Ethiopia's Eskinder Nega refuses to sign false confession in exchange for prison release (CPJ)
New York, February 9, 2018–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the Ethiopian government’s attempts today to compel Ethiopian journalist and blogger Eskinder Nega to sign a false confession before releasing him under a...
Ethiopia: journalist Eskinder Nega among 746 to be released (Amnesty)
He was arrested after writing about the Arab Spring, jailed for 18 years and named a ‘prisoner of conscience’ by Amnesty
‘He should not have spent a single day behind bars’ – Sarah Jackson
Commenting on news from Ethiopia that...
Ethiopian activists launching remittance embargo campaign on social media
Remittance embargo cyber campaign targets to mobilize Ethiopians living in North America, Europe, Australia, Middle East, among others, not “to feed the beast”
borkena, February 7, 2018 — Ethiopian activists living abroad are launching...
U.S. gave 28 day ultimatum to Ethiopia regime to allow UN rapporteurs (ESAT)
by Engidu Woldie
ESAT News (February 2, 2017)
The United States on Wednesday gave a 28 day ultimatum to the Ethiopian regime to announce its consent to allow rapporteurs for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights investigate...
Unarmed Truth and Unconditional Love (Reconciliation): Dr. Martin Luther King’s Message to Ethiopians Today [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
Author’s Note: Earlier this week, Americans celebrated what would have been Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s 89th birthday.
I believe it is timely to reflect on Dr. King’s lifelong message of nonviolence, peace, reconciliation in the context...