Ethiopia’s Olympic marathon silver medallist Feyisa Lilesa crossed his hands above his head as he finished the race in Rio – bringing the world’s attention to a wave of protests in his home country.
It is an anti-government gesture used by protesters in the Oromia region.
Ethiopia’s government normally keeps a tight grip on the country and there has not been anything on this scale in the last 25 years.
here has not been a specific trigger and what we are seeing is an accumulation of years of frustration from ethnic groups who say they have been marginalised by the government.
Demonstrations began in Oromia last November. Protests have also sprung up more recently in the Amhara region.
Oromia and Amhara are the homelands of the country’s two biggest ethnic groups.
New York-based Human Rights Watch says that more than 400 people have been killed in clashes with the security forces in Oromia, although the government disputes this figure.
So what is behind this?
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Ethiopia’s Olympic marathon silver medallist Feyisa Lilesa crossed his hands above his head as he finished the race in Rio – bringing the world’s attention to a wave of protests in his home country.
\nIt is an anti-government gesture used by protesters in the Oromia region.
\nEthiopia’s government normally keeps a tight grip on the country and there has not been anything on this scale in the last 25 years.
\nhere has not been a specific trigger and what we are seeing is an accumulation of years of frustration from ethnic groups who say they have been marginalised by the government.
\nDemonstrations began in Oromia last November. Protests have also sprung up more recently in the Amhara region.
\nOromia and Amhara are the homelands of the country’s two biggest ethnic groups.
\nNew York-based Human Rights Watch says that more than 400 people have been killed in clashes with the security forces in Oromia, although the government disputes this figure.
\nSo what is behind this?<\/strong>
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