Category: Politics

EprdF authorities finally charge nine journalists with terrorism

CPJ Nairobi, July 17, 2014–An Ethiopian court charged nine Ethiopian journalists arrested in April with inciting violence and terrorism, according to local journalists and news reports. The nine arrested include six bloggers from an independent collective called Zone 9, which publishes critical news and commentary. “Expressing critical views is not a terrorist act. Once again, the Ethiopian government is

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Ethiopian bloggers challenge detention

AFP Addis Ababa – The lawyer for a group of detained Ethiopian bloggers and reporters said on Thursday he was filing a civil suit against the country’s police for holding them without charge for nearly three months. The six members of the blogging collective Zone Nine and three journalists were arrested in April and accused

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CPJ condemns closed court hearings for nine Ethiopian journalists

CPJ Nairobi, July 14, 2014–The Ethiopian government should end its politicized prosecution of nine Ethiopian journalists arrested in April. The journalists and their lawyers were shut out of court room hearings in recent days. In hearings at the Arada First Instance Court in the capital Addis Ababa on Saturday and Monday, police said that they

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Hague UK’S foreign secretary quits

BBC William Hague MP Newsnight’s Allegra Stratton looks back at William Hague’s political career William Hague has stood down as foreign secretary and will stay in the cabinet as Leader of the Commons, Downing Street has said. Mr Hague is to leave Parliament at the 2015 general election after 26 years as MP for Richmond,

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HRW: UK Aid Should Respect Rights

HRW Ruling Permits Review of Development Agency’s Compliance (London) – A UK High Court ruling allowing judicial review of the UK aid agency’s compliance with its own human rights policies in Ethiopia is an important step toward greater accountability in development assistance. In its decision of July 14, 2014, the High Court ruled that allegations that the

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Zone9 bloggers are expected to be brought before judge in the early hours of Saturday

Trialtrackerblog.org Six of the detained bloggers among which three are freelance journalists are expected to be brought at Arada first instance court on which they have appeared five times without meaningful ‘charge’. All of the detainees were allowed to have a limited access to visitors earlier this week. The detainees reported to their visitors that

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22 Ethiopia state journalists dismissed, in hiding

By Tom Rhodes CPJ East Africa Representative People demonstrate in Addis Ababa on May 24 against security forces who shot at students at a peaceful rally weeks eearlier in Oromia state. (Reuters/Tiksa Negeri) “If they cannot indoctrinate you into their thinking, they fire you,” said one former staff member of the state-run Oromia Radio and Television

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Hailemariam defends Andargachew Tsege arrest

BBC Ethiopian leader Hailemariam Desalegn: “If you have any connection with terrorists don’t think that the Ethiopian government will let you [go] free” Ethiopia had a moral obligation to arrest the opposition leader who was controversially extradited from Yemen last month, Ethiopian leader Hailemariam Desalegn has told the BBC. “Andargachew Tsege is a Trojan horse

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Ethiopia: End the onslaught on dissent as arrests continue: Amnesty International

Amnesty International The Ethiopian authorities are using a repressive Anti-Terror law as a pretext to crush dissent. The Ethiopian authorities must halt their continuing onslaught on dissent, Amnesty International said today, after the arrest of four more opposition party members this week, who are believed to be at risk of torture or other ill-treatment. All

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Justice and politics in Ethiopia Snatched

By W.G. The Economist ADDIS ABABA-ANDARGACHEW TSIGE, an exiled Ethiopian opposition leader with British nationality, could be facing the death penalty after apparently being arrested and sent back to his country of origin while on a trip to the Gulf. While transiting in Yemen on June 23rd, during a journey from Dubai to Eritrea, Andargachew

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