CPJ CPJ’s years-long advocacy paid off in July with the release from prison of Reeyot Alemu, a journalist who has been jailed in Ethiopia since 2011. Reeyot wrote columns critical of the government for the now-defunct independent weekly Feteh. In 2012, a court sentencedher on terrorism charges to 14 years in prison, which was laterreduced
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Deutsche Welle The Zone 9 bloggers and journalists The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has awarded its International Press Freedom Award to six Ethiopian bloggers who served more than a year in Ethiopia’s notorious prisons. Until the Zone 9 bloggers suddenly appeared on the Addis Ababa web scene under the motto “We Blog Because We
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CPJ CPJ is among a group of more than 40 regional and international press freedom and civil society organizations that have signed a joint letter to Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn expressing concern over the recent imprisonment of Ethiopian journalists under the country’s far-reaching 2009 anti-terrorism law. In April, Ethiopian authorities arrested six bloggers–Abel Wabella,
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CPJ CPJ is among a group of more than 40 regional and international press freedom and civil society organizations that have signed a joint letter to Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn expressing concern over the recent imprisonment of Ethiopian journalists under the country’s far-reaching 2009 anti-terrorism law. In April, Ethiopian authorities arrested six bloggers–Abel Wabella,
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By Margaret Besheer, VOA February 13, 2014 The Committee to Protect Journalists on Wednesday released its annual Attacks on the Press report, which describes 2013 as a deadly and dangerous year for journalists, with 70 killed and more than 200…
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CPJ By Tom Rhodes/CPJ East Africa Representative Berhane Tesfaye and her son, Fiteh, try to visit Woubshet Taye every week. (CPJ) “When I grow up will I go to jail like my dad?” This was the shattering question that the five-year-old…
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