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Befeqadu Hailu Techanie also written as Befekadu Hailu Techane (Amharic: በፍቃዱ ኃይሉ; born 19 February 1980) is an Ethiopian writer, activist, and blogger. He is a member of the Zone 9 bloggers group that were arrested in April 2014 due to their blogging activities. Befekadu is now released on bail and is defending himself before court on a downgraded charge of 'inciting violence through writing'.
His novel, Children of their Parents (2013), won third place in the 2012 Burt Award for African Literature.[1] In 2015, along with the other Zone 9 bloggers, he was awarded the International Press Freedom Award from the Committee to Protect Journalists.[2]
- ^ "Burt Award Inspires Young Ethiopian Authors to Keep Writing". Canadian Organization for Development through Education. 27 March 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
- ^ "CPJ International Press Freedom Awards 2015". Committee to Protect Journalists. Retrieved 20 November 2016.