Human Rights Council adopts Universal Periodic Review outcome on Ethiopia

The UN Human Rights Council adopted the outcome of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Ethiopia on September 19, 2014. On that date, Ethiopia was given 252 recommendations by the UN Human Rights Council member States[1]to improve human rights infringements in the country, based on the general human rights situation assessment made to Ethiopia on May 2014 at UPR. The Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa welcomes the adoption of the outcome...

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ጋዜጠኛ ውብሸት መንግስት ለተሰደዱ ጋዜጠኞች ዋስትና እሰጣለሁ ማለቱ ማታለያ መሆኑን ተናገረ

በሽብር ስም ጥፋተኛ ተብሎ በእስር ላይ የሚገኘው ጋዜጠኛ ውብሸት ታዬ ሰሞኑን መንግስት ከሀገር የተሰደዱ ጋዜጠኞች ወደሀገራቸው ቢመለሱ እንደማይከሳቸው በማስታወቅ፣ ለዚህም ዋስትና እሰጣለሁ ማለቱ ማታለያ መሆኑን በእስር ቤት ተገኝቶ ጋዜጠኛውን ለጎበኘው የነገረ ኢትዮጵያ ጋዜጠኛ ተናግሯል፡፡ አምስት መጽሔቶች እና አንድ ጋዜጣ መከሰሳቸውን ተከትሎ ሀገር ጥለው የተሰደዱ ጋዜጠኞች በሚሰሩበት ተቋማት ላይ የቀረበው ክስ የማይመለከታቸው በመሆኑ ወደሀገራቸው ተመልሰው በሙያቸው ሰርተው መኖር እንደሚችሉ፣ ለዚህም የኢትዮጵያ መንግስት ዋስትና እንደሚሰጥ የመንግስት ኮሚኒኬሽን ጽ/ቤት ሚኒስትር ዴኤታ አቶ እውነቱ ብላታ ማስታወቃቸው የሚታወስ ሲሆን፣ ‹‹ጋዜጠኞች አልተከሰሱም፤ ወደፊትም አይከሰሱምም›› ሲሉ ገልጸው...

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የ‹‹አብዮታዊ ዴሞክራሲ›› የማጥመቅ ስልጠና

ከመስከረም 10/2007 ዓ.ም እስከ መስከረም 12/2007 ዓ.ም በጥቃቅንና አነስተኛ ለተደራጁ የአዲስ አበባ ነዋሪዎች በተሰጠው የ‹‹አብዮታዊ ዴሞክራሲ›› የማጥመቅ ስልጠና በምርጫው ንቁ ተሳትፎ በማድረግ ኢህአዴግ እንዲመረጥ እንዲሰሩ ትዕዛዝ እንደተሰጣቸውና እቅዱን ካላሳኩ ሸዳቸውን መስሪያ ቦታውን እንደሚያጡ ማስጠንቀቂያ እንደተሰጣቸው ለነገረ ኢትዮጵያ ገለጹ፡፡ሰልጣኞቹ ‹‹ግብር በዝቶብናል፣ ደንብ አስከባሪዎች በየጊዜው እየመጡ ገንዘብ ይወስዱብናል፣ በየወረዳው የመልካም አስተዳደር ችግር መፍትሄ ልናኝ አልቻልንም፣ ስለዚህ እናንተን እንዴት ነው የምንመርጠው? በየምርጫው ቃል ትገባላችሁ? ካለፈ በኋላ ትረሱናላችሁ እንዴት እነመንላችሁ?›› ሲሉ ቅሬታቸውንና በገዥው ፓርቲ እምነት እንደሌላቸው መግለጻቸውን ምንጮች ለነገረ ኢትዮጵያ ገልጸዋል፡፡በሌላ በኩል በስልጠናው የተገኙት ባለስልጣናት ገዥው ፓርቲ ቃሉን እንደሚያከብርና በአነስተኛና ጥቃቅን የተደራጁት ዜጎች የተባሉትን...

