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Two journalists sentenced to 14 years on terrorism charges

Published on 24 January 2012Read

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Two Swedish journalists sentenced to 11 years in prison

Published on 27 December 2011Read

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Letter from Reporters Without Borders to U.N. Special Rapporteur on abuse of anti-terrorism law

Freedom of the press has deteriorated considerably in Ethiopia this year, with a dozen journalists arrested in the past few weeks and the fate of (...)

Published on 20 December 2011 Read

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Court drops one of three charges against Swedish journalists

Reporters Without Borders is relieved to learn that an Addis Ababa court today dropped a charge of participating in terrorist activity against (...)

Published on 3 November 2011 Read

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Anti-terror law denounced as a serious challenge for the media, a journalist named in WikiLeaks cable flees abroad

Reporters Without Borders voiced concern today for the safety of Ethiopia’s journalists after a long-time government critic was arrested along (...)

Published on 21 September 2011 Read

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Two Swedish and three Ethiopian journalists charged with terrorism

Reporters Without Borders condemns the charges of “terrorist activities” which, according to Ethiopian government spokesman Shimeles Kemal (...)

Published on 8 September 2011 Read

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Call for release of two journalists, investigation into conditions of detention

Reporters Without Borders wrote today to Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi calling for the release of two journalists who were arrested in (...)

Published on 25 August 2011 Read

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Two journalists freed on bail, two others in separate case remain in detention

Reporters Without Borders notes that Haileyesus Worku, the editor of the state-owned Ethiopian Radio and Television Agency (ERTA), and one of his (...)

Published on 25 July 2011 Read

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Swedish journalists arrested in Ethiopia after leaving Somalia, Somali journalist threatened with extradition to Ethiopia

Reporters Without Borders condemns the apparent complicity between the Ethiopian authorities and those in Somalia’s semi-autonomous northeastern (...)

Published on 5 July 2011 Read

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Two journalists arrested as pressure mounts on privately-owned media

Reporters Without Borders condemns the arrests of two journalists working for privately-owned newspapers in the past few days. The latest victim (...)

Published on 28 June 2011 Read