De Birhan.com May 9, 2014 San Jose, California–U.S. President Barack Obama has agreed with journalist Abebe Gellaw’s demand to support freedom in Ethiopia and help free bloggers, journalists and political prisoners jailed by the tyrannical regime. Abebe Gelaw did interrupt…
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AFP Addis Ababa (AFP) – Three Ethiopian bloggers appeared in court Thursday with two alleging they had been beaten while in detention, a case that has been condemned internationally as an assault on press freedom. The three are part of…
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MinnPost By Ibrahim Hirsi Members of Minnesota’s Oromo community plan to rally Friday in St. Paul and are calling for a hunger strike to mourn the deaths of student demonstrators gunned down last week by Ethiopian security forces in Addis Ababa.…
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De Birhan 7 May 2014 Journalist Tesfalem Waldeyes and Blogger Zelalem Kibret escored by armed police in Court today (picture Courtesy of Twitter updates) The closed trail of three of the six detained members of the bloggers’ collective, Zone 9…
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Anonymous May 7, 2014 This past week, we have witnessed one of the most heartbreaking incidents perpetrated on our people in Ambo and other areas of Oromia Region by the ruling junta. The TPLF-led brutal and repressive regime in Ethiopia…
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Anonymous May 7, 2014 This past week, we have witnessed one of the most heartbreaking incidents perpetrated on our people in Ambo and other areas of Oromia Region by the ruling junta. The TPLF-led brutal and repressive regime in Ethiopia…
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UN News Center The United Nations human rights chief today condemned the crackdown on journalists in Ethiopia and the increasing restrictions on freedom of opinion and expression in the Horn of Africa nation. The comments by High Commissioner for Human…
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Geneva (AFP) – UN human rights chief Navi Pillay on Friday condemned the arrest of nine bloggers and journalists in Ethiopia, warning that the country increasingly was muzzling freedom of expression under the guise of fighting terrorism. “I am deeply…
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By Admasu Belay May 3, 2014 For many years, we have always condemned ethnic politics. It is a fact that any form of tribal politics is divisive, undemocratic and opposes individual rights. However, we must also support people whose culture…
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By Admasu Belay May 3, 2014 For many years, we have always condemned ethnic politics. It is a fact that any form of tribal politics is divisive, undemocratic and opposes individual rights. However, we must also support people whose culture…
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