Posts Tagged ‘Journalist’

Swedish journalists deny backing Ethiopian rebels

November 1 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopia, News, Politics, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , ,

ADDIS ABABA — Two Swedish journalists charged with terrorism in Ethiopia rejected witness claims Tuesday that they had supported a rebel group, as the prosecution opened its case against them. Police inspector Mohamed Ahmed testified that the accused, photographer Johan Persson and reporter Martin Schibbye, had told him they came to Ethiopia to support the Ogaden... Read more

Ethiopia : Witness says 2 Swedish journalists ‘supported’ rebel group

November 1 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopia, News, Politics, Uncategorized, World Tags: , , , , , ,

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — A witness in a terror trial against two Swedish journalists arrested in Ethiopia told a court on Tuesday that the pair planned to “support” a rebel group. Ethiopian troops captured journalists Johan Persson and Martin Schibbye during a clash with rebels in the Ogaden in the country’s restive east in July. Journalists are... Read more

Swedish Journalists’ Terror Trial Opens in Ethiopia

October 18 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopia, News, Politics, Uncategorized, World Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

It was standing room only Tuesday as a three-judge federal panel began hearing the case of Swedish journalists charged with terrorism by Ethiopian authorities after being arrested with members of an outlawed rebel group in the restive Ogaden region. Among those present were 18 Swedish journalists who flew in from Stockholm, partly in a symbolic show... Read more

Ethiopia uses anti-terror laws to silence critical journalists

September 30 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopia, News, Politics, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

The Ethiopian government is using sweeping anti-terror laws to crack down on journalists critical of the regime. In the last three months, six journalists have been imprisoned, according to the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). They include two Swedish journalists – Martin Schibbye and photographer Johan Persson – who were charged a fortnight ago with... Read more

ANALYSIS-Ethiopian detentions target weak opposition

September 28 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopia, News, Politics, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA, (Reuters) – When Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s ruling party was re-elected in 2010, analysts said he could take two paths: give the opposition scope to grow and secure a legacy of progress, or sideline them once and for all and tarnish his record. With a crushing parliamentary majority and Washington’s staunch backing in the fight against... 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

Human Rights and the War on Terror in Ethiopia

August 3 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopia, Ethiopian Protest, News, Politics, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , ,

It is not entirely out of the ordinary to hear of the arrest of political dissidents in Ethiopia, but a recent cluster of arrests has drawn attention from the international human rights community.

Abigail Salisbury
Over the last few weeks, a group of at least nine journalists, Ethiopian National Democratic Party members... 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

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

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