Elias Kifle

Ethiopian publisher and editor-in-chief of the news journal Ethiopian Review

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 magazine that was launched in January 1991. He is currently the CEO of Mereja TV, a satellite television channel, and Mereja.com, an online news and opinion journal. Elias Kifle Seifu is the paternal grandson of the Amhara nobleman Lij Seifu Mikael who was a member of the Shewan branch of the Solomonic Dynasty.

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]

In 2012, Kifle was charged in absentia of treason and sentenced to life in prison.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Ethiopian billionaire wins libel action in UK". BBC News. 2011-07-29.
  2. ^ "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