Thursday, August 03, 2006

List of imprisoned Ethiopian journalists

There are instigators and powerful people behind press freedom violations whose responsibility is not always apparent. whether presidents , ministers , chiefs of staff , religious leaders , or the heads of armed groups , these predators of press freedom have the power to censor , imprison , kidnap , torture and , in the worst cases , murder journalists. To better expose them , Reporter without Borders ( RSF) has produced these portraits. (click here)

List of (22 ) Ethiopian journalists have imprisoned since April 22 , 2004 , due to a direct result of their journalism profession.

1-Tesehalene Mengesha , Mebruk

2-Abraham Reta Alemu , Ruh

3-Abraham Gebrekidan , politica

4-Goshu Moges , Lisane Hezeb
5-Leykun Engeda , Dagim Wonchif
6-Sisay Agena , Ethiop publisher
7-Nardos Meaza , Satenaw

8-Andualem Ayele , Ethiop

9-Mesfine Tesfaye , Abay

10-Serkalem Fasil , Menelik
11-Wonakseged Zeleke , Asqual

12-Dawit fasil , Satenaw
13- Fasil Yenealem , Addis zena
14-Wosenseged Gebreamlak , Addis zena

15-Zekarias Tesfaye , Netsanet
16-Dereje Habtewold , Netsanet
17-Dawit Kebede , Hadar

18-Feleke Tibebu , Hadar

19-Solomon Aregawi , Hadar
20- Eskinder Nega , Serkalem publishing enterprise
21-Shiferaw Insermu , Ethiopian TV (gov)
22-Dhabassa Wakjira , Ethiopian TV(gov)