Ethiopians take a stand against leader

Posted on May 24, 2012 by

About 300 Ethiopians descended on the streets of Sandton on Wednesday, almost bringing business to a standstill. They gathered at noon on the corner of Alice Lane and 5th Street, outside the Sandton Convention Centre, which is hosting this year’s Global African Diaspora Summit. Continue reading →

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Activists to Obama: reassess Ethiopia partnership

Posted on May 18, 2012 by

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Rights groups are asking President Barack Obama to re-evaluate the U.S.-Ethiopia relationship over allegations the leader of the East African nation is becoming increasingly repressive. Continue reading →

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Trials of Politicians, Journalists Test Ethiopia’s Anti-Terrorism Law

Posted on May 18, 2012 by

ADDIS ABABA – In Ethiopia, a series of high-profile trials is being closely watched as a test of recently-enacted anti-terrorism legislation. A three-judge federal panel is hearing the trials of as many as 150 people arrested on terrorism-related charges last year, including prominent politicians and journalists. Continue reading →

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Pakistani among 5 gunned down in Ethiopia

Posted on May 1, 2012 by

ADDIS ABABA: Gunmen killed five people, including one Pakistani, and injured eight others in an attack in Gambella in western Ethiopia, a government spokesman said on Sunday. Continue reading →

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Detentions display UN’s impotence in Ethiopia: CSM

Posted on April 26, 2012 by

Ethiopia’s government has held one United Nations employee in jail without charges for well over a year, while another is facing prosecution under a notorious anti-terrorism law.

Ethiopia‘s government, a favored and oft-praised Western partner, has held one United Nations employee in jail without charges for well over a year, while another is facing prosecution under a notorious anti-terrorism law. Continue reading →

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IPI World Press Freedom Heroes Condemn Imprisonment of Ethiopian Journalist Eskinder Nega A Call for an End to the Persecution of Journalists in Ethiopia

Posted on April 25, 2012 by

By: Naomi Hunt

VIENNA – Twenty international journalists who have been recognised as World Press Freedom Heroes by the Vienna-based International Press Institute (IPI) have condemned the Ethiopian government’s decision to jail Eskinder Nega and other journalists on terrorism charges, and called for their immediate release. Continue reading →

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Ethiopian media organizations call for boycott of Ethiopian Airlines

Posted on April 25, 2012 by

Several Ethiopian media organizations issued a worldwide call for economic boycott against the ethnic apartheid dictatorship in Ethiopia.

The call was made by 12 major Ethiopian electronic and print media at a teleconference that was held on Saturday, April 12, 2012. The conference was attended by over 600 Ethiopians around the world.

The worsening repression in Ethiopia and particularly the recent ethnic cleansing of Amhara ethnic groups in southern Ethiopia, the displacement of tens of thousands of people in Gambela and Afar, and the ongoing genocide against the Ogaden people have prompted the media groups to make the call.

The boycott particularly focuses on Ethiopian Airlines and other major enterprises that are sources of hard currency for the genocidal regime.

Click here [pdf] to read the joint statement released by the media organizations.

Source: Ethiopian Review

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