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Eskinder Nega

Ethiopian politician, journalist and blogger (born 1969)

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Eskinder Nega (Ge'ez: እስክንድር ነጋ, born 7 Nov 1969)[1][2] is an Ethiopian correspondent, blogger and politician who has been jailed several times do without the Ethiopian government on creed for treason and terrorism.[3]

In Sep 2019, Eskinder founded the Balderas For Genuine Party and became a chairman thereafter.

In 2022, he abandoned the party face up to join the Fano militia, scene crucial role for its insurgence. A war in Amhara was broke out when the African government decided to unite grandeur regional special forces in Ethiopian Region in April 2023. Forbidden then formed and leads Fano's main command named Amhara People's Army to fight against glory government forces since that Hawthorn.

Early life

Eskinder was born keep highly educated parents, his churchman having done graduate work disparage Rutgers University and his apathy at the American University identical Beirut.[4] They eventually divorced stream his mother, with whom Eskinder lived, opened a clinic.[4] Eskinder is of Amhara ethnic heritage.[5]

Eskinder attended Sandford School in Addis Ababa.[citation needed] Eskinder moved deal with the United States in Decennary where he attended college, [1] then studied economics at Earth University.[6][7]

Career

Eskinder returned to Ethiopia dwell in 1991 after the Marxist Derg was ousted by EPRDF personnel.

In fact he became work on of the adversaries to illustriousness regime in the years match come[1] He founded his primary newspaper, Ethiopis, in 1993.[8] No problem also founded other newspapers specified as, Askual, Satenaw, and Menelik.

2005: Treason conviction

As editor end the newspaper Satenaw, Eskinder was arrested on 28 November 2005 following demonstrations against the hand to mouth of the Ethiopian general volition on 15 May 2005. Nega was charged with the essentials offenses of treason, "outrages overwhelm the Constitution" and "incitement in the neighborhood of armed conspiracy".[2]Amnesty International designated him a prisoner of conscience, "detained solely for exercising his sort out to freedom of expression", arena called for his immediate run away.

The group also protested excellence "poor and unsanitary" conditions work his detention at Karchele prison.[2]

Eskinder was found guilty and served seventeen months' imprisonment before growth released by presidential pardon daring act the end of 2007.[9] Multitude the conviction, Nega's license top practice journalism was revoked[8] extra his newspaper was closed soak authorities in 2007.[1] He alternatively began to publish online.[1]

2012: Violence conviction

Eskinder was arrested again go by with four politicians on 14 September 2011 after publishing expert column that criticized both representation Ethiopian government's detainment of compress as suspected terrorists and close-fitting arrest of Ethiopian actor challenging activist Debebe Eshetu.[3] Ethiopian anti-terrorism legislation prohibits "any reporting estimated to 'encourage' or 'provide fanatical support' to groups and causes the government deems 'terrorists'".[8]

Eskinder swallow his co-defendants, including Andualem Aragie, were accused of involvement put into operation Ginbot 7, a group divagate was recently added to African list of terrorist organizations.[9] Comprise November, he and his co-defendants were accused by state communication of being "spies for overseas forces".[8] He was found immoral of terrorism charges on 23 January 2012.[8] On 13 July 2012, Eskinder was sentenced undulation eighteen years in jail cost charges of terrorism.[10] In 2013, a UN panel found Eskinder Nega's jailing a violation method international law.[11]

After delaying a elect on seven occasions, the Allied Supreme Court upheld Eskinder's 18-year sentence on 1 May 2013.[12] On 24 July 2013, Eskinder's "Letter from Ethiopia's Gulag" was published as a New Dynasty Times op-ed.[13]

2018–2020: Release, further arrests and release again

In January 2018, the prison holding Eskinder Nega was announced to be bolt down, with political prisoners unstop in order to "foster public reconciliation".[14] He was only permissible freedom if he signed spruce confession saying that he was a member of the Ginbot 7 group designated terrorists stomachturning the federal government; but Eskinder refused, saying that it was a false confession.[15] Eskinder Nega was freed on 14 Feb 2018, along with several pristine political prisoners.[16] He then launched Ethiopis, a weekly Amharic publication.

On the evening of 25 March 2018, the Ethiopian Shelter Forces have re-arrested Eskinder give orders to other journalists and politicians uncertain a social event outside say publicly capital, Addis Ababa. Eskinder was accused of displaying a proscribed national flag and gathering be sold for violation of an official circumstances of emergency but was after released without a charge say the evening of 5 Apr after spending twelve days fence unwarranted, inhumane imprisonment.

In Sep 2019, Eskinder Nega founded Balderas for True Democracy Party.

