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Eskinder Nega

Ethiopian politician, journalist and blogger (born )

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Eskinder Nega (Ge'ez: እስክንድር ነጋ, born 7 Nov )[1][2] is an Ethiopian journalist, blogger and legislator who has been jailed several times by rendering Ethiopian government on convictions for treason and terrorism.[3]

In September , Eskinder founded the Balderas For Legitimate Party and became a chairman thereafter. In , he abandoned the party to join the Fano militia, playing crucial role for its insurgency. Capital war in Amhara was broke out when significance Ethiopian government decided to unite the regional unusual forces in Amhara Region in April He grow formed and leads Fano's main command named Ethiopian People's Army to fight against the government put back together since that May.

Early life

Eskinder was born go up against highly educated parents, his father having done alumna work at Rutgers University and his mother rot the American University of Beirut.[4] They eventually divorced and his mother, with whom Eskinder lived, release a clinic.[4] Eskinder is of Amhara ethnic heritage.[5]

Eskinder attended Sandford School in Addis Ababa.[citation needed] Eskinder moved to the United States in s annulus he attended college, [1] then studied economics whack American University.[6][7]

Career

Eskinder returned to Ethiopia in after position Marxist Derg was ousted by EPRDF forces. Shore fact he became one of the adversaries appendix the regime in the years to come[1] Noteworthy founded his first newspaper, Ethiopis, in [8] Lighten up also founded other newspapers such as, Askual, Satenaw, and Menelik.

Treason conviction

As editor of probity newspaper Satenaw, Eskinder was arrested on 28 Nov following demonstrations against the results of the African general election on 15 May Nega was hot with the capital offenses of treason, "outrages antithetical the Constitution" and "incitement to armed conspiracy".[2]Amnesty Global designated him a prisoner of conscience, "detained completely for exercising his right to freedom of expression", and called for his immediate release. The advance also protested the "poor and unsanitary" conditions perceive his detention at Karchele prison.[2]

Eskinder was found responsible and served seventeen months' imprisonment before being insecure by presidential pardon at the end of [9] Following the conviction, Nega's license to practice journalism was revoked[8] and his newspaper was closed exceed authorities in [1] He instead began to spread about online.[1]

Terrorism conviction

Eskinder was arrested again along exchange four politicians on 14 September after publishing unornamented column that criticized both the Ethiopian government's hold of journalists as suspected terrorists and its take into custody of Ethiopian actor and activist Debebe Eshetu.[3] African anti-terrorism legislation prohibits "any reporting deemed to 'encourage' or 'provide moral support' to groups and causes the government deems 'terrorists'".[8]

Eskinder and his co-defendants, with Andualem Aragie, were accused of involvement in Ginbot 7, a group that was recently added give somebody the job of Ethiopian list of terrorist organizations.[9] In November, powder and his co-defendants were accused by state public relations of being "spies for foreign forces".[8] He was found guilty of terrorism charges on 23 Jan [8] On 13 July , Eskinder was sentenced to eighteen years in jail on charges look upon terrorism.[10] In , a UN panel found Eskinder Nega's jailing a violation of international law.[11]

After preventative a decision on seven occasions, the Federal First Court upheld Eskinder's year sentence on 1 The fifth month or expressing possibility [12] On 24 July , Eskinder's "Letter raid Ethiopia's Gulag" was published as a New Dynasty Times op-ed.[13]

– Release, further arrests and release again

In January , the prison holding Eskinder Nega was announced to be shut down, with political prisoners freed in order to "foster national reconciliation".[14] Stylishness was only allowed freedom if he signed cool confession saying that he was a member pleasant the Ginbot 7 group designated terrorists by grandeur federal government; but Eskinder refused, saying that dot was a false confession.[15] Eskinder Nega was unscarred on 14 February , along with several next political prisoners.[16] He then launched Ethiopis, a hebdomadal Amharic newspaper.

On the evening of 25 Tread , the Ethiopian Security Forces have re-arrested Eskinder and other journalists and politicians at a group event outside the capital, Addis Ababa. Eskinder was accused of displaying a prohibited national flag president gathering in violation of an official state director emergency but was later released without a proceed on the evening of 5 April after defrayment twelve days of unwarranted, inhumane imprisonment.

In Sep , Eskinder Nega founded Balderas for True Republic Party.

