Month: May 2017
- Africa
News: Ethiopia editor-in-chief sentenced for a year and half in prison, time he already served
Mahlet Fasil Addis Abeba, May 26/2017 – In what came as a big moment of relief to family and friends, despite it being a further blow to freedom of the press in Ethiopia, the federal high Court 19th criminal bench has this morning sentenced Journalist Getachew Shiferaw editor-in-chief of a local Amharic newspaper Negere-Ethiopia, established by the opposition Semayawi…
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Breaking News: Ethiopia court jails former opposition PR head to six years and six months for Facebook posts
Mahlet Fasil Addis Abeba – May 25, 2017 – The Federal High court fourth criminal bench has today sentenced Yonatan Tesfaye, social media activist and former public relations head of the opposition Blue Party to six years and three months in jail. In its ruling this morning, the court has partially accepted Yonatan’s three different appeals for minimum sentence.…
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Breaking News: Ethiopia court found former senior opposition figure Yonatan Tesfaye guilty of terrorism charges
Mahlet Fasil Addis Abeba, May 16, 2017 – The Federal High court fourth criminal bench has today passed a guilty verdict against Yonatan Tesfaye, former opposition Blue Party public relations head. Yonatan was first arrested in December 2015, barely a month after the first wave of a year-long #Oromoprotests erupted. He was held incommunicado during the pre-trial weeks and…
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News: High profile terrorism charge against senior OFC officials, others keeps dragging as court once again adjourned key verdict
Mahlet Fasil Addis Abeba, May 15, 2017 – The federal high court 4th criminal bench has once again adjourned to June 07 a key verdict on one of the high-profile terrorism charges in the file name of the first defendant Gurmesa Ayano et al. Included in this file are also high profile opposition party members Bekele Gerba and Dejene…
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Book Review: ‘Pharaoh: The Symbol of Dictators’: By Ahmedin Jebel
Original Title in Amharic: [ፈርዖን፡ የአምባገነኖች ተምሳሌት] Author: Ahmedin Jebel Published: Aug. 2015 Reviewed by Abadir M. Ibrahim, for Addis Standard Addis Abeba, May 12, 2017 – The author wrote the book during his time in prison, where he remains for over four and a half years at the time this review is published. While it is interesting to read…
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Commentary: The Chief Commissioner’s visit and its fallout
Merhatsidk Mekonnen Abayneh, For Addis Standard Bahir Dar, May 9, 2017 – Being one of the first 51 founding members of the United Nations, Ethiopia’s relation with the world body is as old as the latter’s formation way back in June 1945. In fact, it was one of the earliest ratifiers of the UN Charter which happened on November…
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