Freedom of the press
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News: U.S. Congress set to vote on resolution supporting human rights in Ethiopia
Etenesh Abera Addis Abeba, April 10/2018 – Despite a strong objection from Ethiopia, the U.S. House of Representatives passed…
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Detention Memoir: Eleven detainees, eleven days. What really happened
From left, journalist Zelalem Workagegnehu, blogger and rights activist Mahlet Fatahun and blogger/journalist/rights activist Befeqadu Hailu as pictured next…
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Opinion: ‘Peace’ of the tormentor and resistance toward freedom
Alem Mamo, for Addis Standard Addis Abeba, January 11/2018 – Fostering peace is much more abstruse than waging war…
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News: Record number of jailed journalists for second year, CPJ census finds
Turkey, China, Egypt continue to top list New York, December 13, 2017 -For the second year in a row,…
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Interview: They were even terrified to hear that the title of my book included the name Maekelawi: Solomon Kebede
Solomon Kebede was detained by the government and charged with multiple terrorism charges when he was working as a managing…
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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…
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News: Ethiopia Supreme Court set free two members of zone9 bloggers, rules two others to defend criminal charges
Mahlet Fasil Addis Abeba, April 06, 2017 – Ethiopia’s Supreme Court has today passed its long-awaited verdict on prosecutor’s…
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News: Deprived of a day in court, detained Ethiopian journalists reach out to UN’s chief in a letter
Mahlet Fasil Addis Abeba, Feb. 02/2017 – Deprived of their day in a court of law, journalists Elias Gebru and…
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Opinion: Ahmed Abba is a victim of Cameroon’s war on terror
Peter Nkanga Cameroon has remained in a protracted battle with the Boko Haram Islamist militant sect since 2014 when the…
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