Posts Tagged ‘Ethiopian journalist’

Ethiopia Police Deny Using Anti-Terror Law to Stifle Dissent

September 19 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopia, News, Politics, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,

Ethiopian police have rejected accusations that the recent detentions of several high-profile government critics were politically motivated. The arrests are coming under increasing criticism from opposition parties and international rights groups. Deputy federal police commissioner Demesash Woldemikael says there is no truth to allegations that a new anti-terrorism law is being used to stifle political dissent.... Read more

Ethiopian Journalist Argaw Ashine Named in Wikileaks Cable Flees Country

September 16 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopia, News, People, Politics, Uncategorized, Wikileaks Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,

An Ethiopian journalist has fled his country and is considering seeking asylum in the west after being named in a leaked U.S. diplomatic cable. The case is believed to be the first in which a mention in a Wikileaks cable has had direct consequences for a journalist.

Journalist Argaw Ashine flee from Ethiopia... Read more

Ethiopia:Gov’t Forces Arrested 5 People Including Eskinder Nega and Andualem Aragie

September 15 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Africa Protest, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Featured, People, Politics, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,

Two fierce critics of Ethiopia’s ruling party have joined a growing list of government opponents detained in recent days under a new anti-terrorism law. The latest to be arrested are a journalist and a rising star in opposition politics. Ethiopian federal police detained five people Wednesday in an ongoing roundup of terrorism suspects. Among them were... 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

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

Journalists: Government Hijacked Press Freedom Day Conference

May 4 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopia, News, Politics, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , ,

An Ethiopian observance of World Press Freedom Day was marred Tuesday by a walkout of independent journalists after a dispute with a rival group of state-run media employees. It was organized as a conference on critical topics of interest to Ethiopian journalists.  But before the meeting began, staff members of Addis Ababa’s private newspapers were grumbling... 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

Interview with the exiled Ethiopian journalist Girum T. Haimanot

July 27 | Posted by ocean | Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized, World Tags: , , , , , ,

Son of a Tigrean father and an Oromo mother, Girum T. Haimanot, 38, was a reporter and an editor-in-chief of an independent newspaper in Ethiopia before having to flee his country. His wife died in Ethiopia whilst he has been in exile in Yemen. Of 96 journalists who fled Ethiopia since 2005, he is the last one waiting to be... Read more

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