Category: Current Affairs

22 Ethiopia state journalists dismissed, in hiding

By Tom Rhodes CPJ East Africa Representative People demonstrate in Addis Ababa on May 24 against security forces who shot at students at a peaceful rally weeks eearlier in Oromia state. (Reuters/Tiksa Negeri) “If they cannot indoctrinate you into their thinking, they fire you,” said one former staff member of the state-run Oromia Radio and Television

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Is the Arrest of Andargachew Tsige the Final Straw for the People of Ethiopia?

By Graham Peebles Dissidentvoice.org Faced with a brutal repressive regime, the people of Ethiopia inside the country and within the worldwide diaspora –frustrated, angry and desperate – are considering all options to elicit fundamental change in the country. The EPRDF, who seized power from the communist Derg in 1991, rule the country through fear and

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Hailemariam defends Andargachew Tsege arrest

BBC Ethiopian leader Hailemariam Desalegn: “If you have any connection with terrorists don’t think that the Ethiopian government will let you [go] free” Ethiopia had a moral obligation to arrest the opposition leader who was controversially extradited from Yemen last month, Ethiopian leader Hailemariam Desalegn has told the BBC. “Andargachew Tsege is a Trojan horse

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Ethiopia: End the onslaught on dissent as arrests continue: Amnesty International

Amnesty International The Ethiopian authorities are using a repressive Anti-Terror law as a pretext to crush dissent. The Ethiopian authorities must halt their continuing onslaught on dissent, Amnesty International said today, after the arrest of four more opposition party members this week, who are believed to be at risk of torture or other ill-treatment. All

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Yemen to deport 44 Ethiopian migrants

Yemen Times Forty-four Ethiopians who have been held since Monday in Taiz governorate are currently awaiting deportation and are not seeking refugee status. Coast Guard spokesperson Major Hussein Al-Harazi confirmed the arrest and said the 44 Ethiopians were taken to Mocha Security Department. Colonel Saleh Alfani, the director of operations for the Coast Guard, told

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Justice and politics in Ethiopia Snatched

By W.G. The Economist ADDIS ABABA-ANDARGACHEW TSIGE, an exiled Ethiopian opposition leader with British nationality, could be facing the death penalty after apparently being arrested and sent back to his country of origin while on a trip to the Gulf. While transiting in Yemen on June 23rd, during a journey from Dubai to Eritrea, Andargachew

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Zone 9 blogger urges world to call for freedom in Ethiopia

CPJ By Rachael Levy/CPJ Google Journalism Fellow In April, the Ethiopian governmentimprisoned 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 jailer of journalists in Africa, trailing only Eritrea, according to CPJ research. Ethiopian government officials accuse the Zone 9 bloggers

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Zone 9 blogger urges world to call for freedom in Ethiopia

CPJ By Rachael Levy/CPJ Google Journalism Fellow In April, the Ethiopian governmentimprisoned 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 jailer of journalists in Africa, trailing only Eritrea, according to CPJ research. Ethiopian government officials accuse the Zone 9 bloggers

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Ethiopia urged to protect opposition leader

By Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda — Human Rights Watch says an exiled Ethiopian opposition leader who was recently deported from Yemen to Ethiopia is at risk of abuses including torture. In a statement Monday, the rights group urged Ethiopia’s government to ensure the safety of Andargachew Tsige, the secretary-general of a banned Ethiopian opposition group

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