The Middle East Monitor Ali Abdullah Saleh Former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has decided to flee to Ethiopia to escape a likely attack by armed Houthi militias, after the group directed many threats at him and besieged his home, a media source close to the presidential palace said. The news website Yemen Ethadi reported that “the
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The Independent By CHRIS GREEN The Government is using taxpayers’ money to train security forces in Ethiopia who are currently holding a British father of three on death row, The Independent has learnt. Andargachew “Andy” Tsege, from London, was seized at an airport in Yemen on 23 June and resurfaced in Ethiopian detention two weeks later, in what
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EU Human Rights Watch and Andargachew Tsige http://youtu.be/BwEHQSso51M
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International Federation of Journalists The Federation of African Journalists (FAJ) has today called on the government of Ethiopia to free all journalists in jail and to create the conditions for tens of journalists in exile to return home and work for their country’s development. “We are very concerned about persistent reports of press
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United Nations Human Rights GENEVA – A group of United Nations human rights experts* today urged the Government of Ethiopia to stop misusing anti-terrorism legislation to curb freedoms of expression and association in the country, amid reports that people continue to be detained arbitrarily. The experts’ call comes on the eve of the consideration by
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US Department of State The U.S. Department of State warns U.S. citizens of the risks of travel to Eritrea and strongly recommends U.S. citizens not travel to the country since there is increasing possibility U.S. citizens will not receive the requisite exit permit from Eritrean authorities. This replaces the Travel Warning for Eritrea of November
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Imprisoning, Killing, Spying Counterpunch By GRAHAM PEEBLES Wrapped in dishonesty, arrogance and paranoia, Ethiopia’s ruling regime is following a nationwide policy of violent suppression and constitutional vandalism. It was the 24th June – midsummer’s day – in the adopted homeland of Andargachew Tsige, when he was detained by ‘Yemeni officials’ (State heavies in suits) whilst
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VOA Marthe van der Wolf ADDIS ABABA—This month, Ethiopian officials shut down five magazines — the latest in a series of shutdowns — but the move got little attention from outside the country. The East African country is well known for suppressing the media, but some cases seem to get celebrity status while others are
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(ዘ-ሐበሻ) የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ አርበኞች ግንባር፣ ግንቦት 7 የፍትህ የነፃነትና የዲሞክራሲ ንቅናቄ እንዲሁም የአማራ ዲሞክራሲ ሃይሎች ንቅናቄ ወደ ውህደት የሚያደርሳቸውን ውይይት ሊጀምሩ መሆኑን ለዘ-ሐበሻ በላኩት መግለጫ አስታወቁ። “የወያኔውን ዕድሜ ለማሳጠር በአንድነት እንሰራለን” በሚል ድርጅቶቹ በጋራ ባወጡት መግለጫ “ኢትዮጵያንና ሕዝቧን ካሉባት አዘቅት በማውጣት ሕዝቡ የስልጣን ባለቤት የሚሆንበትን ሁኔታ ለማመቻቸት የጋራ ትግልና መስዋዕትነት የግድ የሚለን ድረጃ መድረሳችንን የወያኔውን
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CPJ By Tom Rhodes/CPJ East Africa Representative Five independent magazines and a weekly newspaper have been charged by Ethiopia’s Justice Ministry, a move that may add to the long lists of shuttered publications and Ethiopian journalists in exile. In a press release issued August 4, the ministry accused the journals of publishing false information, inciting violence, and
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