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Facebook to keep users safe ahead of Ethiopia elections

March 31, 2021March 31, 2021BEHAK

Ahead of Ethiopia’s national elections on 5th June 2021, Facebook has adopted measures to keep users safe against misinformation and prevent abuse of its platform.

Commission calls for protection of women during election in Ethiopia

March 8, 2021March 8, 2021BEHAK

Marking International Women’s Day, themed this year “Choose to Challenge”, the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has called on all stakeholders to do their part to prevent gender-based/gender motivated hate speech and other forms of gender-based violence against women participating in the 2021 national elections of Ethiopia.

Ethiopia introduces hate speech law ahead of election

February 14, 2020February 14, 2020NBE

The House of Peoples Representatives of Ethiopia on Thursday passes hate speech, which was contested by media practitioners, among others.

Is Ethiopia’s reform from government dictatorship to gangsters’ rule?

May 4, 2019May 4, 2019

By Andualem Sisay Gessesse – In one of the panels during this week’s World Press Freedom Day event hosted in Addis Ababa, an Ethiopian journalist working for an international media indicated that he can’t travel to two regions in Ethiopia. This is because some gangs are not happy about the issues he covers and labeled […]