· May, 2013

Stories about Ethiopia from May, 2013

In Violation of Constitution, Ethiopian Blogger Will Face 18 Years in Prison

  3 May 2013

On May 1, the Ethiopian Supreme Court upheld the conviction and extreme sentence of award-winning online journalist Eskinder Nega, who now faces 18 years in prison. Mohamed Keita of the Committee to Protect Journalists said in response to the Court’s ruling, “The persecution of Eskinder and other journalists is the hallmark of a regime fearful of the opinions of its citizens.”