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Ethiopia: Prison Restricts Visits to Hunger Strike Journalist
CPJ, 16 September 2013
The decision by authorities at Kality Prison to impose visitor restrictions on imprisoned journalist Reeyot Alemu constitutes harassment and runs counter to the Ethiopian… Read more »
Jailed Ethiopian Journalist On Hunger Strike
Reeyot Alemu was awarded the 2013 Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize: The imprisoned critical columnist has gone on hunger strike to protest a decision to restrict her visitors.
Journalist Reeyot Alemu, currently serving a five-year jail term in Ethiopia, was awarded the Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize for 2013.
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Ethiopia: NGOs, Opposition Groups and Journalists Still Repressed in Ethiopia
IFEX, 4 September 2013
The death of Ethiopian prime minister Meles Zenawi in August 2012 after two decades in power sparked hope that the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF)… Read more »
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Ethiopia: African Media Leaders Must Boycott Ethiopia
allAfrica, 21 August 2013
Ethiopian journalists have come to expect the worst from our government. Read more »
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Africa: Why African Media Leaders Must Head to Ethiopia
AMI, 29 July 2013
From November 6 to 8, 2013, the African Media Initiative (AMI) will hold its flagship annual convention, the African Media Leaders Forum (AMLF), in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, focused… Read more »
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Ethiopia: European Human Rights Committee Denied Access to Ethiopian Prison
VOA, 17 July 2013
Members of a European Parliament human rights delegation have been blocked from visiting an Ethiopian prison, and are concerned about the human rights situation in that nation. Read more »
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Ethiopia: Reyot Alemu and the Crime of Courage
IFEX, 2 May 2013
By awarding Reyot Alemu with the 2013 Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize, UNESCO is recognizing the imprisoned journalist's courage in the face of the Ethiopian government's… Read more »
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Africa: U.S. Double-Talking Human Rights in Ethiopia, Again!
Fahamu, 4 July 2013
'Our silence in the face of outrageous lies may give the misimpression that we are ignorant, witless, fainthearted and without much sense or sensibility. But we know the simple… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Ethiopian Journalists Hope New Council Will Ease Restrictions
IPS, 10 May 2013
Several Ethiopian publications are coming together to set up a 'press council' with the hope of easing restrictions on the media in Ethiopia. Read more »
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Africa: Open Letter to African Union On Press Freedom
Daily Trust, 5 May 2013
We ask that you mark World Press Freedom Day, May 3, 2013, by calling for the release of all journalists imprisoned in Africa and appealing for justice in the murders of… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Concern Over Two Journalists Held Since June 2011 for "Terrorism"
RSF, 26 April 2013
Reporters Without Borders is very worried about two journalists, Woubeshet Taye and Reyot Alemu, who have been detained since June 2011 and were given long jail sentences more than… Read more »
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Somalia: Ethiopian Journalist Reeyot Alemu Wins 2013 Unesco-Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize
UNESCO, 24 April 2013
Imprisoned Ethiopian journalist Reeyot Alemu is the winner of the 2013 UNESCO-Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize. Ms Alemu was recommended by an independent international… Read more »
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Eskinder Nega Fenta, Reeyot Alemu Gobebo, Woubshet Taye Abebe and Mesfin Negash have received the prestigious Hellman/Hammett award for 2012 in recognition of their efforts to ... Read more »
