Legal, Policy Reforms Crucial Prior to May Elections
JANUARY 22, 2015
(Nairobi) – The Ethiopian government’s systematic repression of independent media has created a bleak landscape for free expression ahead of the May 2015 general elections, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. In the past year, six privately owned publications closed after government harassment; at least 22 journalists, bloggers, and publishers were criminally charged, and more than 30 journalists fled the country in fear of being arrested under repressive laws.
http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/ethiopia0115_ForUpload.pdf
