Ethiopia
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- federal republic
- CONSTITUTION
- August 22, 1995
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on civil law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, Federation Council and House of Representatives
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Federal Supreme Court
RELIGIONS
60.8% Christians, 32.8% Muslims, 4.6% traditional, 1.8% other
From the country
MARCH 11, 2025EthiopiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA: MINISTRY PROVIDES LEGAL AID FOR INDONESIAN ON DEATH ROW IN ETHIOPIA
The Indonesian Foreign Ministry has vowed to provide legal aid to Linda Yuliana, an Indonesian citizen facing the death penalty in Ethiopia after being convicted in a drug smuggling case.
DECEMBER 9, 2024EthiopiaDEATH PENALTYETHIOPIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MAN IN TIGRAY OVER KIDNAPPING AND KILLING OF 16-YEAR-OLD GIRL
One man has been sentenced to death in the Tigray region, Ethiopia, for the kidnapping and killing of a girl, Borkena News reported on December 5, 2024.
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2024EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
ETHIOPIA PARDONS 178 DEFENSE FORCE MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Ethiopia’s Defense Force announced on September 10, 2024 that it has pardoned 178 ethnic Tigrayan members of the Ethiopian Defense Force, who were sentenced to death by court martial in connection with the November 2020 attack on the Northern Command in t
DECEMBER 13, 2022EthiopiaDEATH PENALTYETHIOPIA: FEDERAL POLICE OFFICER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF SOMALI REGION MP
An Ethiopian federal police officer was sentenced to death on 12 December 2022 by a military court in Jigjiga for the shooting death of Somali region MP Juweria Subcis in late October.
JUNE 13, 2021EthiopiaDEATH PENALTYETHIOPIA: BOY PUBLICLY EXECUTED IN OROMIA
Ethiopian government forces summarily executed a 17-year-old boy in Ethiopia’s Oromia region in broad daylight, Human Rights Watch said on 10 June 2021.
APRIL 6, 2021EthiopiaDEATH PENALTYETHIOPIA: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY AFTER KILLING THREE PEOPLE
A court in Oromia Regional state has ruled a capital punishment for a man convicted of killing a man in the region’s Ilu Ababor Zone, the State-Run Broadcaster reported on 4 April 2021.
FEBRUARY 17, 2020EthiopiaDEATH PENALTYETHIOPIA: HUMAN TRAFFICKER SENTENCED TO DEATH
A Higher court in East Harar, South-Eastern part of Ethiopia, sentenced a suspected human trafficker, who is said to be responsible for the death of five women, to death, Borkena.com reported on 17 February 2020.
- JANUARY 1, 2020EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
In 2017, Ethiopia became de facto abolitionist, after 10 consecutive year without executions.
In 2017, Ethiopia became de facto abolitionist, after 10 consecutive year without executions.
JANUARY 24, 2019EthiopiaDEATH PENALTYETHIOPIA: ABIY PARDONS 13,000 ACCUSED OF TREASON OR TERRORISM
Ethiopia has pardoned more than 13,000 people in the past six months who had been charged with or convicted of treason or terrorism, state-affiliated media said on 22 January 2019.
- JANUARY 1, 2019EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
In 2017, Ethiopia became de facto abolitionist, after 10 consecutive year without executions.
In 2017, Ethiopia became de facto abolitionist, after 10 consecutive year without executions.
- DECEMBER 7, 2018EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
HANDS OFF CAIN'S MISSION TO ETHIOPIA
- JUNE 15, 2018EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
ETHIOPIA PARDONS HUNDREDS SENTENCED ON 'TERRORISM' CHARGES
The government of Ethiopia has said it will release more than 304 prisoners, including 289 convicted on "terrorism" charges, according to state media.