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Ethiopian Winner of Press Freedom Prize Suffering in Prison – family

May 3, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

ADDIS ABABA — The family of Reeyot Alemu, this year’s winner of the World Press Freedom Prize, says her situation in an Ethiopian prison is worsening by the day. Reeyot Alemu and Eskinder Nega are two of the best-known Ethiopian … read more »

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Watching American Diplocrisy in Ethiopia By Alemayehu G. Mariam

April 29, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

America is Watching!? Diplomacy by hypocrisy is “diplocrisy”. Edmund Burke, the British statesman and philosopher, said “Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing.” We’ve heard many promises on … read more »

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Imprisoned Ethiopian Journalist Win the 2013 UNESCO-World Press Freedom Prize

April 26, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

By Betre Yacob Imprisoned Ethiopian journalist Reeyot Alemu has won the 2013 UNESCO-Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize. She is given the prize in recognition of her “exceptional courage, resistance and commitment” to freedom of expression. According to UNESCO’s news … read more »

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Ethiopian jailed journalist Reeyot Alemu wins UNESCO prize

April 17, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

Jailed Ethiopian journalist wins UNESCO prize – Ethiopian journalist, Reeyot Alemu, who is serving a five-year sentence, is the winner of the 2013 World Press Freedom prize – UNESCO/Guillermo Cano – in recognition of her “exceptional courage, resistance and commitment … read more »

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Press Release: Ethiopian Judge Rejects Reeyot Alemu’s Final Appeal

January 9, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

press release . Reeyot, who wrote columns critical of the government for the now-defunct independent weekly Feteh, has been imprisoned since June 2011 on terrorism charges in a case that has aroused international indignation. In January 2012, she was sentenced … read more »

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Ethiopia: Lionizing journalists and demonizing the judicial process

December 29, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

In the history of modern Ethiopia the free press is certainly a relatively recent phenomenon. It is only a little over two decades since press freedom was given a constitutional guarantee and Ethiopians were able to air their views openly … read more »

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4 Ethiopian journalists received the prestigious Hellman/Hammett award

December 20, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Four Ethiopian journalists have received the prestigious Hellman/Hammett award for 2012 in recognition of their efforts to promote free expression in Ethiopia, one of the world’s most restricted media environments. Eskinder Nega Fenta, an independent journalist and blogger; Reeyot Alemu … read more »

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Ethiopia’s Reeyot: “The Price for My Courage”

October 28, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam There are few things more difficult or dangerous than speaking truth to abusers of power. But for Reeyot Alemu, the 31 year-old young Ethiopian heroine of press freedom, no price is high enough to keep her … read more »

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