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Ethiopia:
Defendants in Ethiopia Zone 9 Case See 11th Court Delay
IPI, 6 November 2014
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… Read more »
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Ethiopia:
Court Drops Some, Not All Charges Against Zone 9 Bloggers
IFEX, 14 November 2014
This statement was originally published on freedomhouse.org on 12 November 2014. Read more »
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Ethiopia:
Court Drops Zone9 'Crimes Against Constitution' Charge
Reporter, 15 November 2014
Orders several amendments to prosecutor's terror charge Read more »
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Ethiopia:
Prosecutor Presents Amended Charge in Zone9 Case
Reporter, 6 December 2014
A federal prosecutor on Wednesday presented a ten-page amended charge in the case of Zone9 bloggers and journalists which defense lawyers say is not amended as per the court's… Read more »
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Ethiopia:
Zone 9 Bloggers Move to Trial On Amended ATP Charges in Ethiopia
State Department, 29 January 2015
Jen Psaki Read more »
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Ethiopia:
Zone 9 Bloggers, Journalists Blast Terror Charge
Reporter, 21 February 2015
Judge who withdrew makes a return Read more »
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Africa:
How Eritrea, Ethiopia Impose Censorship
allAfrica, 22 April 2015
Two of the 10 most censored countries in the world are African, says the Committee to Protect Journalists. Read more »
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Ethiopia:
Free Zone 9 Bloggers, Journalists
HRW, 23 April 2015
Ethiopian authorities should immediately release nine bloggers and journalists arrested a year ago who are being prosecuted on politically motivated charges, Human Rights Watch… Read more »
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Ethiopia:
One Year After Arrest Zone 9 Bloggers Remain Imprisoned As Trial Drags On
CPJ, 23 April 2015
It will be one year this weekend since six bloggers were arrested in Addis Ababa, just days after the group announced on Facebook that their Zone 9 blog would resume publishing… Read more »
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Ethiopia:
U.S. Urges Release of Journalists in Addis
State Department, 24 April 2015
A statement by Marie Harf, acting Spokesperson for the State Department: Read more »
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Ethiopia:
One Year After Arrest Zone 9 Bloggers Remain Imprisoned As Trial Drags On
PR Newswire, 24 April 2015
NEW YORK, 24 April 2015 / PRN Africa / -- It will be one year this weekend since six bloggers were arrested in Addis Ababa, just days after the group announced on Facebook that… Read more »
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Ethiopia:
One Year On, Ethiopian Zone 9 Bloggers Remain in Detention
IFEX, 24 April 2015
This statement was originally published on pen-international.org on 24 April 2015. Read more »
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Ethiopia:
Conflating Terrorism and Journalism in Ethiopia
CPJ, 27 April 2015
At the Lideta courthouse in Ethiopia's capital city, Addis Ababa, stands a statue of a blindfolded woman holding a set of scales in her outstretched hand--a universal symbol of… Read more »
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Ethiopia:
Zone9 Bloggers and Three Journalists Have Spent 365 Days in Prison
RSF, 8 April 2015
Six bloggers with the Zone 9 Collective and three journalists who were arrested at the same time have just begun their second year in prison without any possibility of being freed… Read more »
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Ethiopia:
Court Denies Zone 9 Defendants Right to See Prosecution's Video Evidence
Reporter, 20 June 2015
Defense lawyers say court's ruling 'unconstitutional' Read more »
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Ethiopia:
EU Says Concerned Over the Detained Bloggers, Election
Reporter, 2 August 2014
The European Union (EU), the main development partner of the Ethiopian government expressed its concern over the detention of the bloggers and journalists. Read more »
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Ethiopia:
Court Denies Bloggers, Journalists Bail
Reporter, 23 August 2014
The Federal High Court 19th bench decided against the appeal presented by the bloggers and journalists who are suspects and are charged by the federal prosecutor and held under… Read more »
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Ethiopia:
Arrest of Journalists, Bloggers, Exodus of Journalists
Reporter, 13 September 2014
It was last year that three journalists and six bloggers were detained and charged with "working with foreign organizations that claim to be human rights activists and agreeing in… Read more »
