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Tampere University did the (human) right thing [Helsinkitimes-Finland]
Columns
On March 29, President Mika Hannula of the Tampere University of Technology issued a statement that announced: “It is the decision of the Academic Board that [Prime Minister of Ethiopia] Hailemariam Desalegn will not be conferred...
Apartheid State of Emergency in Ethiopia 2.0 [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
On October 9, 2016, the puppet prime minister (PPM) of the Thugtatorship of the Tigrean People’s Liberation Front (T-TPLF) Hailemariam announced a “state of emergency” (SoE) in a 20-minute televised statement. The PPM argued “anti-peace...
The Torture Chronicles of Ethiopian Patriot Habtamu Ayalew (in His Own Words) [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
Author’s Note: Following is my translation of the Amharic interview given by Habtamu Ayalew to the Voice of America (VOA), Amharic Program on March 15, 2017 and broadcast on the same day and on March 18 on “Democracy in Action” program....
FREEDOM NOW: Current Campaigns, Eskinder Nega
Eskinder Nega
Ethiopia
Eskinder Nega, 46, is a prominent Ethiopian journalist who was convicted and sentenced to 18 years in prison on treason and terrorism charges. Prior his current detention, Mr. Nega was a widely published independent journalist...
A license to torture [Amnesty International]
By Seyoum Teshome
Seyoum Teshome is a professor at a university in Ethiopia and writes to fight the spread of fear that has engulfed his country as a result of an increasingly repressive administration. In September 2016, Seyoum was arrested...
The Lords of Living Lies in Ethiopia [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
Author’s Note: In this commentary, I take a careful look at the “very sophisticated report from the Embassy [of Ethiopia]” submitted for the record at the “Democracy Under Threat in Ethiopia” hearing of the Africa, Global Health,...