By Paul O’Keeffe Global Research Detention under spurious charges in Ethiopia is nothing new. With the second highest rate of imprisoned journalists in Africa[1] and arbitrary detention for anyone who openly objects to the Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) regime’s despotic iron fist, the Western backed government in Addis Ababa is a dab hand
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By Larry Kilman Secretary General WAN-IFRA | Paris, France Jailed Ethiopian journalist Eskinder Nega has been awarded the 2014 Golden Pen of Freedom, the annual press freedom prize of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA). The award was presented Monday in Turin, Italy, during the opening ceremonies of the 66th World Newspaper Congress, 21st World
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By Alemayehu G. Mariam Who is afraid of Eskinder Nega, Reeyout Alemu, Woubshet Taye, Zone Nine bloggers…? The “dean” of independent Ethiopian journalists and blogger extraordinaire, Eskinder Nega, is serving an 18 year sentence for blogging. The late Meles Zenawi personally ordered Eskinder’s arrest and even determined his sentence. Meles Zenawi feared and hated Eskinder Nega
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CPJ The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the detention of a journalist without charge since Monday and calls on Ethiopian authorities to release him immediately. An Ethiopian court on Tuesday extended by 14 days the pre-trial detention of Elias Gebru, according to a statement from the CPJ on Wednesday. “The detention without charge of Elias
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By Alemayehu G Mariam On May 2, 2014, BBC reportedthat the security forces of the regime in Ethiopia had massacred at least 47 university and high school students in the town of Ambo 80 miles west of the capital Addis Ababa. The regime dismissed the massacre and tried to sweep it under the rug claiming that a
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Fanabc በጥላሁን ካሳ አዲስ አበባ ፣ ግንቦት 16 ፣ 2006 (ኤፍ.ቢ.ሲ.) የኢትዮጵያ ፌደራላዊ ዴሞክራሲያዊ አንድነት መድረክ ፓርቲ ዛሬ በአዲስ አበባ የጠራው የተቃውሞ ሰልፍ ተካሄደ። የፓርቲው አባላትና ደጋፊዎች መነሻቸውን ግንፍሌ ወንዝ ድልድይ ቅዱስ ማቲዎስ አንግሊካን ቤተክርስቲያን አድርገው ፥ በህንድ ኤምባሲ በመታጠፍ አቧሬ አደባባይን ፣ አድዋ ድልድይን በማቋረጥ ማጠቃለያቸውን የካ ክፍለ ከተማ ወረዳ 08 በተለምዶ ታቦት ማደሪያ
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Counterpunch by GRAHAM PEEBLES There are tentative signs that the people of Ethiopia are beginning to organise themselves and stand up against the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) government, a brutal dictatorship, albeit one dressed in democratic western garb. After 23 years of suppression at the hands of the EPRDF, simmering discontent and anger
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In what appears to be one of a collection of measures to silence the press ahead of 2015 elections, Ethiopian authorities in the Communications Ministry are preparing a new system to control the distribution of print media. Privately owned newspapers and magazines, possibly the only remaining independent news sources in the country, would face more
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By Paul O’Keeffe The Guardian Western backers of the Ethiopian education system should not ignore reports of violent clashes on university campuses Oromia, Ethiopia, where at least three dozen people were reportedly shot dead by security forces during student protests/ Paul O’Keeffe Over the past 15 years, Ethiopia has become home to one of the
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Detained Journalists and Bloggers in Ethiopia Must be Charged or Released, says IFJ IFJ Zone9 bloggers Three journalists and six bloggers behind bars in EthiopiaThe International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) on Tuesday severely criticised authorities in Ethiopia following the decision by a court to grant police nearly one more month to conduct investigations against the
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