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(AFP) – ADDIS ABABA — An Ethiopian court on Thursday dismissed the appeal of blogger Eskinder Nega and opposition leader Andualem Arage who were jailed last year for terror-related offences. “The sentencing is still correct so there is no reduction,” … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Pan African News
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Committee to Protect Journalists, Eskinder, Eskinder Nega, Ethiopia, Ginbot 7, IndepthAfrica, PEN America, Serkalem Fasil
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By Alemayehu G Mariam Last April, I wrote a “Special Tribute to My Personal Hero Eskinder Nega”. In that tribute, I groped for words as I tried to describe this common Ethiopian man of uncommon valor, an ordinary journalist of … read more »
Posted in Alemayehu G. Mariam, Article, Columnist, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Birtukan Mideksa, Eskinder, eskindernega, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Meles Zenawi, Serkalem Fasil, Temesgen Desalegn, Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
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By Alemayehu G. Mariam 2012 is gone. 2013 is on the way. Let us ring in redress to all humankind. I wish a happy and prosperous new year to all of my readers throughout the world. To those who have … read more »
Posted in Alemayehu G. Mariam, Article, Columnist, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Eskinder Nega, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Lord Alfred Tennyson, Martin Luther King, Meles Zenawi, Richard Nixon, Serkalem Fasil
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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 »
Posted in Alemayehu G. Mariam, Article, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Ethiopia, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, Ethiopian Review, International Women's Media Foundation, IWMF, Maya Angelou, Reeyot Alemu, Serkalem Fasil
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By Eskinder Nega Introduction by Charlayne Hunter-Gault (The Root) — President Barack Obama’s strong defense of freedom of speech at the United Nations last month was clearly directed at the sputtering young Arab and North African democracies, where violent anti-American … read more »
Posted in Article, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Barack Obama, Charlayne Hunter-Gault, Ethiopia, Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica world news, Nega, Serkalem Fasil, United States
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Addis Ababa – An Ethiopian judge delayed the verdict on Friday in the case of 24 people charged with terrorism, including prominent journalist Eskinder Nega and opposition member Andualem Arage. The conclusion of the trial, which has been widely condemned … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, East Africa, Ethiopia, News
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he New York Times As many of his colleagues fled Ethiopia’s crackdown on the news media, Eskinder Nega stayed to write. Eskinder Nega A prominent journalist, Mr. Nega challenged the prosecution of fellow reporters and editors under terrorism laws in … read more »
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New York – An imprisoned Ethiopian journalist and blogger who could face the death penalty for advocating peaceful protests in his Horn of Africa homeland was honoured on Tuesday with PEN America’s “Freedom to Write” award. Eskinder Nega was arrested … read more »
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Alemayehu G. Mariam On May 1, 2012, Eskinder Nega, Ethiopia’s foremost journalist and political prisoner, will be awarded the “Freedom to Write Award”, the highest honor given out by Pen America, one of the great international free press institutions that … read more »
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It would be hard to find a better symbol of media repression in Africa than Eskinder Nega. The veteran Ethiopian journalist and dissident blogger has been detained at least seven times by Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s government over the past … read more »
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Eskinder, Ethiopia, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Maziar Bahari, Meles Zenawi, Serkalem Fasil, Washington D.C
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