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Ethiopia targets activists with Israeli spyware: Report
by Jillian Kestler-D’Amours
The government of Ethiopia has “apparently” employed spyware purchased from an Israeli defence contractor to spy on independent journalists and dissidents living outside of the country, a recent...
A Call for Help for the Ethiopian People and the International Community!
We are urging the international community to be concerned about the rights and freedoms of all individuals, institutions and individuals, and to bring the people of the world to justice for the actions of any citizen of the country.
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Exposed: Ethiopia’s nefarious, comically bungled spyware campaign (Ars Technica)
Publicly traded company helps country spy on critics, no questions asked.
DAN GOODIN
Researchers have uncovered a nefarious but comically incompetent spyware campaign that’s targeting Ethiopian dissidents in the US, UK, and other countries.
A report...
CIA Agent Confesses On Deathbed: ‘I Killed Bob Marley’
A 79-year-old retired officer of the CIA, Bill Oxley, has made a series of stunning confessions since he was admitted to the Mercy Hospital in Maine on Monday and told he has weeks to live. He claims he committed 17 assassinations for the American...
[A year ago] Ethiopia arrested Oromo leader Merera Gudina, still behind bars (Africanews)
Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban
On Thursday December 1, 2016; authorities in Ethiopia arrested a leading opposition figure Merera Gudina. A year on, he remains in jail facing multiple criminal charges downgraded from an earlier charge of terrorism.
Gudina...
Champion marathon runner Zenash Gezmu who fled Ethiopia found beaten to death by another refugee in Paris
PETER ALLEN
Evening Standard
A champion marathon runner who fled Ethiopia six years ago for a better life in Europe has been beaten to death by another refugee on a housing estate near Paris.
Zenash Gezmu’s body was found by police called...
Drunk Ethiopian embassy official threatens to ‘start war’ with Turkey
Hurriyet Daily News
An official from the Ethiopian Embassy in Ankara, who was reportedly drunk, threatened police officers he would “start a war” between Ethiopia and Turkey after he was involved in two traffic accidents on Nov. 26.
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