WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY WEBINAR: A booster shot for Media freedom in Ethiopia

This webinar in collaboration with EILCO seeks to examine how the Ethiopian government can protect media independence and what the role of the international community is in supporting the recovery of media freedom in the country. Speakers include:

• Kanbar Hossein-Bor, Director of the Media Freedom Campaign UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Jeremy Dear, Under-Secretary-General for the International Federation of Journalists
• Yonatan Tesfaye, Deputy Director-General of the Ethiopian Media Authority
• Mihret Aschalew, Project manager for BBC Media Action PRIMED in Ethiopia
• Fasika Tadesse, Ex Editor in Chief of Addis Fortune newspaper
• His Excellency Mr Teferi Melesse Desta, Ethiopian ambassador to the UK