Ethiopia: Suri Jailed For Opposing Malaysian Plantation Escape, Some Killed

Ethiopia: Suri Jailed For Opposing Malaysian Plantation Escape, Some Killed   News from the Suri area, South Omo, Ethiopia:   The government has put many Suri and Baale in prison in Geba, Maji and Mizan Teferi. The government says they are being jailed for crimes committed in the past. It is clear to everyone in the area, however, that the arrests are a show of force, done to intimidate the Suri into not opposing the Malaysian company’s industrial plantation.   “This threat to the Suri is...

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