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Ethiopian court jails politician for over 6 years (aljazeera)
Former opposition spokesperson Yonatan Tesfaye sentenced over posts criticising the government’s response to protestsa
An Ethiopian court sentenced opposition politician Yonatan Tesfaye to six and a half years in prison on Thursday,...
Ethiopia: Journalist’s guilty verdict a further slap in the face for justice (AMNESTY)
Responding to reports that Ethiopia’s Federal High Court has found prominent Ethiopian journalist Getachew Shiferaw guilty of “provocation of revolt,” Muthoni Wanyeki, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for East Africa, the Horn...
EthiopiaWIN.et and Tewdros Kassa-hun [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
Author’s Note: This month the Ethiopian popular music megastar Tewdros “Teddy Afro” Kassahun released his “Ethiopia” album, which quickly topped the World Albums Billboard chart during the week of May 15. This “commentary” consists...
Ethiopia: Reeyot Alemu’s Open letter to the World Health Assembly
As a victim of torture, I oppose Dr. Tedros Adhanom’s candidacy for Director-General of WHO
by Reeyot Alemu
My name is Reeyot Alemu. I am a journalist and former prisoner of conscience in Ethiopia. I was a columnist for Feteh (Justice) newspaper,...
Amnesty: 'Conviction for Facebook post is shameful'
Rights body Amnesty international has called the conviction of an Ethiopian opposition politician for his Facebook posts “a shameful affront to people’s right to express themselves”.
Yonatan Tesfaye was found guilty earlier today...
Ethiopia: Who for WHO? A Top Leader of a Terrorist Organization, That’s Who! [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
Author’s Note: In this commentary, I make the case against Tedros Adhanom, a top leader of the Tigrean People’s Liberation Front, a terrorist organization, who is a finalist for the director-general position at the World Health Organization.
This...
Ethiopia’s star singer Teddy Afro makes plea for openness [washingtonpost]
By Elias Meseret | AP May 13 at 9:33 AM
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Teddy Afro, Ethiopia’s superstar singer, is topping the Billboard world albums chart with “Ethiopia,” which less than two weeks after its release has sold nearly 600,000...