Daily Archives: February 23, 2012

Survival uncovers shocking human rights abuses in Ethiopia

, February 23nd, 2012
 Survival has uncovered shocking new evidence of human rights abuses against tribes in Ethiopia’s Omo Valley, as government efforts to develop lucrative sugar cane plantations in the region intensify.
Exclusive picture of a bulldozer clearing a road to sugar plantations.Exclusive picture of a bulldozer clearing a road to sugar plantations. © Survival

Bulldozers are flattening land near a UNESCO World Heritage Site, destroying villages and forcing local communities to give up their pastoral way of life. Read the rest of this entry

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