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CNN featured Ethiopian Jailed Journalist Dawit Kebede (Video)

published 254 days, 13 hours, 56 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 254 days, 14 hours, 8 minutes ago
Thursday, May 26, 2011 4:45:50 AM GMT Thursday, May 26, 2011 4:33:54 AM GMT
Jailed journalist: ‘I will never hesitate from criticizing’ CNN international highlight Ethiopian journalist Dawit Kebede on the weekly African voices edition. (CNN) — Sharing a communal cell with 350 other prisoners, Ethiopian journalist Dawit Kebede spent 21 months in a crammed jail, losing his freedom for speaking his mind. That was his penalty for writing an editorial criticizing the Ethiopian government after the post-election violence that rocked the country in 2005. But while many of his ... (more)

Dawit Kebede of Awramba Times has won International Press Freedom Awards

published 473 days, 15 hours, 17 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 473 days, 15 hours, 29 minutes ago
Tuesday, October 19, 2010 3:25:10 AM GMT Tuesday, October 19, 2010 3:13:26 AM GMT
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), has announced today that Dawit Kebede, Managing Editor of the weekly Awramba Times as one of the four journalists who will be honored the 2010 International Press Freedom Awards. The statement says that all the awardees – Dawit Kebede, Nadira [...] (more)

ESAT Service Jammed

published 578 days, 13 hours, 36 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 578 days, 13 hours, 46 minutes ago
Tuesday, July 06, 2010 5:05:46 AM GMT Tuesday, July 06, 2010 4:56:32 AM GMT
service providers have performed extensive technical tests and determined that ESAT transmissions have been targeted for multiple interference from unknown sources Here is the press release given by the ESAT management  For the past three days and intermittently before that, Ethiopian Satellite Service (ESAT) broadcasts in Ethiopia have been interrupted due to undetermined electronic interference. [...] (more)

EU says Ethiopian poll was not fair

published 620 days, 3 hours, 30 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 620 days, 3 hours, 36 minutes ago
Tuesday, May 25, 2010 3:12:12 PM GMT Tuesday, May 25, 2010 3:05:53 PM GMT
The European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) to Ethiopia, said that the elections fell short of certain international commitments, notably the lack of level playing field for all parties and the transparency of the process. Thijs Berman, the EU’s chief observer, said the weekend vote had been peaceful, [...] (more)