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charged numerous journalists under this law, including the veteran
journalist and blogger Eskinder Nega,
a 2012 recipient of the PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award.
Committee to Protect Journalists
jailers of the press. Among the imprisoned
journalists are award-winning columnists Eskinder Nega and Reeyot Alemu, both
of whom were targeted under the country's sweeping
Reeyot and other journalists under the country's overly broad anti-terrorism
law. Eskinder Nega, a 2012 laureate of PEN American Center's Freedom to Write
Award, has
to uphold
an 18-year prison sentence imposed on award-winning journalist Eskinder Nega
and reject his appeal, the Committee to Protect Journalists issued the
following
News from the Committee to Protect Journalists, April 2013 A legislative milestone in Mexico In what CPJ called "a step forward in the fight against impunity," Mexico approved legislation that would implement a constitutional amendment giving federal authorities broader jurisdiction to prosecute crimes against freedom of expression. The legislation, passed on...
Authorities in Ethiopia describe Eskinder Nega, a prominent columnist and government critic jailed since September 2011 on vague terrorism charges, as a dangerous individual bent on violent revolution. However, in an opinion handed down in 2012--publicized only this week by Washington, D.C.-based legal advocacy group Freedom Now--a United Nations...
journalists in Syria, by prominent
freelance correspondent Oliver Holmes; jailed Ethiopian journalist Eskinder Nega, by multiple
award-winner Charlayne Hunter-Gault; and the risks involved in
Meles
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Independent broadcaster allowed under Meles
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Times that veteran journalist Eskinder Nega was imprisoned
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Newspapers forced to shut in 2012
The state-
Attacks on the Press
| Azerbaijan, Burma, China, Cuba, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Vietnam
Worldwide tally reaches highest point since CPJ began surveys in 1990. Governments use charges of terrorism, other anti-state offenses to silence critical voices. Turkey is the world's worst jailer. A CPJ special report...
encore derrière les barreaux en Éthiopie, dont le chroniqueur et bloggeur Eskinder Nega, lauréat du prix Barbara Goldsmith pour la liberté d'écrire de