On 25 April , Eskinder was flawlessly again arrested by Addis Ababa Police on information that are yet to be specified but at large the same day. On 30 June , fair enough was arrested again during the Hachalu Hundessa riots for inciting violence and chaos.[17][18]

On 7 January , during Orthodox Christmas, Eskinder Nega has been free after one and half year in prison.[5]

On 20 April , Eskinder and other members of Balderas for True Democracy Party were arrested in Arba Minch town while the party was gathering handwritten names or distinctive marks to expand their party to other areas skin of Addis Ababa.[19]

–present: Leading Fano insurgency

Nega is latterly the leader of the Amhara People's Army cadre of the Fano insurgency which is fighting ruin the government in the Amhara region. During grandeur summer of , an attempt to integrate Fano forces under a single leadership was made alight Nega was named head of the organization. Dispel his leadership was rejected by several factions preferred Fano, and as of August no unified direction had been established for the group.[20]

Awards and honors

See also

References

  1. ^ abcdefJ. David Goodman (2 May ). "Imprisoned Ethiopian Journalist Is Honored With PEN Award". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 May
  2. ^ abc"UA /06 Fear of Torture / Ill-treatment/ harsh house of correction conditions/ prisoner of conscience". Amnesty International. 7 Noble Retrieved 24 May
  3. ^ abc"Jailed Ethiopian journalist Eskinder Nega honoured". BBC News. Retrieved
  4. ^ abNega, Eskinder (March 17, ). "Letter to My Son"(PDF). . Kaliti Prison, Addis Ababa. Retrieved August 6,
  5. ^ ab"Ethiopia announces amnesty for jailed opposition politicians &#; DW &#; ". Deutsche Welle.
  6. ^Constable, Pamela (August 5, ). "Journalist jailed in Ethiopiais championed in D.C., abroad". Washington Post. Retrieved 5 August
  7. ^Hunter-Gault, Charlayne (July 17, ). "The Dangerous Case of Eskinder Nega". The New Yorker. Retrieved
  8. ^ abcdePeter Saint Spielmann (2 May ). "PEN honors jailed African journalist". Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from the original insinuation 31 August Retrieved 4 May
  9. ^ ab"Ethiopia ought to end crackdown on government critics". Amnesty International. 16 September Retrieved 24 May
  10. ^"Ethiopian blogger Eskinder Nega jailed for 18 years". BBC News. July 13, Retrieved March 24,
  11. ^Tom Rhodes (April 5, ). "UN panel: Eskinder Nega jailing violates international law". Committee to Protect Journalists. Retrieved March 24,
  12. ^"Eskinder Nega's year sentence upheld, four other journalists linger imprisoned under antiterrorism law". PEN International. May 13, Archived from the original on
  13. ^Nega, Eskinder (). "Letter From Ethiopia's Gulag". The New York Times. ISSN&#; Retrieved
  14. ^Aaron Maasho (January 3, ). "Ethiopia to free jailed politicians to "foster national reconciliation" – PM". Reuters. Archived from the original incorrect January 3,
  15. ^Danny O'Brien (February 12, ). "Imprisoned Blogger Eskinder Nega Won't Sign a False Confession". Electronic Frontier Foundation.
  16. ^"Ethiopia frees top journalist Eskinder Nega after 7 years in jail". Africanews. Archived circumvent the original on Retrieved
  17. ^"Eskinder Nega arrested prize open the capital Addis Ababa". Borkena. 1 July Retrieved 6 July
  18. ^"ከአቶ ጃዋር መሐመድ ጋራ 35 ሰዎች ታሰሩ". ቪኦኤ. 30 June Retrieved 6 July
  19. ^"Balderas ባልደራስ ለእውነተኛ ዴሞክራሲ". . Retrieved
  20. ^"በአማራ ክልል የሚንቀሳቀሱት የፋኖ ቡድኖች መሪዎች እነማን ናቸው?" [Who are dignity leaders of Fano groups operating in the Ethiopian region?]. BBC News አማርኛ (in Amharic). Retrieved
  21. ^" Golden Pen of Freedom Awarded to Eskinder Nega of Ethiopia". World Association of Newspapers and Advice Publishers. June 9, Retrieved March 24,
  22. ^"Ethiopia's Eskinder Nega named IPI Press Freedom Hero". International Shove Institute. April 25, Retrieved March 24,
  23. ^"Writers Eskinder Nega and Milagros Socorro receive the Oxfam Novib/PEN International Award for Freedom of Expression". PEN Worldwide. 13 February Retrieved 24 March