Posts Tagged ‘CPJ’

Awramba Times Dawit Kebede joins Ethiopia’s exiled journalists

November 22 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopia, News, Politics, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , , ,

New York, — Dawit Kebede, managing editor of Awramba Times, one of Ethiopia’s two remaining independent Amharic-language newspapers offering critical analysis of local politics, announced today that he was forced to leave the country after he received a tip last week about alleged government plans to re-imprison him. Kebede also said that the paper was unlikely to continue publishing. Kebede, whom... Read more

Zenawi calls jailed Swedish journalists terror accomplices

October 12 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopia, News, Politics, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , ,

New York,–Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s public accusations on Monday against two imprisoned Swedish journalists compromise the presumption of their innocence and predetermine the outcome of their case, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. The journalists were arrested in Ethiopia in July and charged with terrorism for associating with armed separatists. In July, Johan Persson and Martin Schibbye, contributors to... Read more

Two Ethiopian journalists released on bail after 15 months

July 26 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopia, News, Politics, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , , ,

New York, July 25, 2011–The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes Thursday’s ruling in Ethiopia to release on bail two journalists imprisoned on pre-trial detention for the last 15 months on vague criminal charges.

Magistrates Redaei Belay, Yirga Aycheh, and Zerihun Aragaw of the Lideta branch of the Federal Court in the capital Addis Ababa ordered the release of editor Haileyesus Worku... Read more

Ethiopian Newspaper Awramba Times Journalist Detained Since Sunday

June 22 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopia, News, People, Politics, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , ,

New York, The Committee to Protect Journalists called on Ethiopian authorities today to immediately release journalist Woubshet Taye, at left, who has been held since Sunday. Police picked up Taye, deputy editor of the leading independent weekly Awramba Times, at his home in the capital, Addis Ababa, at 3 p.m. and confiscated several documents, cameras, CDs, and selected copies of Awramba Times, local... Read more

CNN featured Ethiopian Jailed Journalist Dawit Kebede (Video)

May 24 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopia, Featured, People, Politics, Uncategorized, Video Tags: , , , , , ,

Jailed journalist: ‘I will never hesitate from criticizing’ CNN international highlight Ethiopian journalist Dawit Kebede on the weekly African voices edition. (CNN) — Sharing a communal cell with 350 other prisoners, Ethiopian journalist Dawit Kebede spent 21 months in a crammed jail, losing his freedom for speaking his mind. That was his penalty for writing an editorial criticizing the Ethiopian... Read more

Sub-Saharan Africa censors Mideast protests (Blog)

February 19 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Africa, Blog, Middle East, News, Politics, Uncategorized, World Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

Mohamed Keita/CPJ Africa Advocacy Coordinator: As news of  Middle Eastern and North African protests swirl around the globe, satellite television and the Internet prove vital sources of information for Africans as governments fearful of an informed citizenry and a free press such as in Eritrea, Equatorial Guinea, and Zimbabwe impose total news blackouts on the developments. Nowhere is... Read more

Ethiopian Journalist Dawit Kebede: Winner of the 2010 Press Freedom Award ( VIDEO )

November 25 | Posted by ocean | Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized, Video Tags: , , , , , ,

Ethiopian journalist Dawit Kebede, Founder and Managing Editor of Awramba Times, was one of four journalists who were honored at the Committee to Protect Journalists’ 20th Annual International Press Freedom Awards benefit dinner on the evening of Tuesday, November 23rd at New York’s Waldorf-Astoria. Dawit Kebede was one of the first journalists to be... Read more

Ethiopian newspaper reports its mail tampering by Ethiopian Postal service

June 30 | Posted by ocean | Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized Tags: , , , ,

New York, June 29, 2010—Ethiopia’s postal service should a conduct thorough and transparent investigation into the tampering of mail addressed to the country’s leading critical newspaper, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Awramba Times Editor-in-Chief Dawit Kebede said the paper has complained to the Ethiopian Postal Service at least three times since June 6 after finding... Read more