https://www.chidoonumah.com Informed commentaries, news and progressive analysis of topical events in Nigeria, Africa and around the world Thu, 07 Jan 2016 23:24:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://www.chidoonumah.com/they-wanted-me-to-say-i-was-wrong-freed-ethiopian-journalist-on-why-1500-days-in-jail-failed-to-silence-her/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=they-wanted-me-to-say-i-was-wrong-freed-ethiopian-journalist-on-why-1500-days-in-jail-failed-to-silence-her https://www.chidoonumah.com/they-wanted-me-to-say-i-was-wrong-freed-ethiopian-journalist-on-why-1500-days-in-jail-failed-to-silence-her/#respond Thu, 07 Jan 2016 23:24:37 +0000 http://www.chidoonumah.com/?p=7301 Sue Valentine/CPJ Africa Program Coordinator  Reeyot Alemu, an Ethiopian journalist who worked for the independent weekly Feteh, spent almost 1,500 days in prison after beingarrested in June 2011 and charged with terrorism in 2012. She was released unexpectedly in July. In interviews with CPJ in November and December, Reeyot discussed her experiences in prison, during […]]]> https://www.chidoonumah.com/they-wanted-me-to-say-i-was-wrong-freed-ethiopian-journalist-on-why-1500-days-in-jail-failed-to-silence-her/feed/ 0 https://www.chidoonumah.com/ethiopia-releases-imprisoned-journalist-reeyot-alemu/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ethiopia-releases-imprisoned-journalist-reeyot-alemu https://www.chidoonumah.com/ethiopia-releases-imprisoned-journalist-reeyot-alemu/#respond Fri, 10 Jul 2015 05:07:15 +0000 http://www.chidoonumah.com/?p=5852 New York, July 9, 2015 – The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the release from prison today of Ethiopian journalist Reeyot Alemu, a critical columnist who has been jailed since June 2011 on terrorism charges. Reeyot was sentenced in 2012 to 14 years in prison, which was reduced to five years on appeal. Reeyot told […]]]> https://www.chidoonumah.com/ethiopia-releases-imprisoned-journalist-reeyot-alemu/feed/ 0