ESAT News (November 15, 2016) A member of the Canadian parliament said on Tuesday that the Canadian government needs to tell the Ethiopian regime that the status quo in the country is not acceptable. In an interview with ESAT, Alex Nuttall, a conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada said his government need to tell the Ethiopian regime ...

ESAT News (November 15, 2016) A court in Addis Ababa on Tuesday sentenced a newspaper editor to one year in prison for libel. A federal instance court in the capital passed the verdict on the case of Getachew Worku, editor-in-chief of Ethio-Mehidar, for an article he published about the Ethiopian Orthodox Church which the court found to be libel against ...

ESAT News (November 15, 2016) The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reports Yemeni authorities are deporting hundreds of migrants from the Horn of Africa to Djibouti under deplorable conditions. The migrants are mainly from Ethiopia. IOM does not assist governments in the forcible deportation of migrants but spokesman Itayi Viriri says the IOM is a humanitarian organization and as such ...

ESAT News (November 14, 2016) Internet freedom in Ethiopia declined as government cracked down on tools used for digital activism, according to the new report by Freedom House. The report, “Freedom on the Net 2016,” said Internet and mobile phone networks were repeatedly disrupted around the country, particularly in the Oromia region during anti-government protests that began in November 2015. ...

ESAT News (November 14, 2016) An Oromo Leadership Convention held over the weekend in Atlanta called on all Ethiopians to “stand together and act in concert to remove the TPLF regime that has become the source of all discontent, division and disorder in the country.” In a resolution passed at the end of the convention, which coincided with the first ...

    ESAT News (November 14, 2016) Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada, who visited Ethiopia over the weekend emphasized his concerns over the deaths and violence. Stéphane Dion raised his concerns in relation to the recent unrest, particularly in the Oromia and Amhara regions. He underscored his support for all Ethiopians to engage in a peaceful and inclusive dialogue. ...

  ESAT News (November 14, 2016) A group of tourists were reportedly attacked and robbed in southern Ethiopia last week and their driver was shot and killed, according to a report by The Slovak Spectator, Slovakia’s only English-language newspaper. The six Slovaks and four Czechs were attacked in the town of Mizan on November 7. They were robbed of their ...

ESAT News (November 11, 2016) Security forces have reportedly taken into custody Befeqadu Hailu, known for his critical blogs against the repressive regime in Ethiopia. ESAT sources said security forces in plain clothe came to the residence of the blogger at 6 a.m. on Friday and told him he is wanted by the command post for questioning. The Ethiopian regime ...

ESAT News (November 11, 2016) Prominent Oromo political leaders, Bekele Gerba and et al, who appeared before the Federal High Court on Friday said they were beaten by prison officers for refusing to appear at the sham trial. Gerba, first secretary general of the Oromo Federalist Congress and twenty-one other defendants were rounded up and jailed in December 2015 at ...

ESAT News (November 11, 2016) Reprieve, an international human rights organization, said on Friday that Britain’s Foreign Office has failed for a fortnight to confirm if a British father held on death row in Ethiopia is still alive, after a warning that his life may be in danger. Reprieve, which follows the case of Andargachew Tsige, said in a release ...