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Ethiopian Plane Hijacker May Finally Get Asylum in Switzerland but Only after 30-Year Prison Term
The co-pilot of Ethiopian Airlines flight ET702 who had hijacked his plane and got it to Switzerland, in a bid to claim political asylum in the country, may finally have his wish granted, though not exactly as he might have planned.
The Swiss...
PM Hailemariam threatened to arrest both Machar and him if they didn't sign the peace agreement.
By MABIOR MACH
Juba
South Sudan President Salva Kiir has claimed that he and former vice president turned rebel leader Dr Riek Machar signed a peace deal Friday in Addis Ababa to avoid threats of arrest by Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam...
Journalist and activist Abebe Gellaw, letter to President Barack Obama
Open letter to President Barack Obama
Friday, May 9, 2014 @ 04:05 PM ed
Addis Voice– Journalist and activist Abebe Gellaw, who demanded the U.S President Barack Obama to support freedom in Ethiopia during a DNC event Thursday at Fairmont...
United Nations condemns new Ethiopia journalist arrests
(Globalpost/GlobalPost)
UN human rights chief Navi Pillay on Friday condemned the arrest of nine bloggers and journalists in Ethiopia, warning that the country increasingly was muzzling freedom of expression under the guise of fighting terrorism.
“I...