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CNN featured Ethiopian Jailed Journalist Dawit Kebede (Video)

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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)

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Ethiopia Hijacked Press Freedom Day Conference

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An Ethiopian observance of World Press Freedom Day was marred Tuesday by a walkout of independent journalists after a dispute with a rival group of state-run media employees. It was organized as a conference on critical topics of interest to Ethiopian journalists. But before the meeting began, staff members of Addis Ababa’s private newspapers were grumbling that the discussions were being hijacked. They said representatives of private media were far outnumbered by those from Ethiopia’s numerous stat... (more)

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Newspapers And Journalists Face Threats And Legal Pressure

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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. "By taking legal action against news media that criticize its policies or simply dare to ask awkward questions, the government is trying to suffocate them," Reporters Without Borders said. "As they are unable to pay exorbitant legal costs, newspapers ri... (more)

Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: allafrica.com tags: eprdf, Ethiopian Media, Ethiopian Press, Politics

Ethiopian court throws OLF members into jail for life

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Three Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) leaders have been imprisoned for life by the Ethiopian High Court after they were found guilty of carrying out terrorist attacks on innocent Ethiopians. Three members of the Oromo Liberation Fron (OLF) identified as "rebel commanders" were on Thursday February 3, 2011 sentenced to life prison terms by the third criminal bench of the Ethiopian High Court, read a statement released by the Ethiopian Ministry of Justice after the court ruling. The court convicted Jateni Ke... (more)

Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: www.afrik-news.com tags: eprdf, Ethiopian Media, Meles Zenawi, OLF, ONLF, opposition parties, Politics

“Journalism can be a deadly profession, and not only in war and conflict zones” Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

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An Ethiopian editor who spent 21 months in jail, a reporter working in Russia’s deadly Caucasus region and An Iranian editor who exposed horrific prison abuses and are among four journalists winning an international press freedom award, says the Committee to Protect Journalists. The annual awards ceremony will take place on Tuesday in New York, also [...] (more)

Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: awramba.com tags: Ethiopian Media, Ethiopian Press, news about ethiopia

Dawit Kebede of Awramba Times has won International Press Freedom Awards

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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)

Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: awramba.com tags: awramba times, Dawit Kebede, Ethiopian Media, Ethiopian Press

Another Government journalist defect

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Tsegaye Tiku, a journalist who has been working in the Ethiopian radio and television agency for the last four years defected to USA last week. The journalist told to EMF that the ruling Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) is making the country living hell for journalists to [...] (more)

Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: ethioforum.org tags: eprdf, Ethiopian Media, Ethiopian Press, news about ethiopia, Tsegaye Tiku

አውራምባ ታይምስ የመረጃ ምንጩን እንዲያሳውቅ በመንግስት ተጠየቀ

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የኢትዮጵያ ብሮድካስት ባለስልጣን ዋና ዳይሬክተር የሆኑት አቶ ደስታ ተስፋው በቁጠር 9.2/308 በዛሬው ዕለት ለአውራምባ ታይምስ ዝግጅት ክፍል በላኩት ደብዳቤ ጋዜጣው ለዜና ዘገባ የሚጠቀምባቸውን የመረጃ ምንጮች እስከ ነሐሴ 30 ቀን 2002 ዓ.ም ድረስ እንዲያሳውቅ ጠይቀዋል፡፡ በኢትዮጵያ ሕገ መንግስት መሠረት አንድ ጋዜጠኛ ለፍርድ ቤቶች ሳይቀር የመረጃ ምንጭ የማሳወቅ ግዴታ እንደሌለበት በግልጽ የተደነገገ ቢሆንም ብሮድካስት ባለስልጣን በ‹ሬጉላቶሪ› ሽፋን ሕገ [...] (more)

Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: awramba.com tags: awramba times, eprdf, Ethiopian Media, Ethiopian Press, news about ethiopia

ESAT Press Release – Ethiopian Satellite Television

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Urgent advert for ESAT It is no secret that the Ethiopian Satellite Television, ESAT, has become the most popular television program in Ethiopia and around the world. Despite the continuous jamming of ESAT by the Ethiopian regime, ESAT has stolen the hearts of millions in such a short time. Tens of thousands have called ESAT [...] (more)

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Awramba Times’ Office Attacked

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Awramba Times (Addis Ababa):- Yesterday, August 17, 2010, around 8 o’clock in the evening, an “unknown men” tried to enter into Awramba Times’s (AT) office. And in a separate incident which occurred six hours before the evening’s outrageous act, and which some witnesses that happened to be at the place have substantially speculated it as [...] (more)

Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: awramba.com tags: Addis Ababa, addis ababa in ethiopia, addis ethiopia, Ethiopian Media, Ethiopian Press, news about ethiopia

ለኢሳት ሥርጭት የተደረገው የገቢ ማሰባሰቢያ ዝግጅት በተሳካ ሁኔታ መጠናቀቁ ተገለጸ

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በጥቂት ሀገር ወዳዶች የጋራ ጥረትና ስብስብ ተቋቁሞ በኢትዮጵያና በሌሎች የዓለም ክፍሎች መሠራጨት የጀመረውን የኢትዮጵያ ሳይተላይት ቴሌቪዥን ጣቢያ ለመርዳት በስዊድን መዲና ስቶክሆልም ከተማ የገንዘብ ማሰባሰቢያ ዝግጅት መደረጉ ተገለጸ። (more)

Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: www.ethiopiazare.com tags: Esat, Ethiopian Media, Ethiopian Press, news about ethiopia

ESAT Service Jammed

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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)

Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: awramba.com tags: Dawit Kebede, Esat, Ethiopia Press, Ethiopian Media, news about ethiopia

Ethiopian ESAT is a game changer

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Ethiopian ESAT is a game changer. When you think things look bad and hope is fading something happens to boost the morale and compels you to get up and give it another spin. When the little tyrant is making fun of democracy and elections and freedom lovers everywhere despair there comes a ray of hope from around the corner and floods our heart with optimism and ‘yes we can’ mind set. ESAT is such a moment in the long history of our ancient land. It is like they close the door to engulf... (more)

Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: www.ethiopianreview.com tags: Esat, Ethiopian Media, Ethiopian Press, news about ethiopia, Yilma Bekele

ጀርመን ራዲዮ በኢትዮጵያ እንዳይሰማ ታገደ

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ከትላንት አርብ ግንቦት 13 ጀምሮ የጀርመን ድምጽ ራዲዮ በኢትኦጵያ እንዳይሰማ መደረጉን የአዲስ አበባ ምንጮች በተለያዩ ቦታወች በመዘዋወር አረጋገጡ። (more)

Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: www.ethiopiazare.com tags: election 2002, eprdf, Ethiopian Media, Ethiopian Press, news about ethiopia

Journalists petition Zenawi over media rights

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ADDIS ABABA, ThursdayReporters Without Borders lobby group has voiced concern about the harsh climate for journalists in recent weeks in Ethiopia.In a letter to Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, the journalists have asked him to consult with them in order to find ways to amend the code of conduct governing election reporting, that was (more)

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VOA Addresses Ethiopia on World Press Freedom Day

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On World Press Freedom Day, the Director of the Voice of America reaches out directly to VOA’s Ethiopian audience in an open letter. In it, Director Danforth W. Austin expresses VOA’s deep concern about efforts to interfere with the free flow of news and information. He cites actions that have been taken to jam VOA’s [...] (more)

Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: ecadforum.com tags: election 2002, Ethiopian Media, Ethiopian Press, news about ethiopia, VOA

Ginbot 7 Radio extends its radio service to Ethiopia

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Ginbot 7 Radio has doubled its effort in its radio service to Ethiopia by broadcasting its program twice a day and three days a week. Also, to counter the constant attempt by the Meles regime to block the radio service, Ginbot 7 radio has started broadcasting in 4 different airwaves. Ginbot 7 Dimts Radio schedules to [...] (more)

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Two Ethiopian state TV journalists under arrest

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CPJ, New York, April 30, 2010—In light of the Ethiopian government’s longstanding practice of jailing journalists on trumped-up criminal charges, the Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned about the detentions last week of two government TV journalists on allegations of misusing state property. CPJ is monitoring the legal proceedings closely. Editor Haileyesus Worku and reporter Abdulsemed [...] (more)

Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: abbaymedia.com tags: election 2002, Ethiopian Media, Ethiopian Press, news about ethiopia

VOA Launches News on Arabsat for Ethiopia

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Voice of America announced Wednesday the start-up of a new satellite transmission of many of its Africa language broadcasts, giving the Horn of Africa broadcasts in Afan Oromo, Amharic and Tigrigna prime evening listening time on the 24-hour schedule. (more)

Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: ethioforum.org tags: Ethiopian Media, Ethiopian news, Ethiopian Press, news about ethiopia

Ethiopia: Truth Makes Dictators Nervous

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A radio that transmits credible information is always contemplated by dictators with distrust and fear. The ability to transmit messages over the barbed wire of the “Iron Curtains” and across heavily guarded borders, where weapons are pointed into their own citizens by totalitarian régimes, is not easy but achievable. VOA is facing this [...] (more)

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