ETHIOPIA: UNIVERSITY STUDENTS DEFY BAN ON PUBLIC MEETINGS AND DEMONSTRATE AGAINST MILITARY RULE.

Record ID: 566312

  • Title: ETHIOPIA: UNIVERSITY STUDENTS DEFY BAN ON PUBLIC MEETINGS AND DEMONSTRATE AGAINST MILITARY RULE.
  • Date: 17th September 1974
  • Summary: 1. GV PAN Students running into university. 0.11 2. SV PAN FROM University sign TO more students running. (2 shots) 0.18 3. GV AND GV PAN Students listening to speaker. (2 shots) 0.26 4. SV AND GV PAN Students leaving university chanting. (2 shots) 0.38 5. SEMI CU AND SV Soldiers with guns. (3 shots) 0.48 6. SV PAN Soldiers dispersing students. 0.51 7. GV Students going back into university. 0.58 8. GV Water cannon shooting at students. 1.05 9. SV Soldiers moving forward. 1.10 10. SV Troops with machine guns outside university. 1.15 11. GV ZOOM OUT Student leader talks to students. (2 shots) 1.26 12. SV ZOOM OUT Military man speaking to students. 1.34 13. SV PAN FROM Students listening TO army officer listening. 1.38 14. SV AND GV Studentslistening to speech. (2 shots) 1.47 Initials VS 0.38 VS 0.55 Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 2nd October 1974 13:00
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  • Location: ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA
  • Country: Ethiopia
  • Reuters ID: LVAENJSQJ7QKG06BEMGBS10G3DS6
  • Story Text: Ethiopia's military rulers, who deposed Emperor Haile Selassie last Thursday (12 September); faced their first major problem on Monday (16 September).

    Openly defying a ban on demonstrations imposed by the military council, some 2,000 students from Addis Ababa University staged a sit-down protest in the road outside the main campus. They shouted slogans such as "Down with military rule" and "We want a People's Government" at soldiers facing them with machine guns and water cannon.

    There were no direct clashes between the army and students. But the demonstration was broken up by army-operated water cannon.

    Later, over 3,000 students assembled at the university football field and heard demands from student leaders to reject peace overtures by the armed forces. These, however, were outvoted by the majority, who agreed to receive a delegation from the new military regime and to state their grievances peaceably.

    The regime also faces opposition from teachers and trades unions. Coupled with the student unrest this presents a formidable consideration in a country where 90 per cent of the 26 million inhabitants are illiterate.
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