By Soleyana S. Gebremicheal and Patrick Griffith This Article was first published at Global voices. Despite early, high-level condemnation of the arrests of independent journalists and bloggers in Ethiopia nine […]
Zone9 Bloggers case, Presented to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
Six Zone9bloggers collective members and three other independent journalists are in detention since last April 2014. accusation of Ethiopian government which suspected them in working with human rights organizations was […]
Ethiopia, Intensified crack down on opposition violates constitutional rights
On December 6th 2014 security forces in Addis Ababa have beaten, harassed and arrested opposition party members, activists and leaders that participated in a peaceful demonstration organized by nine opposition […]
Ethiopia: Crackdown on Dissent Intensifies as Journalists Convicted
CIVICUS: WORLD ALLIANCE FOR CITIZEN PARTICIPATION, EAST AND HORN OF AFRICA HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS PROJECT AND ETHIOPIA HUMAN RIGHTS PROJECT Ethiopia’s already limited space for civil society and human rights […]
“Dear Hyena no need for excuses, just eat me” – Ethiopian Proverb By BefeQadu Hailu
“So what do you think your crime is?” I was asked by one of my interrogators after I was telling him about what I did as a blogger and as […]