My Commentary on My Commentaries[Prof Alemayehu]
This commentary, perhaps confession is a better descriptor, has been long in coming. Why have I written lengthy weekly Monday commentaries for hundreds of weeks without missing a single week? Why are my “commentaries so long”? Why am I so...
Ethiopia: Embracing Development and Security Means Embracing Free Expression [Birtukan Mideksa]
Birtukan Mideksa is former federal judge, political leader, and prisoner of conscience in Ethiopia. She has held fellowships with the National Endowment for Democracy and Harvard University and is a member of Freedom Now’s Board of Advisors.
Last...
A Not-So-Grand Tour Of Ethiopia's Top Hospital [By: Amy Walters]
Amy Walters is a producer for NPR based at NPR West in Los Angeles. Walters , produced NPR’s coverage of the Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s election, award-winning coverage of California’s prison system, and the death of pop legend Michael...
Ethiopia's "Terrorist" Journalists and Bloggers
Huffington Post
NAIROBI, Kenya – A cursory glance at the headlines shows that Ethiopia has one of Africa’s fastest growing economies. But the noise generated by the hyperbolic international media is drowning out the critical voices.
Political...
A Note From Prison
“Dear Hyena no need for excuses, just eat me” – Ethiopian Proverb
By BefeQadu Hailu
“So what do you think is your crime?” I was asked by one of my interrogators while I was telling him about what I did as a blogger,...
A Call for Action on Andargachew Tsige
August 11, 2014
A CALL FOR ACTION BY THE GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR RIGHTS OF ETHIOPIANS
On Monday August 11 it will be 50 days since Andargatchew Tsege was illegally kidnapped in Yemen and handed to the repressive regime in Ethiopia. We therefore...
Obama Should Press African Leaders to End Repression (HRW)
US-Africa: Make Human Rights Central to Summit
Obama Should Press African Leaders to End Repression
(Washington, DC) – US President Barack Obama should ensure that human rights concerns are a major focus of the US-Africa Leaders Summit, Human...
CNN: Human rights shouldn't be sidelined at Africa summit
By Sarah Margon, Special to CNN
Editor’s note: Sarah Margon is the Washington director of Human Rights Watch. The views expressed are her own.
As he stood before Ghana’s parliament in July 2009, President Barack Obama set out some guiding...