By Tamru Ayele, THE Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Oakland Institute (OI) and Survival International (SI) have strongly rejected and condemned Dawit Kebede’s recent claims against several global advocacy groups. The groups said such an irresponsible and unsubstantiated allegation that has no factual basis is not expected of someone who claims to be a journalist […]
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By Reporters Without Borders, REPORTERS Without Borders is happy to learn of the release on bail of six Eritrean journalists who had been held since February 2009. They are Bereket Misghina, Yirgalem Fisseha Mebrahtu and Basilios Zemo of Radio Bana, Meles Negusse Kiflu, who worked for Radio Bana and Radio Zara, Girmay Abraham of Radio […]
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By Tamiru Ayele, ETHIOPIAN journalist and former CPJ “press freedom hero” have accused the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) as being one of the tools for imposing “Western hegemonic ambition”. Dawit Kebede, managing editor of Awramba Times, who was one of the four recipients of CPJ’s International Press Freedom Award in 2010, launched the scathing […]
Continue ReadingBy Marthe van der Wolf, THIS month, Ethiopian officials shut down five magazines — the latest in a series of shutdowns — but the move got little attention from outside the country. The East African country is well known for suppressing the media, but some cases seem to get celebrity status while others are ignored. Twelve […]
Continue ReadingTraffic to English and Arabic websites has plummeted since the network aired coverage of protests in August last year. By Aljazeera, Al Jazeera’s English and Arabic websites are reported to have been blocked in Ethiopia, raising fresh fears that the government is continuing its efforts to silence the media. Though the authorities in Addis Ababa […]
Continue ReadingBy CyberAdal, It is a great’s news to know that, Journalist, poet and novelist, Ahmed Omer Sheikh is free on Sunday evening on December 2012. The writer is famous in Eritrea as one of the winner of the Eritrean “Raimoq Award for both 1995 & 1997” together with Mr. Alemseged Tesfay whom jointly won the […]
Continue ReadingCommittee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Since 2001, more journalists were forced to leave their homeland in Ethiopia than any other country in the world, according to a survey published by the New York based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). According to CPJ, from August 1, 2001 to May 31, 2011 some 649 journalists were forced […]
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