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
- JANUARY 1, 2002EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
Aggravated murder and crimes against the State or humanity...
Aggravated murder and crimes against the State or humanity are capital crimes
- DECEMBER 1, 2001EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
The execution of ethnic Borenas in Oromiya Regional...
The execution of ethnic Borenas in Oromiya Regional State [central Ethiopia] resumed after a short lull
- NOVEMBER 27, 2001EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
About 100 ethnic Oromos were executed at the beginning...
About 100 ethnic Oromos were executed at the beginning of November after being detained by EPRDF [Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, ruling coalition] armed forces
- AUGUST 28, 2001EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
Demonstrators in the capital city Addis Ababa requested...
Demonstrators in the capital city Addis Ababa requested the government to impose capital punishment against crimes involving rape, assault and sexual harassment
- MAY 11, 2001EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
Girma Wakjirra, Ethiopia's chief special prosecutor...
Girma Wakjirra, Ethiopia's chief special prosecutor for the reign of terror campaign that took place in the country between 1977-78, told parliament the courts had passed verdicts on 1,181 of the 6,180 genocide cases since the trials started in 1994
- MARCH 17, 2001EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
The Sixth Criminal Bench of the Federal High Court...
The Sixth Criminal Bench of the Federal High Court sentenced a genocide convict to death Kefelegn Alemu, who received the death penalty in absentia, for ordering, coordinating and participating in the execution of 101 people
- JANUARY 1, 2001EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
Aggravated murder and crimes against the State or humanity...
Aggravated murder and crimes against the State or humanity are capital crimes
- DECEMBER 25, 2000EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
Yeshiwork Desta Zewdu, a 20 years old Ethiopia woman...
Yeshiwork Desta Zewdu, a 20 years old Ethiopia woman was sentenced to death by a Bahraini court in November after she was found guilty of killing her Filipino employer in 1998
- OCTOBER 4, 2000EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
Dawit Yohanes, the Speaker of the House of People's...
Dawit Yohanes, the Speaker of the House of People's Representatives called upon the international community to condemn the atrocities being committed against Ethiopian civilians by the Eritrean government at a "regional seminar of experts on the preventio
- APRIL 23, 2000EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
An Ethiopian man was executed in Saudi Arabia after...
An Ethiopian man was executed in Saudi Arabia after he was convicted of stabbing a Sudanese man to death while the victim was sleeping
- MARCH 16, 2000EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
The Italian Charge d'Affaires, Renato Cianfarani said...
The Italian Charge d'Affaires, Renato Cianfarani said Italy was offering sanctuary to three former Derg officials at the Italian Embassy "solely on humanitarian grounds," and that Italy would hand them over if Ethiopia pledged the ex-officials would not f
- FEBRUARY 13, 2000EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
Two peasants were killed in fresh attacks by the weyane...
Two peasants were killed in fresh attacks by the weyane (Ethiopian government) against the Hadiya people in the southwestern part of the country