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...
Reflections on Prof. Mesfin’s “Adafne”: Saving Ethiopians From Themselves?[Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
Prof. Mesfin Woldemariam’s latestAmharic book, “Adafne: Fear and Failure”, is at once a lamentation on the decline and decay of Ethiopian society from the corrosive effects of bad governance, tyrannical rule and moral corruption...
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...
A Government-in-Exile for Ethiopia? [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
Foreword to a “government-in-exile for Ethiopia”
A few weeks ago, I gave an interview to an Ethiopian civic group on the topic of “government in exile” under international law.
I was asked to comment on whether the idea and practice...
“It hurts ……” said Eskinder Nega
Millions Voices
Below is a letter Eskinder Nega wrote to his wife sometime ago. We are sharing this to bring light to the whole world the huge sacrifices Eskinder Nega has been paying for justice and liberty. It is not tile to...