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Ethiopia: Civil Society Getting Squeezed
VOA, 14 June 2017
From an internet shutdown to convictions of journalists and opposition members, Ethiopia’s civil society has felt like it's under attack in recent weeks. Read more »
The targeting of civil society and restrictions on free speech fit a pattern which shows that over the past two decades the space for political opposition has been steadily constricted and civil liberties taken away, a new report by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace shows.
As the country's state of emergency approaches its ninth month, the government has shut down mobile Internet access without warning. Read more »
Yonatan Tesfaye, social media activist and former public relations head of the opposition Blue Party, has been sentenced to six years and three months in jail for social media ... Read more »
Several hundred opposition protesters gathered in northern town of Gondar to call on the government to stop exploiting the anti-terrorism law and release those imprisoned using the law.
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