Four years ago, on May 17, 2013, we wrote about prominent Ethiopian journalist and dissident blogger Eskinder Nega sentenced to 18 years in prison. A month later, we published a call to action by Jim Armitage.
Four years have past, and Nega is still in jail… Last month he has been named the International Press Institute (IPI)’s 69th World Press Freedom Hero.
IPI’s World Press Freedom Hero Award honours journalists who have made significant contributions to the promotion of press freedom, particularly in the face of great personal risk.
We can read on IPI website:
Nega has spent over 2,000 days behind bars since his arrest on Sept. 14, 2011, when Ethiopian authorities accused him of “leading a plan to throw the country into serious political chaos through a series of terrorist acts” and linked him to a banned opposition group. His jailing came shortly after Nega, a persistent critic of Ethiopia’s former long-time ruler and then-Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, published a column questioning the government’s abuse of anti-terror laws to punish journalistic scrutiny.
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