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Ethiopia: Standing With Ethiopia's Tenacious Blogger

Posted 28 January 2012 11:27 GMT

Written byNdesanjo Macha

Countries	Ethiopia
Topics	Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Politics, Technology & Internet, Citizen Media, Media & Journalism
Languages	English

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Français	· Ethiopie : Soutenons le blogueur éthiopien Eskinder Nega
Español	· Etiopia: Junto a un tenaz blogger etíope

Freedom of Speech

Standing with Ethiopia's jailed blogger: “It would be hard to find a better symbol of media repression in Africa than Eskinder Nega. The veteran Ethiopian journalist and dissident blogger has been detained at least seven times by Prime Minister Meles Zenawi's government over the past two decades, and was put back in jail on September 14, 2011…”

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