{"id":5681,"date":"2015-02-18T04:33:42","date_gmt":"2015-02-18T04:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ethiopanorama.com\/?p=5681"},"modified":"2015-02-18T18:51:25","modified_gmt":"2015-02-18T18:51:25","slug":"ethiopias-media-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ethiopanorama.com\/?p=5681","title":{"rendered":"Ethiopia’s media war"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ethiopia’s media war<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Ethiopian anti-terrorism laws are forcing journalists into exile and prison, a push the government says will secure the nation.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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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\u2019re criminals, destabilising Ethiopia’s fragile democracy in the name of \u201cpress freedom.\u201d Rights groups say they\u2019re victims of repression. Join us at 1930GMT.<\/p>\n

On this episode of The Stream, we speak to:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Soliyana Shimeles Gebremichael @Soli_GM<\/a>
\nExiled co-founder of the Zone 9 Bloggers
\nzone9ethio.blogspot.ca<\/a><\/p>\n

Tamerat Negera Feyisa @AbbaSheger<\/a>
\nExiled journalist and co-founder of Addis Neger newspaper<\/p>\n

Tamrat Gebregiorgis @Tingert<\/a>
\nManaging editor of Addis Fortune
\naddisfortune.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Abiy Berhane
\nMinister counselor for public diplomacy &\u00a0communication, Ethiopian Embassy in UK
\nethioembassy.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

What do you think?\u00a0\u00a0How much dissent should Ethiopia allow its media to exercise? Leave your thoughts in the comments below.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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FreeZone9Bloggers<\/a><\/p>\n