Ethiopians have no civil or political freedoms and no institutions or laws to protect their human rights * * *. Ethiopia is an extraordinarily brutal and repressive police state. Political opponents of the regime have been executed without trial. Most civil liberties. as clearly spelled out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. do not exist in Ethiopia. There is no freedom of speech or press. Assembly of any sort is strictly forbidden. Travel within Ethiopia and abroad is closely controlled. Emigration is highly restricted. More than a million Ethiopians have fled the country by walking across the border into surrounding countries. I will place both of these statements in the RECORD for the benefit of our readers.
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