They speak of democracy, but act violently to suppress dissenting voices and control the people through the inculcation of fear: they ignore human rights and trample on the people, they are a tyrannical wolf in democratic sheep\u2019s clothing, causing suffering and misery to thousands of people throughout Ethiopia. The Ethiopian People\u2019s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) government repeatedly scoffs at international law and consistently acts in violation of their own Federal constitution \u2013 a liberal document written by the regime to please and deceive their foreign supporters. They have enacted laws of repression: the widely condemned Charities and Societies (ATD) law (CSO law) and the Anti Terrorism Declaration, which is the main tool of political control, together with
\nThe \u2018Mass Media and Freedom of Information Proclamation\u2019 they form a formidable unjust arsenal of government control. Freedom of the media (which is largely \u2018state-owned\u2019) is denied and political dissent is all but outlawed.<\/p>\n