to the ground. Some people are beaten after they have
walked into the compound. One man backs up against a wall as an
officer raises a stick. Another cowers against a wall as two officers
beat and strike him.
The footage was provided by the Oromia Media Network, a U.S.-based
opposition broadcasting outlet.
Copyright The Associated Press
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