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Legal, Policy Reforms Crucial Prior to May Elections OUR REPORT:  "Journalism Is Not a Crime" Violations of Media Freedoms in Ethiopia JANUARY 21, 2015 GET THE REPORT: Download the full report Summary and Recommendations in AMHARIC (Nairobi) – The Ethiopian government’s systematic repression of independent media has created a bleak landscape for free expression ahead of the May 2015 general elections, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. In the past year, six privately owned publications closed after government harassment; at least 22 journalists, bloggers, and publishers were criminally charged, and more than 30 journalists fled the country in fear of being arrested under repressive laws. The 76-page report, “‘ Journalism is Not a Crime’: Violations of Media Freedom in Ethiopia ,” details how the Ethiopian government has curtailed independent reporting since 2010. Human Rights Watch interviewed more than 70 current and exil

Nairobi — The Ethiopian government's systematic repression of independent media has created a bleak landscape for free expression ahead of the May 2015 general elections, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. In the past year, six privately owned publications closed after government harassment; at least 22 journalists, bloggers, and publishers were criminally charged, and more than 30 journalists fled the country in fear of being arrested under repressive laws. The 76-page report, "'Journalism is Not a Crime': Violations of Media Freedom in Ethiopia," details how the Ethiopian government has curtailed independent reporting since 2010. Human Rights Watch interviewed more than 70 current and exiled journalists between May 2013 and December 2014, and found patterns of government abuses against journalists that resulted in 19 being imprisoned for exercising their right to free expression, and that have forced at least 60 others into exile since 2010.

Violations of Media Freedoms in Ethiopia JANUARY 22, 2015 This 76-page report details how the Ethiopian government has curtailed independent reporting since 2010. Human Rights Watch interviewed more than 70 current and exiled journalists between May 2013 and December 2014, and found patterns of government abuses against journalists that resulted in 19 being imprisoned for exercising their right to free expression, and that have forced at least 60 others into exile since 2010. READ THE PRESS RELEASE READ THE REPORT ISBN: 978-1-6231-32279 Read more at  www.hrw.org/reports/2015/01/21/journalism-not-crime 

ISS and Hawassa University have signed a Memorandum of Understanding in order to achieve cooperation in academic education and research. In the photo Dr Yosef Mamo (r), President of Hawassa University and professor Leo de Haan (l), Rector of ISS. Photo from ISS Facebook Timeline ISS and Hawassa University have signed a Memorandum of Understanding in order to achieve cooperation in academic... http:// fb.me/7jOsi4bRV  

BGI Ethiopia, Ethiopia’s giant brewery, received eight large fermentation tanks for the expansion of its Hawassa plant on Thursday January 15, 2014 with an investment of 30 million euros. The eight large fermentation tanks will increase the production capacity of the Hawassa plant by nearly double, said Essayas Hadera, marketing manager of BGI Ethiopia. Each having a capacity of 2,200hl, two of the tanks are Bright Beer Tank (BBT), used for fermentation process and the remaining six tod tanks used for processing the beer. Ziemann International GmbH, a Germany based Company supplied beer tanks for many countries, including Russia, Mexico, and Belgium, manufactures the fermentation tanks. The tanks were purchased two months ago, all of which arrived at the Hawassa plant last Thursday. St George beer entered the Ethiopia market in 1922 by Belgian owners. Later it had German owners, before it was nationalized by the military regime. It is currently owned by BGI, which also has a