Ethiopian Press Freedom Defenders
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Advocating for media freedoms in Ethiopia. Host account of an anti-harassment blocklist for journalists covering the Horn of Africa.
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Ethiopia: IPI urges lawmakers to reject proposed media law amendments
The International Press Freedom (IPI) global network today joins journalists, media bodies, and civil society organisations in Ethiopia in condemning the grave risk to media freedom posed by…
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March 1, 2025 at 10:00 PM
#Ethiopia 🇪🇹 @globalfreemedia.bsky.social is concerned that proposed amendments to the country’s media law will undermine media independence, weaken the Ethiopia Media Authority, and tighten government control. buff.ly/4kbAdSG <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cdrdr6ncp5lcviuc5lrla66p" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@ethpressdef.bsky.social
Attempts by journalists to investigate the growing illicit and illegal gold trade in Ethiopia's Tigray region, has resulted in unjust detentions of at least four of them, including the senior editor of The Reporter newspaper back in October, and three Tigray TV reporters, abducted last month....
January 25, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Attempts by journalists to investigate the growing illicit and illegal gold trade in Ethiopia's Tigray region, has resulted in unjust detentions of at least four of them, including the senior editor of The Reporter newspaper back in October, and three Tigray TV reporters, abducted last month....
Photojournalist Kamil Ahmed Nasir has been released from custody in the Somali region. We learned that his Jan 3 arrest came as police stepped up harassment of journalists ahead of a visit to the region by PM Abiy Ahmed. He was taken away for protesting the confiscation of a colleague's equipment.
January 9, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Photojournalist Kamil Ahmed Nasir has been released from custody in the Somali region. We learned that his Jan 3 arrest came as police stepped up harassment of journalists ahead of a visit to the region by PM Abiy Ahmed. He was taken away for protesting the confiscation of a colleague's equipment.
Kamil Ahmed Nasir, freelance photographer, videographer based in the city of Jijiga, in Ethiopia's Somali region was detained by security forces for reasons that remain unclear. Regional Somali forces are infamous for clampdowns on the local press in recent years.
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January 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Kamil Ahmed Nasir, freelance photographer, videographer based in the city of Jijiga, in Ethiopia's Somali region was detained by security forces for reasons that remain unclear. Regional Somali forces are infamous for clampdowns on the local press in recent years.
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This account will host this growing blocklist to serve media workers reporting on or who hail from the Horn of Africa. This addresses the need for protective mechanisms after years poor moderation on Twitter. Submissions and reports are encouraged.
Simply hit "subscribe" and then "block accounts."
Simply hit "subscribe" and then "block accounts."
January 3, 2025 at 3:35 AM
This account will host this growing blocklist to serve media workers reporting on or who hail from the Horn of Africa. This addresses the need for protective mechanisms after years poor moderation on Twitter. Submissions and reports are encouraged.
Simply hit "subscribe" and then "block accounts."
Simply hit "subscribe" and then "block accounts."
Ethiopian Press Freedom Defenders is a group of Ethiopian media professionals advocating for our dying press freedoms at home. Our research from June 2024 revealed that over 200 journalists and media workers in Ethiopia have faced unjust incarceration since 2019.
We're here to be heard.
We're here to be heard.
In Abiy's Ethiopia, 200 journalists have been arrested since 2019 | African Arguments
The Nobel laureate won plaudits early on for releasing imprisoned journalists. Today, his government depicts journalists as spies and traitors, and is accused of arresting, harassing and murdering the...
africanarguments.org
January 3, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Ethiopian Press Freedom Defenders is a group of Ethiopian media professionals advocating for our dying press freedoms at home. Our research from June 2024 revealed that over 200 journalists and media workers in Ethiopia have faced unjust incarceration since 2019.
We're here to be heard.
We're here to be heard.