Ethiopian runners begin new lives after fleeing to the United States

Athletes who suffered political persecution face an anxious wait to find out if their asylum claims are successful and they can resume their careers By Rick Maese The Guardian Genet Lire locked herself in a bathroom stall at Dulles International Airport and hid. The clock was ticking. If she was found, she would have to

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Just Out Of Jail, Ethiopian Leader Brings A Sharp Message To Obama

By Michelle Kelemen, NPR Just a few months ago, Bekele Gerba was languishing in a high security Ethiopian jail, hearing the cries of fellow prisoners being beaten and tortured. Now, the 54-year-old foreign language professor is in Washington, D.C., for meetings at the State Department. His message: The Obama administration should pay more attention to

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Yemeni Forces Arrest Ethiopian Migrants in Women’s Dress

An Ansarullah security official said on Friday that the country’s intelligence and popular forces have arrested a Saudi-linked group of Ethiopian men who attempted to sneak into the capital, Sana’a, in women’s clothing to carry out terrorist attacks. “The Yemeni intelligence forces alongside the popular committees identified and arrested a terrorist band affiliated to the

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Ethiopian Man survives flight to Sweden in plane hold

An asylum seeker has been discovered alive in the hold of a plane that landed at Stockholm’s Arlanda airport on Friday morning, after smuggling himself on to an Ethiopian Airlines flight from Addis Ababa. The stowaway was found after the plane landed in Sweden just before 7am. The flight time for journeys between Addis Ababa

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Saudi Arabia executes Ethiopians for murder

AFP: RIYADH: Saudi Arabia Wednesday put to death two Ethiopians and a Saudi convicted of murder, bringing the number of executions in the kingdom this year to 113. The Ethiopians, Argawi Aldo Heilan Meriam and Hadish Zel Alam, had been convicted of beating a fellow countryman to death and robbing him, the Interior Ministry said

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Saudi Arabia executes Ethiopians for murder

AFP: RIYADH: Saudi Arabia Wednesday put to death two Ethiopians and a Saudi convicted of murder, bringing the number of executions in the kingdom this year to 113. The Ethiopians, Argawi Aldo Heilan Meriam and Hadish Zel Alam, had been convicted of beating a fellow countryman to death and robbing him, the Interior Ministry said

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Obama urges Ethiopia to curb crackdowns on media, opposition

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — President Barack Obama urged Ethiopia’s leaders Monday to curb crackdowns on press freedom and political openness as he began a visit that human rights groups say legitimizes an oppressive government. “When all voices are being heard, when people know they are being included in the political process,

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Obama urges Ethiopia to curb crackdowns on media, opposition

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — President Barack Obama urged Ethiopia’s leaders Monday to curb crackdowns on press freedom and political openness as he began a visit that human rights groups say legitimizes an oppressive government. “When all voices are being heard, when people know they are being included in the political process,

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Lawsuit reveals extent of Ethiopian hacking amid Obama visit

By Jack Gillum | AP WASHINGTON — As President Barack Obama faces pressure to discuss human rights in his first official visit to Ethiopia this weekend, a unique lawsuit back home is challenging whether the African country can spy on an American by turning his computer into a giant recording device. The federal case alleges

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What it took for Ethiopia to lose access to hacking tools it used against journalists in the U.S.

By Andrea Peterson   Now we know what it takes to get your hacking tools taken away if you’re a repressive government. It’s not enough to get caught spying on U.S.-based journalists — or even to have the story plastered on the front page of a major U.S. newspaper. But if you get caught doing it

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