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English: Emblem of the Peoples' Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Date

8 September 2012, 20:29:41

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Author

TheSign 1998

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This image contains a symbol prohibited by law in some nations, owing to it being a representation of communism, socialism, or a similar governmental structure; or of an associated political party/organization:

Georgia's parliament: On Amending the Law of Georgia "Charter of Liberty", No. 1867, 2013
Indonesia's People's Consultative Assembly: UU No. 27/1999
Latvia's Saeima: Amendments to the Law on the Safety of Public Entertainment and Festivity Events (OP 2013/129.4). Ban only applies at public events.
Lithuania's Constitutional Court confirms Article 188¹⁸ of the Code of Administrative Offences. Collection, antiquarian trade and educational activities are exempt from the ban.
South Korea's National Security Act (prohibited for symbols or emblems related to North Korea)
Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada (article 436-1 of the Criminal code of Ukraine)

Imagery covered may include the hammer and sickle^en, red star, emblems/insignias, flags or images of leaders.

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	14:38, 20 July 2023	534 × 514 (203 KB)	NorthTension	changed lion to be gold, i'm honestly uncertain right now as to whether or not the lion had a colored mouth
	22:23, 19 July 2023	530 × 510 (199 KB)	McManDan	Reverted to version as of 18:53, 8 September 2012 (UTC) see Flag history
	01:37, 30 July 2021	534 × 514 (203 KB)	Ue3lman	extra 3 pixels
	22:59, 29 July 2021	531 × 511 (203 KB)	Ue3lman	added one pixel clearance to the border ; no other changes
	03:59, 22 July 2017	530 × 510 (207 KB)	Jarould	Reverted to version as of 23:10, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
	22:01, 16 July 2017	530 × 510 (199 KB)	Maximmmmmmmmmmm	Reverted to version as of 14:23, 16 July 2017 (UTC)
	14:23, 16 July 2017	530 × 510 (207 KB)	Maximmmmmmmmmmm	Reverted to version as of 23:10, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
	14:23, 16 July 2017	530 × 510 (199 KB)	Maximmmmmmmmmmm	Reverted to version as of 18:53, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
	23:10, 9 November 2012	530 × 510 (207 KB)	Trevor Goodchild	Changing colors to the official, lion redraw, many other changes.
	18:53, 8 September 2012	530 × 510 (199 KB)	Fry1989	minor fixes