"They want a confession" : torture and ill-treatment in Ethiopia's Maekelawi police station /

"They want a confession" : torture and ill-treatment in Ethiopia's Maekelawi police station /

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Author / Creator:	Bader, Laetitia, author.
Imprint:	[New York, New York] : Human Rights Watch, ©2013.
Description:	70 pages ; 27 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Police brutality -- Ethiopia. Political prisoners -- Ethiopia. Police questioning -- Ethiopia. Torture -- Ethiopia. Police brutality. Police questioning. Political prisoners. Torture. Ethiopia.
Format:	E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9360177

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Varying Form of Title:	Ethiopia : "They want a confession" Torture and ill-treatment in Ethiopia's Maekelawi police station
Other authors / contributors:	Human Rights Watch (Organization), issuing body.
ISBN:	9781623130657 1623130654
Notes:	"October 2013." "This report was researched and written by Laetitia Bader, researcher in the Africa division."--Page 52. Includes bibliographical references. Also issued online.
Summary:	"The 70-page report documents serious human rights abuses, unlawful interrogation tactics, and poor detention conditions in Maekelawi since 2010. Those detained in Maekelawi include scores of opposition politicians, journalists, protest organizers, and alleged supporters of ethnic insurgencies. Human Rights Watch interviewed more than 35 former Maekelawi detainees and their relatives who described how officials had denied their basic needs, tortured, and otherwise mistreated them to extract information and confessions, and refused them access to legal counsel and their relatives."--Publisher's website.

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Summary:	"The 70-page report documents serious human rights abuses, unlawful interrogation tactics, and poor detention conditions in Maekelawi since 2010. Those detained in Maekelawi include scores of opposition politicians, journalists, protest organizers, and alleged supporters of ethnic insurgencies. Human Rights Watch interviewed more than 35 former Maekelawi detainees and their relatives who described how officials had denied their basic needs, tortured, and otherwise mistreated them to extract information and confessions, and refused them access to legal counsel and their relatives."--Publishers website.
Item Description:	"October 2013." "This report was researched and written by Laetitia Bader, researcher in the Africa division."--Page 52.
Physical Description:	70 pages ; 27 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9781623130657 1623130654