Netsanet Belay

Netsanet, an Ethiopian national, is the Africa Director for Research and Advocacy at Amnesty International. Prior to this role, Netsanet was Director of the Policy and Research at CIVICUS World Alliance for Citizen’s Participation in Johannesburg, South Africa. He has more than 10 years of experience in promoting and defending human rights at the national, regional and global levels, and is a trained human rights lawyer. Netsanet spent over two years in prison in Ethiopia as a ‘Prisoner of Conscience’ for his role in leading human rights activism in the country.