CPJ While Ethiopia has proven to be a willing ally in the war on terror and partner in developing successful models to strengthen food security and community resilience, many aspects of its human rights record continue to raise concerns. In recent years there has been a disturbing trend towards repressive interpretations of laws, which have
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CPJ While Ethiopia has proven to be a willing ally in the war on terror and partner in developing successful models to strengthen food security and community resilience, many aspects of its human rights record continue to raise concerns. In recent years there has been a disturbing trend towards repressive interpretations of laws, which have
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By William Davison An Ethiopian court asked prosecutors to amend charges so they specify the acts of terrorism that 10 bloggers and journalists are alleged to have been plotting, a defense lawyer said. The order was made today at the Federal High Court in the capital, Addis Ababa, where nine out of the 10 accused
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አቶ ታምራት ላይኔ – 206 ሺሕ ብርና ስምንት ተሽከርካሪዎችን መረከቡን ገልጿል የሙስና ወንጀል ክስ ተመሥርቶባቸውና 18 ዓመታት በእስር እንዲቀጡ ተወስኖባቸው የነበሩት አቶ ታምራት ላይኔና ወ/ሮ ሻዲያ ናዲም ላይ መንግሥት በፍትሐ ብሔር መሥርቶ በነበረው ክስ በመርታቱ 18 ሚሊዮን ብር ገቢ ማግኘቱን ፍትሕ ሚኒስቴር አስታወቀ፡፡ እነ አቶ ታምራት በሕገወጥ መንገድ ከአገር በማውጣት 1000 ቶን ቡና ሸጠዋል በሚል፣
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By Amnesty International Thousands of members of Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group, the Oromo, are being ruthlessly targeted by the state based solely on their perceived opposition to the government, said Amnesty International in a new report released today. “Because I am Oromo” – Sweeping repression in the Oromia region of Ethiopia exposes how Oromos have
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In 1954 Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia became the first foreign head of state to visit the Federal Republic of Germany. His visit brought a breath of the exotic to provincial Bonn, then the provisional capital. For the young Federal Republic of Germany it was both a great honor and a sensation when the Ethiopian
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Vice WARNING: This article contains disturbing images Ethiopia, one of the world’s hungriest countries, is selling off vast chunks of its land to foreign investors who are growing food products for export — and those who get in the government’s way are being killed or silenced, according to a new investigation. Under the country’s controversial “villagization”
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Thinktank accuses Ethiopian government of stirring ethnic tensions as Suri displaced to make way for large plantations Suri boys with water gourds herd cattle along a road in Tulgit, Omo valley, Ethiopia. Photograph: Danita Delimont/Alamy David Smith, Africa correspondent, The Guardian Ethiopia’s policy of leasing millions of hectares of land to foreign investors is encouraging human
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IPI criticises failure to afford journalists, bloggers due process International Press Institute An Ethiopian court this week delayed proceedings for an 11th time against six bloggers and three independent journalists, who were arrested in April in connection with their activities as part of the Zone 9 collective. The court at a hearing on Tuesday adjourned
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(RSF) – At least six publications have had to close in recent months and around 30 journalists have fled abroad since the start of the year as a result of the biggest crackdown on the privately-owned press since 2005, one reflecting a government desire to make a clean sweep of independent media before parliamentary elections
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