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minister, according to CPJ research.
Exiled journalists Mesfin Negash and Abiye Teklemariam received eight years each based on accusations of making information about Ginbot
Committee to Protect Journalists
Nairobi, June 27, 2012--Today's conviction of six Ethiopian journalists on vague terrorism charges is an affront to the rule of law and the constitution in the Horn of Africa country, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. At least 11 journalists have been charged with terrorism since November 2011,...
Gellaw of the
U.S.-based Addis Voice and Mesfin Negash and Abiye Teklemariam of
U.S.-based Addis Neger Online -- will be tried in absentia
office
at the center of Addis Ababa. I was with my colleague Abiye Teklemariam -- who
was recently charged
with terrorism, treason and espionage along with five
New York, November 11, 2011--A judge in Ethiopia's federal high court charged six journalists with terrorism on Thursday under the country's antiterrorism law, bringing the number of journalists charged under the statute since June to 10, CPJ research found. ...
New York, August 4, 2008--An Ethiopian judge overseeing the high-profile trial of an imprisoned pop singer jailed the editor of an independent weekly for contempt of court today. The contempt charge came after the weekly published an interview with the singer's lawyer, according to local journalists....
