Award-winning journalist Eskinder Nega is appealing his 18-year conviction on terrorist charges. His case is emblematic of the struggle for a free press in Ethiopia. UPDATE: Members of European ...

Media freedom advocates celebrated the release of Ethiopian journalists Eskinder Nega and Woubshet Taye after almost six years of wrongful and arbitrary imprisonment. Their release comes on the back ...

Serkalem Fasil accepts the 2012 PEN American's "Freedom to Write Award" for her husband Eskinder Nega, imprisoned Ethiopian writer, in New York, NY Tuesday May 1, 2012. The imprisoned Ethiopian ...

An Ethiopian journalist who was jailed after publishing a series of articles calling for democratic reforms has penned a letter from prison, seen exclusively by The Independent, in which he decries ...

An imprisoned Ethiopian journalist and blogger has been given a prestigious freedom of expression award. Eskinder Nega was awarded the Pen America's "Freedom to Write" annual prize for publishing ...

Just a few months ago, Ethiopia – a vast country of 100 million people – was still mired in dictatorship and war. But dramatic shifts are taking hold and they appear to be moving the country in the ...

Nega is a renowned Ethiopian journalist, who has been imprisoned nine times simply for doing his job. He was released earlier this year after spending his longest stint in prison. They didn’t want to ...

NEW YORK – An imprisoned Ethiopian journalist and blogger who could face the death penalty for advocating peaceful protests in his Horn of Africa homeland was honored Tuesday with PEN America's ...