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GV Face: Freeing Ethiopia's Zone 9 Bloggers

Categories: Ethiopia, Digital Activism, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Media & Journalism, GV Face


Nine bloggers and journalists — four of them Global Voices members — are currently being detained in Ethiopia because of their work. Who are the Zone 9 bloggers? What can supporters do to push for their release? In this edition of GV Face, we talk with Ethiopian blogger and Zone 9 member Endalk, along with PEN America Freedom to Write fellow Deji Olukotun and Advox editor Ellery Biddle about this important case.

 

More coverage of the Zone 9 Bloggers case:

Ethiopia: Police Request More Time for Zone 9 Bloggers Investigation [1], May 14, 2014

Why Blogging is a Threat to the Ethiopian Government [2] May 10, 2014

Advocates Ask African Commission, UN Experts to Intervene in Zone 9 Bloggers Case [3] May 3, 2014

STATEMENT: Global Voices Calls for the Release of Nine Journalists in Ethiopia [4], May 2, 2014

Netizen Report: Ethiopia Cracks Down on Free Expression [5], April 30, 2014

Six Members of Blogging Collective Arrested in Ethiopia [6], April 25, 2014