ADDIS ABABA (AFP) -- Ethiopia has criticized the Human Rights Watch over its report that the country's draft anti-terrorism law would violate human rights.

“HRW's so-called analysis is replete with harsh generalizations,” Ethiopia's Foreign Ministry said in a statement Friday.
“It cannot be considered a credible commentary on compatibility of the draft law with Ethiopia's human rights obligations.”
The U.S.-based watchdog on Tuesday said the law, currently before parliament, broadly defined terrorism, risked muzzling political speach and encouraging unfair trials.
The law presented by the government of President Meles Zenawi is to counter the activities of some separatist groups.
In recent months, Ethiopia's parliament has passed a series of laws tightening up on the activities of non-governmental organizations, associations and the local media, while most political opponents are in prison or living in exile.