HUMAN RIGHTS IN ETHIOPIA.

SEC. 1221. HUMAN RIGHTS IN ETHIOPIA. (a) Findings.— The Congress finds that— (1) the Government of Ethiopia has systematically violated the internationally recognized human rights of its citizens; (2) the Government of Ethiopia holds large numbers of political prisoners and regularly detains without trial many other political opponents of the government; (3) the Government of Ethiopia engages in torture and ill-treatment of political prisoners; (4) reliable reports indicate that many political opponents of the Government of Ethiopia “disappear’ and that approximately sixty political prisoners were executed in October 1985 without benefit of trial; and (5) over one million Ethiopians have fled the country. (b) Sense of Congress.— The Congress expresses its outrage at the human rights abuses specified in subsection (a), pledges to continually speak out against all governments which commit such abuses, and urges the Government of Ethiopia to respect the internationally recognized human rights of its citizens.