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Hailemariam Desalegn caught plagiarizing again (By Abebe Gellaw)
TPLF’s puppet Hailemariam Desalegn is probably the most incompetent and incoherent “leader” in the entire history of Ethiopia. His incompetence, shallowness and lack of originality is exposed whenever he meets journalists or goes to TPLF’s...
CPJ condemns closed court hearings for nine Ethiopian journalists
Nairobi, July 14, 2014–The Ethiopian government should end its politicized prosecution of nine Ethiopian journalists arrested in April. The journalists and their lawyers were shut out of court room hearings in recent days.
In hearings...
Ethiopia: The Crime of Extraordinary Rendition [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
Last week, the regime in Ethiopia announced its abduction of Andaragatchew Tsgie, General Secretary of the Ethiopian opposition group known as Ginbot 7 Movement for Justice, Freedom and Democracy, with smug delight. According to the regime,...
Interview with the lawyer of illegally detained Zone9 bloggers & journalists
The first instance court of Arada bench was expected to wrap up the pre-trial ‘hearing’ which took more than 70 days and yet the bloggers were not even brought before the judge. Mr.Amaha a lawyer defending the bloggers & journalists...
Ethiopia: Young bloggers jailed for over two months without charge
Six members of blogging group Zone 9 and three other journalists could could face terrorism charges in one of the world’s deadliest countries for journalists
By Milana Knezevic
“We blog because we care!” This is the slogan and rallying...
Zone 9 blogger urges world to call for freedom in Ethiopia
By Rachael Levy/CPJ
In April, the Ethiopian government imprisoned nine journalists, including six bloggers from Zone 9, in one of the worst crackdowns against free expression in the country. Ethiopia is the second worst...
Is the Arrest of Andargachew Tsige the Final Straw for the People of Ethiopia? by Graham Peebles
Faced with a brutal repressive regime, the people of Ethiopia inside the country and within the worldwide diaspora –frustrated, angry and desperate – are considering alloptions to elicit fundamental change in the country.
The EPRDF, who...