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Eskinder Nega እስክንድር ነጋ
Eskinder Nega in 2018
Chairperson of Balderas For True Democracy Party
In office September 2019 – 11 August 2022
Preceded by
position established
Succeeded by
Amaha Dagnew
Personal details
Born
(1969-11-07) 7 November 1969 (age 54)[1] Addis Ababa, Ethiopian Empire
Spouse
Serkalem Fasil
Children
1
Education
Addis Ababa University
Occupation
Journalist
politician
blogger
political activist
Awards
Oxfam Novib/PEN Award
Eskinder Nega (Ge'ez: እስክንድር ነጋ, born 7 November 1969)[1][2] is an Ethiopian journalist, blogger and politician who has been jailed at least ten times by the Ethiopian government on convictions for treason and terrorism.[3]
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EskinderNega (Ge'ez: እስክንድር ነጋ, born 7 November 1969) is an Ethiopian journalist, blogger and politician who has been jailed at least ten times by the...
detention, including journalists and key opposition leaders such as EskinderNega and Merera Gudina. The government lifted restrictions on access to the...
their online and offline writings. Most notably, in July 2012 blogger EskinderNega was jailed on an 18-year sentence on charges of attempting to incite...
University, in 2012. On 30 June 2020, Jawar along with Bekele Gerba, EskinderNega and Sintayew Chekol were arrested by government amidst a riot sparked...
of the Amhara Region and of people of Amharan ethnicity, supporting EskinderNega. Similar to other major regional media in Ethiopia, as of 2020[update]...
"Journalist EskinderNega re-arrested in Ethiopia". International Press Institute. 26 March 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2022. "Ethiopian blogger EskinderNega jailed...
from his bodyguards. Subsequently, former journalist-turned-politician EskinderNega and Sintayehu Chekol from the Balderas movement, a critic of both the...
words: Meles Zenawi is a dictator! Meles Zenawi is a dictator! Free EskinderNega! Free political prisoners! You are a dictator. You are committing crimes...
being imprisoned on September 14, 2011 along with prominent journalist EskinderNega and opposition party members and reporters. His arrest has been ascribed...
prison. In 2012 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award recipient EskinderNega was arrested under terrorism charges for his reporting on the Arab Spring;...
said there would be a cap on the prices of essential foods. Journalist EskinderNega was warned after he wrote about the events in Egypt. He was subsequently...
prison. Bekele was released on 13 February 2018, a day before journalist EskinderNega and Andualem Aragie of Ethiopian Citizens for Social Justice were released...
medical travel restriction against Habtamu. Andualem Aragie Reeyot Alemu EskinderNega Daniel Bekele Arena Tigray Bekele Gerba Temesgen Desalegn List of detained...
statement by independent journalist EskinderNega, who was on trial for terrorism charges. In the statement, Nega asserted his innocence and criticized...
ፓርቲ Liberalism Ethiopian nationalism Founded by political activist EskinderNega in 2019 Alliance for Freedom and Democracy ? Self-determination Coalition...
Prisoners of conscience previously represented by Freedom Now include: EskinderNega (Ethiopia) Óscar Elías Biscet, M.D. (Cuba) Father Thadeus Nguyen Van...
arrested along with thirteen other reporters, including her husband, EskinderNega, after publishing articles critical of the Ethiopian government's actions...
metres that she shared with two others. Berhanu Nega, Economics professor and politician EskinderNega, Ethiopian journalist and blogger Martin Schibbye...
materials into English to help with reporting and advocacy efforts. EskinderNega Human rights in Ethiopia Media in Ethiopia Internet in Ethiopia List...
2013 he wrote in the Ethiopian Review in support of fellow journalist EskinderNega and criticised the Ethiopian court system as "Meles Zenawi's kangaroo...
detention, including journalists and key opposition leaders such as EskinderNega and Merera Gudina. The government lifted restrictions on access to the...
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