Why don’t the ambassadors also talk about the tens of thousands of political prisoners still in jail?
Addis Ababa (ENA) – Ambassadors to Ethiopia of five countries have commended the Ethiopian government’s Woyanne’s measures to have pardoned 18,000 prisoners.
The ambassadors representing France, Canada, New Zealand, Finland and Spain on Friday attended a graduation ceremony of 40 inmates in Oromia who received technical and vocational training from the training center of the State’s prisons administration. Amenities constructed by the Institution were also inaugurated.
The Ambassadors on the occasion said the measures the Ethiopian government has taken in connection with the new millennium to have pardoned the stated number of prisoners were laudable.
The Adama Model Prison house on the occasion inaugurated lounges, meeting halls, dormitories for women inmates and other amenities it constructed with an outlay of nearly two million Birr.
Meanwhile, Justice for All Prison Fellowship, an NGO, has announced activities it launched with an outlay of 20 million Birr to help improve human rights handling of inmates and enhances good governance.
Ethiopian Human Rights Commissioner Ambassador Kassa Gebrehiwot on the occasion said the Oromia State Government was carrying out promising activities in improving amenities at prison houses to ensure that inmates are handled humanely.
The Oromia Prisons Administration has announced plan to offer computer aided training to 140 more inmates. Similar training had been given to 63 inmates.
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ENA is a Woyanne-controlled news agency.