Court Day Of Zone9 Bloggers And Journos – Amharic

የጋዜጠኞቹ እና ብሎገሮቹ የፍርድ ቤት ውሎ – By Addis Gudaye “የሥነልቡና ጫና ደርሶብኛል” ጋዜጠኛ አስማማው ኃ/ጊዮርጊስ “ከሌሊቱ 8 ሰዓት እየተወሰድኩ ድብደባ፣ ማስፈራራት እና ወከባ ተፈጽሞብኛል” አጥናፍ ብርሃኔ “ለምርመራ የምጠቀምበት አንድ ኮምፒውተር ነው ያለኝ፤ ጊዜ ይሰጠኝ” ፖሊስ ቅዳሜ ግንቦት 9፣ 2006 በቀጠሯቸው መሠረት አራዳ ምድብ ችሎት የቀረቡት 3 ጋዜጠኞች እና 3 ብሎገሮች ነበሩ፡፡ ፖሊስ የተጠርጣሪዎቹን ጉዳዩ

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Being accused of crimes after facing gang-rape in Sudan      

Kimberly M. Brown for Equality Now – WNN Justice commentary Ethiopian migrant woman in Sudan suffer injustice through marginalization, denial of court procedures and police protection. Image: Albert-González-Farran/UNphoto (WNN/EN) Nairobi, KENYA, EASTERN AFRICA:  Last August, while house hunting in Omdurman, Sudan, a 19-year-old pregnant and divorced Ethiopian woman was lured to an empty property and

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Subcommittee Plans To Hold A Hearing, Likely To Introduce Additional Legislation On Aid

Washington Update By Mesfin Mekonen Human rights demonstration. Ethiopian-Americans held a protest meeting in front of the U.S. State Department headquarters building on May 7 in advance of Secretary Kerry’s visit to Addis Ababa. They demanded that Secretary Kerry seek the release of political prisoners, and communicate U.S. support for human rights and press freedom.

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Hailemariam Desalegn at odds with TPLF on Oromo protests

Somaliland press May 14, 2014 Hailemariam (L) Debretsion (R) Debretsion is reportedly calling the shots from behind the scene. Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn is once again at odds with the powerful TPLF branch of EPRDF ruling party, according to sources connected to his adminstration. This time the dispute is on government response to Oromo

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British-Bahraini Activist Hails ‘Damning’ Verdict on HMRC over Spyware Export

By Gianluca Mezzofiore, IB Times May 14, 2014 Dr Ala Shahabi A British citizen at the forefront of the Bahraini 2011 uprising who was allegedly targeted by spy technology from a UK-based company has urged the British government to be held accountable for alleged violation of export laws. In a case that highlights the danger

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15-year-old Kuwaiti boy arrested for torturing and killing Ethiopian maid

Emirates 247 A 15-year-old Kuwaiti boy used a large stick to torture his Ethiopian housemaid to death before he was arrested by the police, a newspaper reported on Monday. The boy’s mother had told police the maid had been beaten up by unknown assailants during her weekend but her claims were not convincing, Al Watan

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15-year jail for woman who tortured maid to death

Gulf News Dubai: An Emirati housewife lost her legal battle on Monday after Dubai’s highest court confirmed that she will spend 15 years in prison for beating and torturing her maid to death. The Dubai Cassation Court rejected the appeal of the 46-year-old housewife, R.M., for a reduced punishment and confirmed her 15-year imprisonment. R.M.

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Join the #FreeZone9Bloggers Tweetathon on May 14

Global Voices Written by Ellery Roberts Biddle Join Nigerian bloggers Blossom Nnodim (@blcompere) and Nwachukwu Egbunike (@feathersproject), along with Global Voices editor Ndesanjo Macha (@ndesanjo) from Tanzania for an Africa-wide tweetathon in support of the nine bloggers and journalists arrested in late April and currently being detained in Ethiopia. The Global Voices community and our network of friends

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Many dead after Libyan boat capsizes

BBC May 11, 2014 Libyan authorities have been searching beaches near the Garabouli area for bodies At least 36 migrants drowned when their boat sank off the Libyan coast earlier this week, officials said, following the recovery of more bodies on Sunday. The navy said it rescued 52 people when the boat sank on Tuesday,

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