Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Ethiopia's Media War: Al Jazeera, The Stream


 repression.Ethiopia's jailed Zone 9 bloggers are on trial this week for terrorism and treason, charges facing more than two dozen journalists, bloggers and publishers. To avoid arrest, 30 journalists fled the country in the past year. The government says they’re criminals, destabilising Ethiopia's fragile democracy in the name of “press freedom.”Rights groups  say they’re victims of repression.


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