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 27, 2013United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: DUBAI COURT GIVES DEATH SENTENCE
A housemaid who stabbed a co-worker to death with a kitchen knife in an unexplained
- JANUARY 1, 2013EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
Aggravated murder and crimes against the State or humanity are capital crimes.
Aggravated murder and crimes against the State or humanity are capital crimes.
MAY 29, 2012United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: FIRING SQUAD FOR MAID WHO KILLED MOTHER AND TODDLER
A maid who killed her employer and the woman's two-year-old child will face a firing squad
JANUARY 27, 2012EthiopiaDEATH PENALTYETHIOPIA: DEATH PENALTY FOR BLOGGER, PRISON FOR JOURNALISTS
A U.S.-based journalist convicted on politicized terrorism charges in Ethiopia was
- JANUARY 1, 2012EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
Aggravated murder and crimes against the State or humanity are capital crimes.
Aggravated murder and crimes against the State or humanity are capital crimes.
- AUGUST 4, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: RAS AL KHAIMAH KILLER HOUSEMAID TO BE EXECUTED
a criminal court in Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates sentenced Ethiopian housemaid S. Burhanu, 23, to death for robbing and murdering her Moroccan employer, 35, and her three-year-old daughter in August 2010 after an argument.
- JUNE 1, 2011EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
ETHIOPIA PARDONS 23 TOP DERG OFFICIALS
Ethiopian government commuted the death sentences of 23 former Derg regime high ranking officials for committing genocide to life time imprisonment.
- JANUARY 1, 2011EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
Aggravated murder and crimes against the State or humanity are capital crimes.
Aggravated murder and crimes against the State or humanity are capital crimes.
- NOVEMBER 12, 2010EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
ETHIOPIAN COURT SENTENCES ONE TO CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
the Ethopian Federal Supreme Court sentenced Melaku Tefera to death for plotting to dismantle the constitution and the constitutional order.
JUNE 16, 2010EthiopiaDEATH PENALTYETHIOPIA: OFFICIAL GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR SUPPORTING REBELS
the Ethiopian Federal High Court sentenced former regional official Jemua
- MAY 28, 2010EritreaDEATH PENALTY
ETHOPIAN COURT SENTENCES ERITREAN TO DEATH
Shimondi Abrha, an Eritrean national and member of the Eriterean intelligence...
- MAY 20, 2010EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
ETHIOPIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR PRE-POLL GRENADE
the Oromia Supreme Court in Ethiopia court sentenced Tadesse Haile to death for throwing hand grenades into a packed stadium in Adaba Town of Western Arssi Zone on May 6 during a political rally that killed two people, state media said.