Category: News
Ethiopian Bloggers Acquitted of Terrorism Charges, Three Released from Prison
October 19, 2015 Contact: Maran Turner +44 7763 764699 mturner@freedom-now.org Soliyana Gebremichael soli@ehrp.org Washington, D.C.: Freedom Now and the Ethiopia Human Rights Project (EHRP) are very happy to announce that five members of the Zone 9 blogger group in Ethiopia have been acquitted of terrorism charges and three were released from prison on Saturday, October 17. […]
International Human Right Organizations have called for the Release of Zone9 Bloggers and Journalists
Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Office of the Prime Minister Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Re: Detained journalists and bloggers Dear Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, We write to you to express our grave concern regarding the terrorism charges laid against seven bloggers associated with the Zone 9 website and three independent journalists in […]
Update on the Pre-Trial Hearing of Zonenine Bloggers and Journalists
The Federal First Instance Court, Arada First Bench was expected to conclude the pre-trial ‘hearing’ of the cases involving three bloggers and three journalists on July 12, 2014. The trial has already taken more than 70 days without them being brought before the judge. Mr. Amaha, lawyer defending the bloggers and journalists who are detained on […]
We are pleased to announce the launch of our new website!
We are pleased to announce the launch of our new website! Ethiopia Human Rights Project (EHRP) is pleased to announce the launch of http://www.ehrp.org/, a website to bolster the advocacy work of international and domestic actors seeking to advance human rights in Ethiopia. Our goal is to provide our guests with a way to learn about […]