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As a prisoner of conscience committed to peaceful transition to democracy, I urge Europe to apply economic sanctions against Ethiopia. What short-term pain may result will be compensated by long-term gain. A pledge to re-engage energetically with a democratic Ethiopia would act as a catalyst for reform.

~Eskinder Nega

Topics: Act Against Apply Catalyst Committed Conscience Democracy Democratic Economic Ethiopia Europe Gain Long-Term May Pain Peaceful Pledge Prisoner Reform Result Sanctions Short-Term Transition Urge Will Would

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I was arrested in September 2011 and detained for nine months before I was found guilty in June 2012 under Ethiopia's overly broad Anti-Terrorism Proclamation, which ostensibly covers the 'planning, preparation, conspiracy, incitement and attempt' of terrorist acts.

~Eskinder Nega

Topics: Acts Arrested Attempt Before Broad Conspiracy Covers Ethiopia Found Guilty June Months Nine Nine Months Overly Planning Preparation Proclamation September Terrorist Which

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I distinctly remember the vivacious optimism that inundated the United States when the Soviet Union imploded in the early 1990s. This was not glee generated by the doom of an implacable enemy, but thrill germinated by the real possibilities that the future held for freedom.

~Eskinder Nega

Topics: Doom Early Early 1990S Enemy Freedom Future Glee Held Optimism Possibilities Real Remember Soviet Soviet Union States Thrill Union United United States 1990S

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I am jailed, with around 200 other inmates, in a wide hall that looks like a warehouse.

~Eskinder Nega

Topics: Am Around Hall Like Looks Other Warehouse Wide I Am

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I've never conspired to overthrow the government; all I did was report on the Arab Spring and suggest that something similar might happen in Ethiopia if the authoritarian regime didn't reform.

~Eskinder Nega

Topics: Arab Arab Spring Authoritarian Did Ethiopia Government Happen Might Never Overthrow Reform Regime Report Similar Something Spring Suggest

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Under the previous regime of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, I was detained. So was my wife, Serkalem Fasil. She gave birth to our son in prison in 2005.

~Eskinder Nega

Topics: Birth Gave Minister Our Previous Prime Prime Minister Prison Regime She Son Wife

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Tyranny is increasingly unsustainable in this post-cold-war era. It is doomed to failure. But it must be prodded to exit the stage with a whimper - not the bang that extremists long for.

~Eskinder Nega

Topics: Bang Doomed Era Exit Extremists Failure Increasingly Long Must Stage Tyranny Unsustainable

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In the long march of history, at least two poles of attraction and antagonism have been the norm in world politics. Rarely has only one nation carried the burden of leadership. The unipolar world of the 21st century, dominated for the past two decades by the United States, is a historical anomaly.

~Eskinder Nega

Topics: Anomaly Antagonism Attraction Been Burden Carried Century Decades Dominated Historical History Leadership Least Long March Nation Norm One Nation Only Past Poles Politics Rarely States Two United United States World 21St Century

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As Ethiopia goes, so goes the whole Horn of Africa - a region where instability can have major security and humanitarian implications for the United States and Europe.

~Eskinder Nega

Topics: Africa Ethiopia Europe Goes Horn Humanitarian Implications Instability Major Region Security States United United States Where Whole

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Democracy is a destiny of humanity which cannot be averted. It can be delayed but not defeated.

~Eskinder Nega

Topics: Cannot Defeated Delayed Democracy Destiny Humanity Which

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Biography

Nationality: Ethiopian

Type: Journalist

Born: Unknown

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