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Ethiopia: State of Emergency Risks New Abuses [HRW]
(Nairobi) – An Ethiopian government directive under a state of emergency contains overly broad and vague provisions that risk triggering a human rights crisis, Human Rights Watch said today in a legal analysis. The government should promptly...
What Do WE Want and Do NOW (that we are thinking about what we want and do?) (Part III) [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
Author’s Note: This is the third successive installment in a series I have called “What Do WE Want and Do NOW?”. The serialized commentaries have three aims: 1) take stock of the impact of the recent uprisings in Ethiopia against the...
Open Letter to the Ethiopian People The TPLF Carried Out the Goal of Dividing and Finally Internally Colonizing Ethiopia Where the Italians Failed: What Can Each of Us Do to Reclaim Our Independence and Avoid Destruction and the Disintegration of Ethiopia?
Dear Fellow Ethiopian Brothers and Sisters,
I am writing this letter to each and every one of you about the current issues of great concern facing us in Ethiopia. In this case, it is NOT about the state of emergency, nor is it about the TPLF;...
Ethiopian unrest triggers collapse in tourism [FT]
by: John Aglionby, East Africa Correspondent
Protests and state of emergency see bookings to historic sites grind to a halt
A wave of anti-government protests and the imposition of a state of emergency has triggered a collapse in tourism bookings...
Ethiopia's state of emergency cuts lines of communication and puts bloggers at risk of arrest
By Soleyana S Gebremichael/CPJ Guest Blogger
On October 4, I heard that my friend Natnael Feleke had not returned home even though it was approaching midnight in Ethiopia. Family and friends were discussing where to search for the blogger,...
What Do WE Want and Do NOW (that we are under T-TPLF Reign of Terror)? (Part 2) [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
These perpetual little panics of the French – which all arise from fear of the moment when they will really have to learn the truth – give one a much better idea of the Reign of Terror. We think of this as the reign of people who inspire...
Netizen Report: As Protests Rage in Ethiopia, Zone9 Bloggers Return to Court
The Advox Netizen Report offers an international snapshot of challenges, victories, and emerging trends in Internet rights around the world.
As protests rage over land rights and ethnic discrimination, bloggers and independent journalists in...
Internet shutdown could cost Ethiopia’s booming economy millions of dollars
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Ethiopia, the second most populous country in sub-Saharan Africa, has one of the lowest rates of internet and mobile phone connectivity in the world. The current protests, which have engulfed the country since Nov. 2015, have only exacerbated...