Ethiopian Paralympic athlete Tamiru Demisse in new finishing line protest against oppressive regime
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1500m runner echoes protest of fellow countryman Feyisa Lilesa, who has now fled to the US
A runner has become the latest Ethiopian athlete to stage a political protest in Rio, after he crossed the finish line in a 1500m event at...
Ethiopian journalist Yusuf Getachew released from jail [CPJ]
New York, September 10, 2016–Ethiopian authorities today released Yusuf Getachew, editor-in-chief of Ye Muslimoch Guday (Muslim Affairs), who has been imprisoned since his arrest in July 2012, a relative of the journalist told CPJ. Yusuf...
23 killed in Ethiopian prison fire, local media reports [thestar]
Fana Broadcasting Corporate cited a government statement saying 21 inmates at the Kilinto prison died from stampede and suffocation and two died trying to escape.
By MICHAEL ATSBEHAThe Associated Press
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA—Twenty-three people...
The Lies and Disinformation Campaigns of the T-TPLF [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
Does the LF in TPLF stand for Lie Factory?
The T-TPLF (Thugtatorship of the Tigrean Peoples Liberation Front) has now launched a slick disinformation campaign to discredit and diminish the historic popular uprisings against it in Ethiopia.
The...
Gunshots and flames reported at Ethiopian prison for anti-government protestors [IBT]
The prison in the capital Addis Ababa was pictured ablaze.
By Matt Thomas
Gunshots have been reported at a jail, on the outskirts of Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, where anti-government protesters are held.
The Qilinti jail also caught...