Message from EskinderNega in his own handwriting

FREE from chains! Thank you! By Eskinder Nega, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Here I stand before you – my family, friends, fellow journalists and human rights activists,...

Ethiopia wants political prisoners to sign “confession” forms before release

Quartz When Ethiopia announced last month that it would release political prisoners and close a controversial detention facility, many viewed it as a promising sign that the...

The Case for an Ethiopiawinet-Centered Grassroots Reconciliation Process (Part IV) [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]

Holding the Feet (Hooves) of the Wounded Beast to the Fire Author’s Note: This is the fourth installment of what I initially planned to be a...

Ethiopia’s Eskinder Nega refuses to sign false confession in exchange for prison release (CPJ)

New York, February 9, 2018--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the Ethiopian government's attempts today to compel Ethiopian journalist and blogger Eskinder Nega to sign a...

Ethiopia: journalist Eskinder Nega among 746 to be released (Amnesty)

He was arrested after writing about the Arab Spring, jailed for 18 years and named a ‘prisoner of conscience’ by Amnesty ‘He should not have...

Ethiopian activists launching remittance embargo campaign on social media

Remittance embargo cyber campaign targets to mobilize Ethiopians living in North America, Europe, Australia, Middle East, among others, not “to feed the beast” borkena, February...