newyorker: Ethiopia’s current rulers were once freedom fighters, not so different from South Africa’s A.N.C. They promised to do things differently and to be accountable to their people. Now, they risk turning into freedom’s enemies, criminalizing peaceful means for Ethiopians to exercise their constitutional rights, such as freedom of expression or freedom of association. Charlayne Hunter-Gault on the dangerous case of Ethiopia’s imprisoned blogger, Eskinder Nega: http://nyr.kr/Q2TDZd

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Ethiopia’s current rulers were once freedom fighters, not so different from South Africa’s A.N.C. They promised to do things differently and to be accountable to their people. Now, they risk turning into freedom’s enemies, criminalizing peaceful means for Ethiopians to exercise their constitutional rights, such as freedom of expression or freedom of association.

Charlayne Hunter-Gault on the dangerous case of Ethiopia’s imprisoned blogger, Eskinder Nega: http://nyr.kr/Q2TDZd