Daniel Bekele - Speech at the CIVICUS World Assembly
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Posted: Jul 11 08
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Ethiopia
Justice, Prisons
Every Human Has Rights
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This speech of Daniel Bekele was filmed by a fellow participant at the CIVICUS World Assembly, 18-21 June 2008, in Glasgow, Scotland.
The CIVICUS World Assembly is a forum for international civil society representatives to get together, exchange ideas, experiences and build strategies for a just world.
Daniel Bekele joined ActionAid Ethiopia as head of policy, research and advocacy in 2004. He had previously worked as a lawyer and practiced throughout the Ethiopian court system, playing an active role in the Ethiopian Bar Association and the Ethiopian Women Lawyers Association.
He worked on reform in the area of gender discriminatory law, human rights and women's rights education, defending women in difficult circumstances.
He was involved in the preparation of alternative draft legislation for the governance and regulation of NGOs in Ethiopia and has contributed to a wide range of international publications and research papers.
He graduated from Addis Ababa University with a law degree in 1989. In 2001, he obtained a Masters degree in Development Studies and two years later, as a Chevening Scholar at Oxford University in the UK, won a Master's degree in legal research. He is currently registered for a PhD in international law at Oxford.
In ActionAid, Daniel has worked on the Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) in Ethiopia. He was a member of the executive committee of an NGO network monitoring the contested parliamentary elections of 15 May 2005.
Daniel was arrested on November 1st 2005 and accused of outrage against the Constitution and the constitutional order.
On March 28th, 2008, Daniel Bekele was released from prison.
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