Gloomy future for Ethiopia’s press freedom
PRESS FREEDOM The Committee to Protect Journalists says Ethiopia has detained a reporter for covering land evictions. The project which involves the construction of a huge hydroelectric dam had forced farmers and locals to relocate. Ethiopian journalist Muluken Tesfahun of the privately owned weekly newspaper Ethio-Mehedar was arrested while reporting on the return of thousands […]
Read More →Ethiopia: 4 Journalists Win Free Speech Prize
 Human Rights Watch RELATED MATERIALS: Writers Honored for Commitment to Free Expression (New York) – Four Ethiopian journalists have received the prestigious Hellman/Hammett
Read More →Israel must explain targeting of journalists in Gaza
Israel must explain targeting of journalists in Gaza  December 2, 2012 Hon. Benjamin Netanyahu Prime Minister of Israel 3 Kaplan St. P.O.B. 187 Kiryat Ben-Gurion Jerusalem 91919 Israel Via email: pm_eng@pmo.gov.il Dear Prime Minister Netanyahu, The Committee to Protect Journalists is gravely concerned that Israeli airstrikes targeted individual journalists and media facilities in the Gaza Strip […]
Read More →Ethiopia briefly detains Voice of America correspondent
Nairobi, October 5, 2012-Ethiopian authorities should halt their harassment of journalists covering the country’s Muslim community and their intimidation of citizens who have tried to speak to reporters about sensitive religious, ethnic, and political issues, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
Read More →Full List of TPLF Companies Under EFFORT Companies with investment capital of < 20,000,000 Million Ethiopian Birr
Full List of TPLF Companies Under EFFORT Companies with investment capital of < 20,000,000 Million Ethiopian Birr Company Name Year Est.(EC) Capital HQ Board Chairman -Selam Transport 1995 10,000000 Birr Mekele Arkebe Ekubay -Segel Construction 1995 10,000,000 Birr Mekele Araya Zerihun -Mega Net Corp 1995 10,000,000 Birr Mekele Alemseged Gebreamlak -Hitech Park Axion Association 1995 10,000,000 Birr […]
Read More →Swedish FM: Ethiopia Promised Journalists’ Pardon in May
Swedish FM: Ethiopia Promised Journalists’ Pardon in May Source: VOA News Sweden’s foreign minister says he knew back in May that Ethiopia planned to release two Swedish journalists, but that he had to keep quiet about the deal. Foreign Minister Carl Bildt disclosed details about the talks to free Martin Schibbye and Johan Persson on his […]
Read More →Ethiopians miseries and repressions during 21 years of Meles Zenawi Rule
Ethiopians have been facing repression, denial of basic human rights and injustice during 21 years of Dictator Meles Zenawi rule. This dictatorship is ethnic based and commits atrocities such as massacres, genocide, starvation and incitement of interethnic conflicts and preaching and spreading of hatred among the different communities. It employs the old colonial method of […]
Read More →Ethiopian PM Meles Zenawi dies after illness
RIP Dictator MELES ZENAWI Continue reading the main story Related Stories Profile: Ethiopian leader Meles Zenawi Ethiopian leader ‘in hospital’ Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has died at the age of 57, state media say, after weeks of speculation about his health. Mr Meles was admitted to hospital in July. The nature of his condition […]
Read More →Ethiopia blocks OnIslam.net, Al-Jazeera in latest media crackdown
In the latest attack on media, the Ethiopia government has blocked the international website OnIslam.net over its coverage of recent protest in the country, the website said on Tuesday. “The Ethiopian government has blocked access to OnIslam.net and other media websites over their coverage of Muslim protests against government interference in their religious affairs,†the […]
Read More →press release
press release Nairobi — An appeals court in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, has reduced a 14-year prison sentence given to journalist Reeyot Alemu in January to five years and dropped most of the terrorism charges against her, according to local journalists. Reeyot, a columnist for the independent weekly Feteh, was sentenced in January and […]
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