text: [{"text_idx": "#000002", "text": "Deaths and detentions in Ethiopia as protests flare"}, {"text_idx": "#000003", "text": "Six people have been reported killed in the country\u2019s Gondar region, and dozens detained during a rally in Addis Ababa."}, {"text_idx": "#000004", "text": "Saturday\u2019s rally was the first rally to be held in Addis Ababa after a series of Oromo and Amhara protests elsewhere [Reuters]"}, {"text_idx": "#000005", "text": "At least six people have been reported killed over two days of protests in Ethiopia while dozens were arrested in the capital, Addis Ababa."}, {"text_idx": "#000006", "text": "Sources told Al Jazeera that four people were reported killed on Saturday in the northern Gondar region, in addition to two people killed in the area on Friday. Located 700km north of Addis Ababa, Gondar is a region dominated by the ethnic Amharas."}, {"text_idx": "#000007", "text": "Ethiopian authorities would not confirm the death toll."}, {"text_idx": "#000008", "text": "The reported deaths come as dozens of ethnic Oromo protesters were arrested in Addis Ababa on Saturday."}, {"text_idx": "#000009", "text": "At least 500 Oromo people \u2013 protesting against alleged economic inequality and discrimination \u2013 gathered amid a heavy police presence on the capital\u2019s main Meskel Square."}, {"text_idx": "#000010", "text": "The protesters, who shouted slogans such as \u201cwe want our freedom\u201d and \u201cfree our political prisoners\u201d, were dispersed by police using batons. Dozens were arrested."}, {"text_idx": "#000012", "text": "A Reuters news agency video of the confrontation showed unarmed protesters being beaten and kicked by police officers, as protesters ran to evade arrest."}, {"text_idx": "#000014", "text": "The rally was organised by opposition groups from the Oromo, Ethiopia\u2019s biggest ethnic group, who have held protests for months against what they say is government discrimination. They have been joined recently by ethnic Amharas, and protests have been reported in other parts of the country."}, {"text_idx": "#000015", "text": "The Oromo and Amhara together make up some 80 percent of Ethiopia\u2019s population and claim they suffer discrimination in favour of ethnic Tigrayans, who they say occupy the key jobs in the government and security forces."}, {"text_idx": "#000016", "text": "Ethiopian authorities told the AFP news agency that at least a dozen people have been killed in clashes with police over territorial disputes in recent weeks."}, {"text_idx": "#000017", "text": "Local people told AFP there had been rallies and clashes with police in the city of Ambo and Nemekte, in the Oromo region, as well as a calls for protests in Baher Dar in the Amhara region."}, {"text_idx": "#000020", "text": "Insurgent forces organized from home to abroad to terrorize the country were arrested"}, {"text_idx": "#000023", "text": "Witnesses say latest ethnic clashes in Ethiopia kill dozens"}]