Reporters Without Borders is alarmed by the steadily worsening climate of harassment and intimidation that the Ethiopian authorities have imposed on the media, especially the private media…
Eskinder Nega (picture), a former journalist jailed along with his wife in 2005 for supporting the protests that followed legislative elections, is again under pressure from the authorities…
The state prosecutor has brought more than 30 charges against the Amharic-language weekly Fitih. On 22 January, the editor, Temesgen Desalegne, was summoned by police to hear the charges against him. Accusations included “tarnishing the image of the ruling coalition.” He was released after posting bail of 500 US dollars…
The Facebook page of Addis Neger, an Addis Ababa-based weekly that voluntarily suspended publication in December 2009, is mysteriously unavailable.
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