Ethiopian Court Charges Bloggers, Journalists With Terrorism
Ethiopian Court Charges Bloggers, Journalists With Terrorism By William Davison, July 18, 2014 Six Ethiopian bloggers and three journalists were charged with planning attacks in the East African country in partnership with a banned U.S.-based opposition group, a judge said. The members of the Zone 9 blogging group and reporters are accused underEthiopia’s anti-terrorism law […]
Read More →Israel resumes airstrikes after Hamas balks at cease-fire
As of Tuesday, Palestinian health authorities reported that Israeli airstrikes on Gaza had killed 194 people and wounded 1,400 more. By Aileen Graef Children are carried through rubble as Palestinians inspect the damage of houses hit by an Israeli air strike in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah on July 14, 2014. More than 170 […]
Read More →Boko Haram’s ‘chief butcher’ arrested by Nigerian police
Boko Haram’s self-proclaimed “chief butcher” of Nigeria’s northeastern Balmo Forest was arrested Saturday by police during a counterinsurgency sweep of the area. By JC Finley ABUJA, Nigeria, July 15 (UPI) –Nigerian police have arrested 30-year-old Mohammed Zakari, who claims to be Boko Haram’s “chief butcher” in Balmo Forest. According to Nigerian police, Zakari has been accused […]
Read More →CPJ condemns closed court hearings for nine Ethiopian journalists
Nairobi, July 14, 2014-The Ethiopian government should end its politicized prosecution of nine Ethiopian journalists arrested in April. The journalists and their lawyers were shut out of court room hearings in recent days. In hearings at the Arada First Instance Court in the capital Addis Ababa on Saturday and Monday, police said that they had […]
Read More →London’s Heathrow Airport reportedly target of ‘substantial threat of a possible attack’ by AQAP
Kenya’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade issued a travel advisory on Saturday, warning that “information provided by U.S. officials” indicates London’s Heathrow Airport could be the target “of a possible attack” and advised Kenyans not to travel through Heathrow. By JC Finley LONDON, July 14 (UPI) –There is a “substantial threat of a possible […]
Read More →latter to the British Prime Minister
Ethiopian National Transitional Council P.O.Box 40963 Arlington, VA 22204 Tel: 1-703-659-6000 (US and Canada) Tel: +44-7958-487-420 (Europe, Mid. East and Africa) Email: contact@etntc.org Website: www.etntc.org July 14 July 14 July 14, 2014 ENTC has sent letters to the British Prime Minister, The British Parliament, British Labour Party, United Nations, International Red Cross and The Church […]
Read More →Interview with the lawyer of illegally detained Zone9 bloggers & journalists
Posted on July 14, 2014 | Leave a commentTranslator’s noteThe first instance court of Arada bench was expected to wrap up the pre-trial ‘hearing’ which took more than 70 days and yet the bloggers were not even brought before the judge. Mr.Amaha a lawyer defending the bloggers & journalists who are detained on unclear but shaping […]
Read More →Twenty Ethiopia state journalists dismissed, in hiding By Tom Rhodes/CPJ East Africa Representative
People demonstrate in Addis Ababa on May 24 against security forces who shot at students at a peaceful rally weeks eearlier in Oromia state. (Reuters/Tiksa Negeri) “If they cannot indoctrinate you into their thinking, they fire you,” said one former staff member of the state-run Oromia Radio and Television Organization (ORTO), who was dismissed from […]
Read More →We cannot Tolerate TPLF/EPRDF’s State Terror!
It is a well known fact that TPLF/EPRDF has slaughtered and oppressed Ethiopian citizens since it came to power. In order to oppress the peaceful struggle, especially within the last 10 years, the regime acclaimed several repressive proclamations and laws to legalize its butchery and tyranny. Many politicians, journalists, bloggers, religious leaders and people who […]
Read More →Zone 9 blogger urges world to call for freedom in Ethiopia By Rachael Levy/CPJ Google Journalism Fellow
In April, the Ethiopian government imprisoned nine journalists, including six bloggers from Zone 9, in one of the worst crackdowns against free expression in the country. Ethiopia is the second worst jailer of journalists in Africa, trailing only Eritrea, according to CPJ research. Ethiopian government officials accuse the Zone 9 bloggers of working with foreign human rights organizations […]
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