This video says about itself:
09 Mar 2013 – Our feature takes us to Ethiopia where the US ‘war on terror’ has provided cover for laws that are being used to silence dissident journalists. Reeyot Alemu is one of those journalists – she has been sentenced to five years in jail. Foreign reporters have also been charged under anti-terrorism laws for daring to communicate with opposition groups.
From the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (Paris, France):
Ethiopian Journalist Reeyot Alemu Wins 2013 Unesco-Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize
24 April 2013
Press release
Imprisoned Ethiopian journalist Reeyot Alemu is the winner of the 2013 UNESCO-Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize. Ms Alemu was recommended by an independent international jury of media professionals in recognition of her “exceptional courage, resistance and commitment to freedom of expression.”
The Jury took note of Reeyot Alemu’s contribution to numerous and independent publications. She wrote critically about political and social issues, focusing on the root causes of poverty, and gender equality. She worked for several independent media. In 2010 she founded her own publishing house and a monthly magazine called Change, both of which were subsequently closed. In June 2011, while working as a regular columnist for Feteh, a national weekly newspaper, Ms Alemu was arrested.
She is currently serving a five year sentence in Kality prison.
The UNESCO Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize was created in 1997 by UNESCO’s Executive Board. It is awarded annually during the celebration of World Press Freedom Day on 3 May, which will take place this year in Costa Rica.
The Prize honours the work of an individual or an organization which has made a notable contribution to the defence and /or promotion of freedom of expression anywhere in the world, especially if risks have been involved. Candidates are proposed by UNESCO Member States, and regional or international organizations active in the fields of journalism and freedom of expression. Laureates are chosen by a jury whose members are appointed for a once renewable three-year term by the Director-General of UNESCO.
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Ethiopia protests demand reforms
Around 10,000 people protested in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa last Sunday.
It was called by the recently launched opposition Semayawi party.
It demands the release of imprisoned opposition leaders and journalists.
Protesters also demanded action on unemployment, inflation and corruption.
This was the first large political protest in Ethiopia since a government crackdown after a disputed election in 2005 led to over 200 deaths.
http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art/33543/Ethiopia+protests+demand+reforms++
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