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Ethiopia: The Prototype African Police State

ps2The sights and sounds of an African police state

When Erin Burnett of CNN visited Ethiopia in July 2012, she came face-to-face with the ugly face of an African police state:

We saw what an African police state looked like

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The Free Press in Ethiopia’s Kangaroo Kourts

Alemayehu G Mariam

kangctThe Triumph of Lies

Over the past six years, I have written numerous columns defending press freedom in Ethiopia. In a 2009 commentary entitled, “The Art of War on Ethiopia’s Independent Press”, I expressed …

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