Elias Kifle
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Ethiopian Review
Ethiopian Review is an Ethiopian news and opinion journal. It was first launched in August 1944 and discontinued in November 1945.The first editor of the Ethiopian Review was William M. Steen. In 1945, David A. Talbot took over as editor....
, an English/Amharic language Ethiopian news and opinion journal that was launched in January 1991.
Kifle is known as one of the most vocal critics of the current government in Ethiopia. Kifle is also a member of Tegbar and has organized rallies and meetings around the world to protest the policies of the ruling party, the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front
Tigrayan People's Liberation Front
The Tigrayan People's Liberation Front , known more commonly and sometimes pejoratively in Ethiopia as Woyane or Weyane is a political party in Ethiopia...
(also known as Woyane in Ethiopia).
In 2007, Kifle, along with a few other Ethiopian journal editors, has been charged in absentia of treason by Ethiopia's regime and sentenced to life in prison. According to government sources, an extradition request has been filed with the U.S. Government.
Ethiopian Review is blocked by the regime in Ethiopia from being accessed online in Ethiopia.
External links
- Ethiopian Review
- Interview with Ethiopian Television Network (ETN)
- On trial for treason (Amnesty International)
- Attack on the Press (CPJ report 2006)
- Attack on the Press (CPJ report 2007)
- Arrests, closings, censorship found by CPJ delegationEthiopian political divide ensnares the press
- Ethiopian editor sentenced to prison; another freed on bail (CPJ)
- Critical Web sites inaccessible in Ethiopia (CPJ)
- Ethiopian blog blockage sparks free speech debate (Global Voices)
- The limits of free speech (EthioZagol)
- Court sentenced Ethiopian opposition leaders to life in prison (Ethiopian Review)
- Ethiopia and Human and Democratic Rights (Washington Post)
- Elias Kifle on ETN's weekly TV show 'BeGimbar'
- Elias Kifle guilty, court rules - Ethiopian Review article