CARD has co-hosted a half-day panel discussion on ‘freedom of expression, hate speech, and election’ in partnership with Ameha Mekonnen and Associates Law Office (AMLO) and Network of Digital Rights in Ethiopia (NDRE) on the 29th of February 2020 at Intercontinental Addis Hotel. Wondimagegn Tadesse, Director of Center for Human Rights at Addis Ababa University, […]
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CARD Held a Press Conference on the Impact of Hate speech and Disinformation on the upcoming Ethiopian Election
CARD, in a press conference on held on the 30th of January 2020 at the Caleb hotel, on the prevalence of hate speech, expressed the need to protect the election from disinformation. “CARD has been conducting social media monitoring for the past six months and learned that Ethiopia is experiencing a rise in false information […]
U.S. Wrong to Endorse Ethiopia’s Election – Joint letter to Sec. Kerry
April 17, 2015 The Honorable John F. Kerry Secretary of State 2201 C Street, NW Washington, DC 20520 Dear Mr. Secretary: We are deeply troubled over the comments made by Under Secretary Wendy Sherman yesterday in Addis Ababa. The Under Secretary’s unfortunate statement calling Ethiopia a democracy puts the United States government on record as […]