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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 in connection with the ongoing protest in the Oromia region of Ethiopia called “for...
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 the Oromo ethnic group have been sparked by fears that Oromo farmers...
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 was equally breathtaking:
“If the government let people breathe, they might fly.”
These...
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 to silence political dissent. For several weeks, students from...
'They wanted me to say I was wrong': Freed Ethiopian journalist on why 1,500 days in jail failed to silence her
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 with terrorism in 2012. She was released unexpectedly in July.
In interviews...
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, was reportedly beaten,...
The Dam-Nation of Ethiopia by the T-TPLF [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
Last week, before the ink had dried on the “new agreement” on the so-called Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Egyptian President General Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi toldEgyptians during the inauguration of a national farmland project, “I...