Kerry’s Ethiopia Opportunity

The U.S. secretary of state’s visit to Addis Ababa is a chance to pressure the government on its dreadful record on human rights…

Ethiopian editor questioned over story on Meles’ widow

New York, May 15, 2013–Ethiopian police in Addis Ababa questioned an editor for several hours today in connection with a story published in October about the widow of the late Ethiopian leader Meles Zenawi, according to news reports…

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Dr Berhanu Nega’s intervew with France based Radio about the imprisonment of Eskinder Nega and the judicial system in Ethiopian, May 2013………

Ethiopia in the corner on Press Freedom Day Mesfin Negash awarded

Mesfin Negash, exiled journalist from Ethiopia, awarded with Martin Schibbye and Johan Persson Reporters Without Borders press freedom price 2013…..

CPJ calls on African Union to uphold press freedom

H.E. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma Chairperson of the African Union Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Via fax and email      Dear Chairperson Zuma…..

Ethiopia: “Hands off our leader” Afar warriors warned Ethiopia’s minority junta

*popular cleric still in Semera ignoring threat of arrest    (By Getahune Bekele, South Africa)

Despite demonstration in tyrannized nation where adhering to Islam is becoming dangerous and hedged with restrictions under the controversial anti- terrorism law,…

Release our Religious Leaders! Muslim Ethiopian Diaspora in Sweden (CNN)

Hundreds of Ethiopian Muslim expats in Stockholm rallied in front the Ethiopian consulate..

Ethiopia ‘blocks’ Al Jazeera websites

Traffic to English and Arabic websites has plummeted since the network aired coverage of protests in August last year.Al Jazeera’s English and Arabic websites are reported to have been blocked in Ethiopia,….

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Emergency Message for U.S. Citizens in Ethiopia

(U.S. Bureau of Diplomatic Security) — The U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, continues to receive information indicating a kidnapping threat to westerners along Ethiopia’s border with…..

A U.S. citizen and 5 Ethiopian civilians were ambushed and killed in western Ethiopia

(AJC) — On March 2, 2013, seventeen Anuak men were ambushed by Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF), as they were sitting under a tree near Gilo river in a rural area in the Gambella ……