ESAT Europe Support Committee
Background
information and Statement of the problem
In
spite of Ethiopia’s long history and the fact that the nation is one of the
ancient civilizations, the country is being ruled
by absolute
dictatorship which evolved to ethnic based totalitarianism under TPLF/EPRDF
administration. Particularly in the aftermaths of the 2005 Ethiopian national
elections, the regime developed a strategy of steadily shrinking press freedom
and systematically eliminating independent newspapers in an attempt to rule the
people of Ethiopia in total darkness. Among the enacted three deeply flawed
laws by Zenawi’s regime is the media law. The law contained numerous provisions
that fundamentally violets freedom and human rights guaranteed under Ethiopia’s
constitution and international laws – aimed at terrorizing journalists that
report facts and criticize the intolerable TPLF policies.
by absolute
dictatorship which evolved to ethnic based totalitarianism under TPLF/EPRDF
administration. Particularly in the aftermaths of the 2005 Ethiopian national
elections, the regime developed a strategy of steadily shrinking press freedom
and systematically eliminating independent newspapers in an attempt to rule the
people of Ethiopia in total darkness. Among the enacted three deeply flawed
laws by Zenawi’s regime is the media law. The law contained numerous provisions
that fundamentally violets freedom and human rights guaranteed under Ethiopia’s
constitution and international laws – aimed at terrorizing journalists that
report facts and criticize the intolerable TPLF policies.
Escalating its
repression the regime’s antiterrorism proclamation (ATP) of the 2009 has been
widely used to criminalize any critical comments and dissent opposition in an
attempt for an absolute grip over the media and to root out the seedlings of
democracy. Pro-opposition websites has been blocked and jamming of websites and
Medias including VOA and ESAT is frequent and is widely acknowledged by
international organizations as stated underneath.
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