Police said in May that they had arrested 47 health workers for taking part in the nationwide strike, which has halted non-emergency services at public hospitals and teaching institutions.
“The Ethiopian authorities have resorted to repressive tactics instead of addressing healthcare workers’ concerns about their livelihoods and safety,“ said Laetitia Bader, HRW’s deputy Africa director, in a statement.
The association was suspended earlier this month for supporting the strike and HRW says health professionals have been subjected to “threats and intimidation”.
“I cannot even change my shoes,“ he said. “I cannot even properly feed my child.”
Ethiopia has Africa’s second-largest population with an estimated 130 million people. A third live below the World Bank’s poverty line of $2.15 per day.
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