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Obama Should Press African Leaders to End Repression (HRW)
US-Africa: Make Human Rights Central to Summit
Obama Should Press African Leaders to End Repression
(Washington, DC) – US President Barack Obama should ensure that human rights concerns are a major focus of the US-Africa Leaders Summit, Human...
CNN: Human rights shouldn't be sidelined at Africa summit
By Sarah Margon, Special to CNN
Editor’s note: Sarah Margon is the Washington director of Human Rights Watch. The views expressed are her own.
As he stood before Ghana’s parliament in July 2009, President Barack Obama set out some guiding...
Ethiopian photojournalist Aziza Mohamed held without charge
Nairobi, July 31, 2014- CPJ is alarmed by the detention of Addis Guday (“Addis Affairs”) photojournalist Aziza Mohamed, who has been in custody for two weeks without charge. Police arrested Aziza on July 18 while she was covering...
Local EU statement on the situation in Ethiopia
30/07/2014
The European Union Delegation issues the following statement in agreement
with the EU Heads of Mission in Ethiopia:
“The EU Delegation is deeply concerned about developments in the case of the ten bloggers and journalists...
The World Tweets for Ethiopia's Zone9 Bloggers on July 31
Written by Ellery Roberts Biddle
Join Global Voices bloggers for a worldwide, multilingual tweetathon in support of the ten bloggers and journalists facing terrorism charges in Ethiopia.
The Global Voices community and our network of allies...
Ethiopia needs to do better- Houston Chronicle
As they ready for two days of wheeling and dealing with a high-ranking Ethiopian delegation at a local hotel, Houston business and elected leaders today need to look beyond a foreign market opportunity and first ask hard questions about Ethiopia’s...
Police locate 3 of 4 missing Ethiopian athletes
EUGENE, Ore. – Three of the 4 track and field athletes from Ethiopia who were reported missing Saturday after competing in the IAAF World Junior Championships in Eugene have been found in Beaverton.
Police said Amanuel Abebe Atibeha,...