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Human Rights our
Collective Responsibility
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advertise with her magazine as it was critical of government and this made it difficult
to continue with the publication of the magazine. That she then worked as editor of
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Addis Press, columnist for Feteh Newspaper,
regular contributor
to the Ethiopian
Review. Addis Press and Feteh were also shui down due to numerous death threats
received by its journalists as well restricting their revenue base through warnings
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given to their advertising clientele not to advertise with these papers. She submits that
as a result of her work, she continued to receite death tJq$ea ,"",dntimidation directly
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writing about politics. Similar threats W;~~¥1~1~~>;~~~l¥ed"(~ r ~;;~nf
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neighbours for her to stop writingi\ai;ticles::Z?he also'isubmits 'tl)'a;t,.,s}1:e
was finally
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co~'s~~rMY to commit i~i~orist acts and
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Feteh criticising t~,~:,~tn!~g~an
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The Commission notes that the'(r:!'::'t;,.1
e:f}guarantees the right of every person to
express and diss~!lijnate his or her opiniqn orally, in writing, in print or in any other
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Commu~~a_t~6n~ithin the !~w.Thb Commission also notes that Article 29 (1)
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opinions~~pithjjll~;~~t~r;frtel1ce"and "Everyone has the right to freedom of expression without
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ideas of all ki~1s, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing or in print, in the form of art,
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or through anY;~{1(fE1ia
of his choice." In this case, the Second Complainant as a citizen of
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Ethiopia was [,;ercising her right to express her opinion on particular issues of concern
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to her in writing and print and disseminating same through a media of her choice as
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protected by the Constitution. It is therefore the obligation of the Respondent State
and/ or its officials or agents to ensure tha;t this right is respected1a~
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