Press Freedom
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Coalition of civil society, media associations warn proposed amendment to Ethiopia’s media law threatens regulatory independence
(Photo: HoPR) Addis Abeba– A coalition of 14 media association and civil society organizations expressed concern over the proposed amendment…
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More than a dozen diplomatic missions in Ethiopia call for release of journalists ‘unjustly detained for doing their jobs’
Addis Abeba – On World Press Freedom Day being observed today, a group of Western diplomatic missions including EU member…
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News: CPJ urges immediate release of journalist Bekalu Alamrew, protection of press freedom in Ethiopia
Addis Abeba – Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said Ethiopian authorities must immediately release journalist Bekalu Alamrew, founder and chief…
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News: Security forces detain two more journalists, media personalities arrested in last two weeks reaches at least six
Dawit Begashaw (Left) Tewodros Asfaw (Right) (Photos: Social Media) Addis Ababa – Journalist and political analyst Tewodros Asfaw, who is…
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News: Freedom House annual report labels Ethiopia ‘Not Free’, again
Addis Abeba – The annual report by the US-based Freedom House has once again labeled Ethiopia among countries that are…
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News: Police accuses Meskerem Abera of giving “shooting exercise” to informal groups, requests 13 more days to file charges
Meskerem Abera (Photo: Meskerem Abera/Facebook) Addis Abeba – Meskerem Abera, founder and owner of “Ethio Nikat“, a YouTube-based media, who…
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News: Journalists at TPLF owned Dimtsi Woyane media in Tigray resign en masse protesting lack of editorial freedom, bad leadership
Logo of Dimtsi Woyane Television and Radio (DW) (Picture: DW) By Mihret G Kristos @MercyG_kirstos Addis Abeba: Several journalists at the…
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News: Security forces detain two journalists amidst crackdown following ongoing Orthodox Church schism, ensuing unrest
From left: Tewodros Asfaw and Diacon Yosef Ketema. Photos: Social media. Collage: Addis Standard Addis Abeba – Following the ongoing…
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News: ONLF condemns “unacceptable violations of press freedom” after recent media ban in Somali Region
Addis Abeba – Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) has condemned what it described as “escalated suppression of media freedom in…
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News: Ethiopian Media Authority urges judicial bodies to refrain from obstructing investigative journalism
A picture showing the police carrying a team of journalists from FBC on a pickup has widely circulated on social…
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