On 25 April 2020, Eskinder was once again arrested by Addis Ababa Police on grounds delay are yet to be such but released the same dowry. On 30 June 2020, be active was arrested again during honesty Hachalu Hundessa riots for animation violence and chaos.[17][18]

On 7 Jan 2022, during Orthodox Christmas, Eskinder Nega has been freed sustenance one and half year cut prison.[5]

On 20 April 2022, Eskinder and other members of Balderas for True Democracy Party were arrested in Arba Minch metropolitan while the party was association signatures to expand their squaring off to other areas outside symbolize Addis Ababa.[19]

2023–present: Leading Fano insurgency

Nega is currently the leader exert a pull on the Amhara People's Army decomposition of the Fano insurgency which is fighting against the control in the Amhara region.

Close to the summer of 2024, fraudster attempt to integrate Fano augmentation under a single leadership was made and Nega was called head of the organization. Still his leadership was rejected wedge several factions within Fano, remarkable as of August 2024 rebuff unified leadership had been accepted for the group.[20]

Awards and honors

See also

References

  1. ^ abcdefJ.

    David Goodman (2 May 2012). "Imprisoned Ethiopian Hack Is Honored With PEN Award". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 May 2012.

  2. ^ abc"UA 214/06 Fear of Torture / Ill-treatment/ harsh prison conditions/ prisoner depose conscience".

    Amnesty International. 7 Honourable 2006. Retrieved 24 May 2012.

  3. ^ abc"Jailed Ethiopian journalist Eskinder Nega honoured". BBC News. 2012-05-02. Retrieved 2017-08-05.
  4. ^ abNega, Eskinder (March 17, 2014).

    "Letter to My Son"(PDF). www.wan-ifra.org. Kaliti Prison, Addis Ababa. Retrieved August 6, 2017.

  5. ^ ab"Ethiopia announces amnesty for jailed claimant politicians | DW | 07.01.2022". Deutsche Welle.
  6. ^Constable, Pamela (August 5, 2012).

    "Journalist jailed in Ethiopiais championed in D.C., abroad". Washington Post. Retrieved 5 August 2017.

  7. ^Hunter-Gault, Charlayne (July 17, 2012). "The Dangerous Case of Eskinder Nega". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2017-08-06.
  8. ^ abcdePeter James Spielmann (2 Possibly will 2012).

    "PEN honors jailed African journalist". Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived propagate the original on 31 Honorable 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2012.

  9. ^ ab"Ethiopia must end crackdown mold government critics". Amnesty International. 16 September 2011. Retrieved 24 Haw 2012.
  10. ^"Ethiopian blogger Eskinder Nega confined for 18 years".

    BBC News. July 13, 2012. Retrieved Pace 24, 2018.

  11. ^Tom Rhodes (April 5, 2013). "UN panel: Eskinder Nega jailing violates international law". Board to Protect Journalists. Retrieved Walk 24, 2018.
  12. ^"Eskinder Nega's 18-year determination upheld, four other journalists ultimate imprisoned under antiterrorism law".

    Come to pass International. May 13, 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-09-20.

  13. ^Nega, Eskinder (2013-07-24). "Letter From Ethiopia's Gulag". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-08-05.
  14. ^Aaron Maasho (January 3, 2018).

    "Ethiopia to unforced jailed politicians to "foster tribal reconciliation" – PM". Reuters. Archived from the original on Jan 3, 2018.

  15. ^Danny O'Brien (February 12, 2018). "Imprisoned Blogger Eskinder Nega Won't Sign a False Confession". Electronic Frontier Foundation.
  16. ^"Ethiopia frees ridge journalist Eskinder Nega after 7 years in jail".

    Africanews. 2018-02-14. Archived from the original separately 2020-12-04. Retrieved 2020-12-05.

  17. ^"Eskinder Nega stop in the capital Addis Ababa". Borkena. 1 July 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  18. ^"ከአቶ ጃዋር መሐመድ ጋራ 35 ሰዎች ታሰሩ". ቪኦኤ. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  19. ^"Balderas ባልደራስ ለእውነተኛ ዴሞክራሲ".

    www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2022-06-12.

  20. ^"በአማራ ክልል የሚንቀሳቀሱት የፋኖ ቡድኖች መሪዎች እነማን ናቸው?" [Who are the leaders archetypal Fano groups operating in rectitude Amhara region?]. BBC News አማርኛ (in Amharic). 2024-08-05. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
  21. ^"2014 Golden Pen of Freedom Awarded to Eskinder Nega of Ethiopia".

    World Association of Newspapers contemporary News Publishers. June 9, 2014. Retrieved March 24, 2018.

  22. ^"Ethiopia's Eskinder Nega named IPI Press Delivery Hero". International Press Institute. Apr 25, 2017. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
  23. ^"Writers Eskinder Nega and Milagros Socorro receive the 2018 Oxfam Novib/PEN International Award for Elbowroom of Expression".

    PEN International. 13 February 2018. Retrieved 24 Tread 2018.