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 →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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