'They wanted me to say I was wrong': Freed Ethiopian journalist on why 1,500 days in jail failed to silence her
CPJ
Reeyot Alemu, an Ethiopian journalist who worked for the independent weeklyFeteh, spent almost 1,500 days in prison after being arrested in June 2011 andcharged with terrorism in 2012. She was released unexpectedly in July.
In interviews...
Inside Ethiopia's Self-Defeating Crackdown on Oromo Musicians [GlobalVoices]
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While journalists and bloggers remain the primary targets of state repression in Ethiopia, musicians that don’t jive with state propaganda also take the heat.
Hawi Tezera, an ethnic Oromo singer, was reportedly beaten,...
Message from Bekele Nega, OFC's General Secretary who was placed under house arrest... [Jawar Mohammed]
Dear All,
This morning, on my way to work, 4 men in civilian clothes greeted me by my name; identified themselves as ‘police’ and asked me to get in a car parked next to where they stopped me. When I refused, they grabbed me by my arms left...
The “End of the Story” for the T-TPLF in Ethiopia? [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
The obituary and epitaph for the Thugtatorship of the Tigrean Liberation Front (T-TPLF) was written last year by Bereket Simon, the former “communication minister” and longtime sidekick of the late criminal mastermind of the T-TPLF,...
Ethiopian opposition figures arrested over land protests [Reuters]
Ethiopian police have arrested two senior opposition members on suspicion of inciting weeks of protests against government plans to set up a new economic zone near the capital that would displace farmers, their party leader said on Friday.
The...
EU calls for peaceful dialogue to end killings in Ethiopia
The European Union (EU) calls on Ethiopian government and opposition to end peacefully through dialogue the ongoing conflicts in Oromia and Amhara regions of the country, which has caused the death of dozens of citizens, among others.
“The...