Elias Kifle
Elias Kifle (Amharic: ኤልያስ ክፍሌ) is the publisher and editor-in-chief of the Washington D.C.-based Ethiopian Review, an English/Amharic language Ethiopian news and opinion journal that was launched in January 1991.
Libel
In December 2010 Mohammed Hussein Ali Al Amoudi initiated a claim in the English High Court against Elias Kifle claiming damages for libel. In July 2011 Kifle was ordered to pay £175,000 in damages for publishing that Al Amoudi had hunted his daughter down so she could be stoned to death.[1] Kifle's response to the verdict was, "Here is my formal statement: Screw yourself" and went on to describe Al Amoudi as a "scumbag bloodsucker" who was "funding al-Qaeda".[1]
In 2012, Kifle was charged in absentia of treason and sentenced to life in prison.[2]
References
- 1 2 "Ethiopian billionaire wins libel action in UK". BBC News. 2011-07-29.
- ↑ "Attacks on the Press 2006: Ethiopia". Cpj.org. 2007-02-05. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
External links
- Ethiopian Review
- Interview with Ethiopian Television Network (ETN)
- On trial for treason (Amnesty International)
- Attack on the Press (CPJ report 2006)
- Attack on the Press (CPJ report 2007)
- Arrests, closings, censorship found by CPJ delegationEthiopian political divide ensnares the press
- Ethiopian editor sentenced to prison; another freed on bail (CPJ)
- Critical Web sites inaccessible in Ethiopia (CPJ)
- Ethiopian blog blockage sparks free speech debate (Global Voices)
- The limits of free speech (EthioZagol)
- Court sentenced Ethiopian opposition leaders to life in prison (Ethiopian Review)
- Ethiopia and Human and Democratic Rights (Washington Post)
- Elias Kifle on ETN's weekly TV show 'BeGimbar'
- Elias Kifle and Andargachew Tsige guilty, Ethiopian court rules - Ethiopian Review article