The United States Department of State released its annual Human Rights Report on Ethiopia on Thursday. The report responds to the requirement by the United States Congress that the State Department report annually on human rights conditions in every country.

Trends, issues, and specific cases included in the report may originally stem from a variety of sources, but U.S. Government officials in the United States and in Ethiopia make every effort to examine and clarify such reports before including them in the Human Rights Report. In investigating these reports, American officials consulted a wide variety of sources, including representatives of the Government of Ethiopia, civil society organizations, the political opposition, and human rights experts.

An English copy of the Report is currently available: http://ethiopia.usembassy.gov/. An Amharic translation of the Report will be posted on this website in early-April.