The United States Calls for release of politicians, journalists imprisoned in Ethiopia
BY GIBE
The United States today called for the release of political prisoners and journalists in Ethiopia. The statement released by the department of state...
Ethiopia cancels Addis Ababa master plan after Oromo protests [BBC]
Ethiopia's government has abandoned plans to expand the boundaries of the capital, Addis Ababa, which have caused months of deadly protests.
Demonstrations by people from...
Fly, Ethiopia, Fly…[Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
“What if they were really set free?”
That was the question The Economist asked in the headline of its article last week about Ethiopians.
Its response...
Ethiopia silences its critics with a deadly crackdown on dissent [washingtonpost]
By Editorial Board
IN THE latest chapter of Ethiopia’s escalating authoritarianism, young people, journalists and musicians have been the targets of the ruling regime’s quest...
‘They wanted me to say I was wrong’: Freed Ethiopian journalist on why 1,500...
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...
Inside Ethiopia’s Self-Defeating Crackdown on Oromo Musicians [GlobalVoices]
Written byEndalk
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,...
