“Happy birthday journalist #ReeyotAlemu! #Ethiopia: give her proper #health care & allow her family visits! http://thndr.it/KKBxuV”

Reeyot Alemu has become a global icon of the struggle for a free press and intellectual freedom and journalists like Christiane Amanpour have spoken out on her behalf. An indomitable spirit and principled woman, she is a 2012 laureate of the International Women’s Media Foundation Courage in Journalism Award, the 2013 recipient of the UNESCO-Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize, and she was a finalist of the 2013 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.

Your support and solidarity can help her have a happier birthday and fuel her strength as she weathers harsh prison conditions and continues an international legal battle against a politically-motivated conviction on trumped-up terrorism charges.

How to show your support:

1.       At the top of the page, choose to support with Twitter, Facebook, or both, and get friends and followers to do the same.

2.      Sign the petition of Safe World for Women calling for Reeyot’s release

3. ·    Donate to the Media Legal Defence Initiative’s fund for Reeyot’s international appeal against her conviction

4. ·   Use the hashgtag  #ReeyotAlemu follow up and tweet in support of Reeyot

5.    On 21 January, watch as everyone’s messages are simultaneously shared across the world.
For more information, please visit:

http://www.iwmf.org/reeyot-alemu-2012-courage-in-journalism-award/

http://cpj.org/tags/reeyot-alemu