Friday, April 24, 2015

Eritrea and Ethiopia named most censored countries in Africa | ኢትዮጵያ የመናገር ነጻነትና የሚዲያ አፈና የሰፈነባት ሀገር ተባለች

Eritrea and Ethiopia named most censored countries in Africa | http://goo.gl/i3j3VK | ኢትዮጵያ የመናገር ነጻነትና የሚዲያ አፈና የሰፈነባት ሀገር ተባለች

ኮሚቴ ቱ ፕሮቴክት ጆርናሊስት ወይም በእንግሊዘኛ ምህጻሩ CPJ በአለማችን የመናገር ነጻነት እጅግ የሚገደብባቸውና የሚዲያ አፈና የተጠናከረባቸው ሀገራትን ስም ዝርዝር ይፋ አድርጓል፡፡ እንደተለመደው በዘንድሮውም ሪፖርት የኤርትራና የኛ የኢትዮጵያችን ስም አልተዘለለም፡፡ ኤርትራ በዚህ ዝርዝር ውስጥ አንደኛ ስትሆን ኢትዮጵያ ደግሞ አራተኛ ተብላለች፡፡

በኢትዮጵያ በጋዜጠኞች ላይ ተፋፍሞ በቀጠለው አፈናና መሳደድ የተነሳ እጅግ ቁጥራቸው የበረከቱ ጋዜጠኞች የፖለቲካ ጥገኝነት ፍለጋ ወደ ውጪ ሀገራት ይሰደዳሉ የሚለው ይህ ሪፖርት 30 ጋዜጠኞች በአንድ አመት ጊዜ ውስጥ መሰደዳቸውን ያወሳል፡፡

በተለይ በመጪው ግንቦት ሀገር አቀፍ ምርጫ በኢትዮጵያ ሊካሄድ በተቃረበበት በአሁኑ ወቅት መንግስት ነጻ የሚባል ሚዲያ በሀገሪቱ እንዳይኖር ተግቶ እየሰራ መሆኑን ነው በሪፖርቱ ይፋ የተደረገው፡፡ በሀገሪቱ በብሎገርነት ሳይቀር የሚንቀሳቀሱ ጦማሪንና ጋዜጠኞች ሳይቀር ለእስር መዳረጋቸውንም ነው ሲፒጄ ጨምሮ የገለጸው፡፡

መንግስት ለዚህኛው ሪፖርት እስከአሁን የሰጠው ምላሽ ምን እንደሆነ ባይታወቅም እንኳ ከዚህ ቀደም ሲወጡ ለነበሩ ተደጋጋሚ መሰል ክሶች በኢትዮጵያ በጋዜጠኝነቱ ወይም ሀሳቡን በነጻነት በመግለጹ የታሰረ አንድም ሰው የለም የሚል የተለመደ ምላሽ ሲሰት እንደቆየ የሚዘነጋ አይደለም፡፡


Eritrea and Ethiopia named most censored countries in Africa
Eritrea and Ethiopia named most censored countries in Africa

Eritrea and Ethiopia have been named as the most censored African countries in a report compiled by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).

According to the CPJ release, the list is “based on research into the use of tactics ranging from imprisonment and repressive laws in the harassment of journalists and restrictions on Internet access.”

Eritrea ranked number one while Ethiopia came in fourth in the list of 10 most censored countries in the world. The eight other countries on the list are North Korea, Ethiopia, Azerbaijan, Vietnam, Iran, China, Myanmar, and Cuba.

CPJ says Eritrea’s president Isaias Afewerki “has succeeded in his campaign to crush independent journalism, creating a media climate so oppressive that even reporters for state-run news outlets live in constant fear of arrest.”

The tactics used by Eritrea and North Korea – second on the list – mirror each other to a large extent. These regimes use “a combination of media monopoly, harassment, spying, threats of journalist imprisonment, and restriction of journalists' entry into or movements within their countries” to keep their grip on power.

The last accredited international reporter was kicked out of Eritrea in 2007, while those invited occasionally to just interview the president are closely monitored by state security.

“Imprisonment is the most effective form of intimidation and harassment used against journalists,” CPJ adds.

The country is Africa's worst jailer of journalists, and with at least 23 behind bars it ranks third in the world just after Iran, which has jailed 30, and China 44.

Additionally, President Afewerki’s government has deliberately limited internet access through slow dial up connections such that less than one per cent of the population goes online.

Read More at The East African

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