Tag: breaking
Letter from an Ethiopian prison [theguardian]
Natnael Feleke has been imprisoned for a year without trial. In a letter smuggled out of jail, he asks the US secretary of state...
Europe response to Mediterranean migrant and refugee tragedy falls short[Oxfam]
Europe’s leaders have just missed a crucial opportunity to make a real difference in the lives and deaths of the people suffering daily in...
Ethiopia: Free Zone 9 Bloggers, Journalists [HRW]
A Year After Arrests, Drop Politically Motivated Charges
(Nairobi) – Ethiopian authorities should immediately release nine bloggers and journalists arrested a year ago who are...
US official praises Ethiopian ‘democracy,’ rest of world begs to differ...
Mohammed Ademo
During a press briefing in Addis Ababa on April 16, US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman praised Ethiopia as a...
South Africa violence provokes anger of a continent [channel4]
South Africa is not like any other country - it has a special place in the hearts of ordinary Africans. But that could change...
Dear Secretary Kerry: U.S. Wrong to Endorse Ethiopia’s Elections [freedomhouse]
The Honorable John F. Kerry
Secretary of State
2201 C Street, NW
Washington, DC 20520
Dear Mr. Secretary:
We are deeply troubled over the comments made by Under Secretary...
