Mr Nega was arrested on September 14, 2011 after publishing an article
criticising his government’s use of the 2009 Anti-Terror Proclamation to
jail and silence critics, including Ethiopian actor and activist Debebe
Eshetu. He was sentenced on 23 January 2012 and denounced as belonging
to a terrorist organisation. In making the award, the WAN-IFRA Board sent a message to the Ethiopian government that misusing