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Politics imposes on Ethiopia choice of being left behind in a digitally competitive world

A former colleague from my previous life, who still runs strong, recently called me to share nail-biting occurrence that he learned about in his office. It was regarding an invitation extended to a renowned Ethiopian expert in Addis Abeba to participate in an international forum on video/Skype, in tandem with other experts from other regions of the world. The organization was inviting the Ethiopian because of his expertise so that he could share...

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FAJ Calls on Ethiopia to Free Journalists Jailed

The Federation of African Journalists (FAJ) has today called on the government of Ethiopia to free all journalists in jail and to create the conditions for tens of journalists in exile to return home and work for their country’s development.    “We are very concerned about persistent reports of press freedom violations in Ethiopia and the increasing number of journalists in jail and in exile” said Mohamed Garba, President of the Federation...

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The UN Human Rights Council adopted the outcome of the UPR of Ethiopia

Statement from HRLHA September 21, 2014 The UN Human Rights Council adopted the outcome of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Ethiopia on September 19, 2014. On that date, Ethiopia was given 252 recommendations by the UN Human Rights Council member States[1]to improve human rights infringements in the country, based on the general human rights situation assessment made to Ethiopia on May 2014 at UPR. The Human Rights League of the Horn of...

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UN experts urge Ethiopia to stop using anti-terrorism legislation to curb human rights

GENEVA (18 September 2014) – A group of United Nations human rights experts* today urged the Government of Ethiopia to stop misusing anti-terrorism legislation to curb freedoms of expression and association in the country, amid reports that people continue to be detained arbitrarily. The experts’ call comes on the eve of the consideration by Ethiopia of a series of recommendations made earlier this year by members of the Human Rights Council...

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Protecting Freedom of Expression, in Ethiopia and Beyond

In July 2012, Eskinder Nega was sentenced to 18 years in prison. In June 2011, Reeyot Alemu was arrested and convicted to 14 years of imprisonment, reduced to five on appeal. Their crimes? Practicing journalism in Ethiopia. Nega and Alemu are award-winning journalists who shared the prestigious Human Rights Watch Hellman-Hammett Award in 2012. For Nega, whose first child was born while he and his wife were in custody for treason...

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የአዲስ አበባ ዩኒቨርሲቲ ተማሪዎች የሕወሃት/ኢሕአዴግን ስብሰብ ረግጠው ወጡ !

ገዢው ፓርቲ ኢሕአዴግ፣ ሕግ መንግስቱን በጣሰና የከፍተኛ ተቋማት ገለልተኛነትን በመጋፋት፣ ተቋማት የሚጠበቅባቸውን የሞያ ስልጠና ከመስጠት አልፈው ተራ የፕሮፖጋንዳ መንዢያ ቦታዎች እንዲሆኑ በማድረግ፣ የፖለቲክ ስልጠና በሚል፣ የተለያዩ ስብሰባዎችን በተለያዩ የአገሪቷ ክፍሎች እየጠራ መሆኑ ይታወቃል። በስብሰባዎቹ ተማሪዎች ለባለስልጣናቱ የተለያዩ ጥያቄዎች በመጠየቅ፣ ስልጠናዎቹ እንደታሰበው አለመሄዳቸው በስፋት ተዘግቧል። በአዲስ አበባ ዩኒቨርሲቲ በተደረገው ስብሰባ፣ አገዛዙን ወክለው የመጡት አቶ ሬድዋን ሁሴን በሚናገሩበት ጊዜ ተማሪዎች ስብሰባዉ ረግጠነው እንደወጡ ዘገባዎች ይጠቁማሉ። በከፍተኛ ተቋማት የሚገኙ ተማሪዎች በዘር በመከፋፈል፣ መግባባትና መመካከር እንዳይኖር ማድረጉ፣ ዋን መሳርያው የሆነው ገዢው...

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Ethiopia -Freedom of the Press 2014 report

Any hopes for improvements in press freedom following the August 2012 death of Ethiopian prime minister Meles Zenawi were dashed in 2013 as new prime minister Hailemariam Desalegn remained firmly on the course of his predecessor, resisting calls for a more open media environment. The government continued to wield the draconian antiterrorism law to stifle dissent, targeting both print and online journalists—even in absentia—while charges such...

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