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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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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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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Of Elections and Diapers in Ethiopia in 2015

By Alemayehu G. Mariam The 2010 European Union Election Observation Mission Ethiopia made the understatement of the decade when it observed, “The electoral process fell short of certain international commitments, Whether the people of Ethiopia are better off in 2014 than they were in 2010 or in 2005 is the sole question that should be

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ETHIOPIA Government quietly disintegrating

Indian Ocean Newsletter The general election looming ahead in 2015 is already casting a shadow over the Ethiopian government, whose sole uniting bond would seem to be its praise for the memory of its late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. His portraits are on all the walls in Addis Ababa, which was not the case when

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ETHIOPIA Government quietly disintegrating

Indian Ocean Newsletter  The general election looming ahead in 2015 is already casting a shadow over the Ethiopian government, whose sole uniting bond would seem to be its praise for the memory of its late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi.  His portraits are on all the walls in Addis Ababa, which was not the case when

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Damn If You Do! Damn If You Don’t! 

The Ethiopian university students’ unrest and massacre  By Andualem Tefera, Editor, Eskemeche  May 10, 2014 We all should condemn the unbridled use of force by TPLF in Ambo and everywhere in Ethiopia. The way it dealt with these innocent university

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Abebe Gellaw’s letter to Obama

President Barack Obama 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20500 May 8, 2014 Dear Mr. President, It is a great honor and privilege for me to attend this unique reception organized in your honor at the Fairmont Hotel, San Jose.

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