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At last, federal high court begins hearing of defense witness testimonials on Yonatan Tesfaye’s terrorism charges [addisstandard]
“If speaking for those killed on the streets constitutes a crime, I will take it as my badge of honor” Yonatan Tesfaye
“If Yonatan was my student I would have, at best, given some of his writings Fs and Cs; I wouldn’t call him a terrorist”,...
Free Merera Gudina and all political prisoners [Press Release]
For Immediate Release
Free Merera Gudina and all political prisoners
Amsterdam, Washington DC, Minnesota – December 29, 2016
Dr. Merera Gudina
Top opposition leader, Dr. Merera Gudina, was arrested on October 30, 2016 upon his return from...
Memoirs of my detention at Awash 7: tales of indoctrination, of laughter and the unknown [BefeQadu Z. Hailu]
Addisstandard
Wakoma Tafa was planning to get married on Sunday, Oct.10, 2016. But just three days before his wedding he was arbitrarily detained around Alem Gena, 25k west of Addis Abeba, a city within the special zone of the Oromia Regional...
Miruts Yifter, Ethiopian running legend, honoured at Toronto funeral
Olympic champion’s body will be sent back to Ethiopia this week
By John Rieti, CBC News
Miruts Yifter, an Ethiopian running legend dubbed “Yifter the Shifter” for his ability to power away from rivals, was laid to...
Ethnic tensions in Gondar reflect the toxic nature of Ethiopian politics [theguardian]
William Davison in Gondar
From uneven development to authoritarian government, the morass of issues facing the city of Gondar offer a snapshot of Ethiopia’s wider problems
In Gondar, a city in Ethiopia’s northern highlands, a lone tourist...
Bloggers Befeqadu Hailu & Seyoum Teshome, activists Blen Mesfin, Eyasped Tesfaye released after Command Post detention
Befeqadu Hailu, a member of the Zone9 blogging collective , who was detained by the Ethiopian Command Post for an alleged interview he gave for the VoA Amharic, has been released today.
He was held at a military camp farther South of Addis...
Human rights groups to Ethiopia: Where is jailed journalist?
Washingtonpost
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Human rights groups are asking Ethiopia’s government to immediately disclose the whereabouts of a popular local journalist who has been behind bars since October 2014.
The Association for Human Rights...
Ethiopia: detained journalist missing, denied access to family and medical care
Ethiopian authorities should immediately disclose the location of Temesgen Desalegn, who was jailed on spurious charges two years ago, and give him access to medical care, said the Association for Human Rights in Ethiopia (AHRE) and DefendDefenders...