“I’m still scared that I might go back to prison” says journalist Tesfalem Waldyes BBC: It’s never an easy decision: Should I interview someone who wants to talk in public, but who knows that a word out of line could mean arrest and imprisonment? I’ve wrestled with the issue before in Myanmar, also known as
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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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By William Davison, Guardian After more than a year of imprisonment, two Ethiopian women had no idea they were about to be released until a prison loudspeaker informed them they were free to go. “They were kind of stunned. Can you imagine what kind of emotion? They didn’t believe it at first – they thought
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The crackdown on Muslim activists is part of Addis Ababa’s crusade against independent voices and opposition leaders By Awol Allo On July 6, Ethiopia’s Federal High Court convicted leaders of the Ethiopian Muslims protest movement on charges of terrorism and conspiracy to create an Islamic state in Ethiopia. The verdict — against two Muslim journalists,
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Addis Ababa – Charges against five bloggers and journalists held in Ethiopia for over a year were dropped Wednesday, weeks before President Barack Obama is due to visit the country. Five others also arrested in April 2014 remain in jail, accused of planning terrorist attacks and collaborating with US-based opposition group Ginbot 7, labelled by
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In response to Ethiopia’s release today of three members of the Zone 9 bloggers and journalists from prison, Freedom House issued the following statement: “We welcome the release of three of the nine journalists and bloggers– Tesfalem Waldeyes, Asmamaw Hailegiorgis, and Zelalem Kibret,” said Vukasin Petrovic, director of Africa programs. ‘They were imprisoned for exercising
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In response to Ethiopia’s release today of three members of the Zone 9 bloggers and journalists from prison, Freedom House issued the following statement: “We welcome the release of three of the nine journalists and bloggers– Tesfalem Waldeyes, Asmamaw Hailegiorgis, and Zelalem Kibret,” said Vukasin Petrovic, director of Africa programs. ‘They were imprisoned for exercising
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Perhaps no massive hack of a private company has been met with such glee on Twitter as the one that occurred early Monday morning. A notoriously unethical Internet security firm called “Hacking Team” itself became the target of a hacker, resulting in an outpouring of LOLz from those who enjoy a healthy dose of schadenfreude,
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Near the White House on Friday, Serkalem Selassie and her 9-year-old son, Nafkot, protested President Obama’s upcoming trip to Ethiopia. As a journalist in her homeland, she was jailed, and Nafkot was born while she was in prison. She has political asylum now. (Evelyn Hockstein/For The Washington Post) By Pamela Constable When Barack Obama entered
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Addis Ababa (AFP) – Ethiopia’s ruling party and its allies achieved a clean sweep in last month’s general election, winning all 546 parliamentary seats, the final results showed Monday. The Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) of Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn scored a landslide victory, stripping the opposition of the one seat it had held
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