World condems Jonglei peacekeeper deaths

The international community has continued to express condemnation of the death of 12 people in an ambush of a United Nations convoy in South Sudan’s Jonglei state on 9 April

ዜጎችን ከስፍራቸው ማፈናቀል አንዱ የኢህአዲግ ማናለብኝ ህገዎጥ ተግባር ነው

ሰሜን አሜሪካ አንድነት ድጋፍ ማህበራት የተሰጠ መግለጫ

የኢትዮጵያ ሕገ መንግስት፣ ዜጎች በማንኛውም የኢትዮጵያ ግዛት የመንቀሳቀስ፣ የመኖር ፣ የመነገድ ፣ የመምረጥና የመመረጥ መብት እንዳላቸው በግልጽ ያስቀምጣል። ነገር ግን ገዢው ፓርቲ ይሄን የዜጎች ሕገ መንግስታዊ መብት በመጣስ በተለያዩ ቦታዎች በዜጎች ላይ የሚያደርሰው ግፍና በደል ከጊዜ ወደ ጊዜ እየጨመረ ነዉ።

Updated report on Information controls in Ethiopia

In its updated report on Information controls in Ethiopia, the OpenNet Initiative states that Ethiopia remains a highly restrictive environment in which to express political dissent online. The government of Ethiopia has long filtered critical and oppositional political content, ONI reports. Anti-terrorism legislation is frequently used to target online speech, including in the recent conviction of a dozen individuals, many of whom were tried based on their online writings. OpenNet Initiative (ONI) testing

Ethiopia: Journalism under anti-terrorism law

How the US ‘war on terror’ has provided cover for laws that are being used to silence dissident journalists.

Ethiopia – Right in Prison, Wrong on the Throne By Prof. Al Mariam

Last April, I wrote a “Special Tribute to My Personal Hero Eskinder Nega”.  In that tribute, I groped for words as I tried to describe this common Ethiopian man of uncommon valor, an ordinary journalist of extraordinary integrity and audacity.

Birtukan Mideksa: The US must speak out for those prisoners of conscience in Ethiopia

Independent journalists in Ethiopia face grave threat of imprisonment if they criticise the state or its laws.

By Birtukan Mideksa

Although Ethiopia has its first new prime minister in 17 years

A case for the release of Eskinder and others (Girma Kassa)

Ethiopia’s ruling party, EPRDF, has held its 9th General Assembly this week. It elected Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn and Ato Demeke Mekonnen as its chairman and vice chairman