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We are still prisoners! [ZoneNine]
Evidently six members of the Zone9 & three journalists are released from prison after they spent 14 to 18 months in prison. The three journalists and the two bloggers were released as the charges were ‘withdrawn’in July. While the other...
Ethiopian plane hijacker deemed mentally unsound[swissinfo]
A psychiatric evaluation has revealed that the co-pilot who hijacked an Ethiopian Airlines flight and re-routed it to Geneva in 2014 was not of sound mind when he did so. As a result, the Swiss Attorney General will drop all charges against...
They can jail the journalist but not journalism [By Abebe Gellaw]
On November 7, 2015, journalist Serkalem Fasil posted a Facebook reminder. It was her husband’s birthday. “Four years and two months have passed since we physically separated,” she wrote.
“No matter how long it takes, I will persevere...
The Zone 9 Bloggers are Free: but Ethiopia Still Thinks Digital Security is Terrorism [EFF]
The last of the Zone 9 Bloggers are finally free from jail, after nearly 18 months of detention for simply speaking out online. All the bloggers were acquitted of terrorism charges by the Ethiopian courts; one blogger, Befeqadu Hailu...
Foreign Minister dictates orders to VOA at night [By Abebe Gellaw]
The stormy relationship between the Voice of America (VOA) and the TPLF-led Ethiopian government has recently taken a strange twist after Foreign Minister Dr. Tedros Adhanom and Ambassador Girma Birru managed to sneak into the headquarters...
Eskinder Nega wins PEN Canada One Humanity award at 36th International Festival of Authors
TORONTO, Oct. 19, 2015 /CNW/ – The Ethiopian journalist Eskinder Nega will receive PEN Canada’s One Humanity Award on the opening night of the 36th International Festival of Authors (IFOA 36). The award, valued at $5,000, is presented...