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1 | Ethiopian Blogger Atnaf Berahane: Young, Courageous, and in Jail | Bilaogera Ethiopiana Atnaf Berahane: Tanora, Mahery Fo ary Migadra |
2 | Atnaf Berhane, member of the Zone 9 Bloggers, was jailed for blogging about human right violations in Ethiopia. | Atnaf Berhane, mpikambana ao amin'ny Zone 9 Bloggers, nogadraina noho ny fibilaogena fanitsakitsahana ny zon'olombelona ao Ethiopia. |
3 | (Image Credit: digital drawing by Melody Sundberg. | (sary: fandokoana nomerika avy amin'i Melody Sundberg. |
4 | Image used with her permission) | Sary nahazoana alalana avy aminy ny famoahana azy) |
5 | In April 2014, nine bloggers and journalists were arrested in Ethiopia. | Tamin'ny Avrily, bilaogera sy mpanao gazety sivy no nosamborina tao Ethiopia. |
6 | Several of these men and women had worked with Zone9, a collective blog that covered social and political issues in Ethiopia and promoted human rights and government accountability. | Maro amin'ireo lehilahy sy vehivavy ireo no niasa tao amin'ny Zone9, blaogy iraisana iray izay niresaka sosialy sy politika tao Ethiopia ary nanandratra ny zon'olombelona sy ny fandraisana andraikitry ny governemanta. |
7 | And four of them were Global Voices authors. | Ary ny efatra amin'izy ireo dia mpanoratra ato amin'ny Global Voices. |
8 | In July, they were charged under the country's Anti-Terrorism Proclamation. | Tamin'ny Jolay ry zareo dia voampangan'ny Fanambarana ny Ady amin'ny Fampihorohoroana. |
9 | They have been behind bars ever since, their trial postponed time and again. | Nanomboka hatreo ry zareo dia tao an-tranomaizina hatrany rehetra mihemotra hatrany ny fotoam-pitsarana azy ireo. |
10 | Last week, we featured our debut post from a series - “They Have Names” - that hopes to highlight the individual bloggers who are currently in jail. | Tamin'ny herinandro izahay nanasongadina ny fanombohan-dahatsoratra ao amin'ny andiany - “Manana Anarana Izy Ireo” - izay manasongadina ireo bilaogera tsirairay izay migadra amin'izao fotoana izao. |
11 | We wish to humanize them, to tell their particular and peculiar stories. | Maniry izahay ny hanome ny mahaolombelona azy ireo, hitantara ny fiainana manavaka manokana sy ara-bolan'izy ireo. |
12 | This week, Ghanaian author, Kofi Yeboah, writes about the youngest of the Zone9ers, Atnaf Berahane. | Amin'ity herinandro ity ilay mpanoratra Ghaneana, Kofi Yeboah, no manoratra ny tanora indrindra amin'ireo Zone9ers ireo izay antsoina hoe Atnaf Berahane. |
13 | Atnaf Berahane, 26 years old, is the youngest of the Zone9 bloggers. | Atnaf Berahane, 26 taona, no tanora indrindra amin'ny bilaogeran'ny Zone9. |
14 | He was arrested in Ethiopia on April 25 and 26, 2014 alongside Abel Wabela, Befeqadu Hailu, Mahlet Fantahun, Zelalem Kibret, and Natnael Feleke (all members of the Zone 9 blogging collective) and journalists Asmamaw Hailegeorgis, Tesfalem Waldyes and Edom Kassaye. | Voasambotra tao Ethiopia izy tamin'ny 25 sy 26 Aprily 2014 niaraka tamin'i Abel Wabela, Befeqadu Hailu, Mahlet Fantahun, Zelalem Kibret, ary Natnael Feleke (izy rehetra ireodia mpikambana ao amin'ny famahanam-bilaogy Zone 9) miaraka amin'ny mpanao gazety Asmamaw Hailegeorgis, Tesfalem Waldyes ary Edom Kassaye. |
15 | Ethiopia is a country where freedom of expression is repressed by the government. | Ethiopia dia firenena iray izay gejain'ny governemanta ny fahalalaham-pitenenana. |
16 | There is strict media regulation in the country, especially when it comes to discussions of politics and human rights. | Misy ny famehezana henjana ny fampitam-baovao ao amin'ny firenena, indrindra rehefa tonga eo amin'ny firesahana politika sy zon'olombelona izany. |
17 | As a result, citizens read news mostly from the Internet. | Vokatr'izany dia amin'ny alalan'ny Internety no tena amakian'ny olompirenena ny vaovao. |
18 | Atnaf's passion for civic engagement and interest in disseminating information to citizens to understand what the constitution says about their right and freedom led him to co-found the Zone9 Blog: his passion for human rights activism ignited the interest to co-found the organisation. | Ny tena ankafizin'i Atnaf amin'ny fanolora-tena mahaolompirenena sy amin'ny fahalianana mampiely vaovao amin'ny olompirenena mba hahatakaran'izy ireo izay lazain'ny lalampanorenana momba ny zon'izy ireo sy ny fahafahana no nahatonga azy niara-nanorina ny Blaogy Zone9 : Ny fankamamiany fatratra ny fikatrohana ho amin'ny zon'olombelona no nandranitra ny fahalianana hiara-manangana izany fikambanana izany. |
19 | But his passion for human rights and freedoms left him in chains. | Saingy ny fankamamiany fatratra ny zon'olombelona sy ny fahafahana no nahatonga azy ho voagadra. |
20 | In real life, Atnaf is an ICT specialist who works with Addis Ababa city administration at Bole sub-city. | Amin'ny fiainana andavanandro i Atnaf dia manampahaizana manokana momba ny teknolojia vaovao (TIC) izay iarahany miasa amin'ny fiadidian'ny tanànan'i Addis Ababa ao amin'ny vaki-paritr'i Bole. |
21 | The trailtrackerblog, where supporters post regular updates about the case and the bloggers' condition, describes him as a young Ethiopian who is “known for his use of Twitter handle for hyper local updates.” | Ny trailtrackerblog, izay anavaozan'ny mpanohana hatrany ny vaovao farany momba ny toe-javatra iainan'ny bilaogera, no mamariparitra azy ho tanora Ethiopiana “fantatra amin'ny fampiasany ny Twitter hamoahany ireo fanavaozam-baovao ao an-toerana.” |
22 | Atnaf also runs his own blog and is a digital security expert. | Mamahana ny blaoginy manokana ihany koa i Atnaf ary lalim-pahaizana amin'ny sehatry ny fiarovana nomerika. |
23 | The sad reality of the muffled aspirations of one so young as Atnaf is best captured by this post: | Ny zavamisy mampalahelo momba ny hetahetan'ity tanora iray tahaka an'i Atnaf nampanginina ity dia hita mazava ao amin'ity lahatsoratra ity : |
24 | Is it the “Federal Republic of Ethiopia” or the “Republic of Dystopia” (police state)? | Izy ity ve “Repoblika Federalin'i Ethiopia” sa “Repoblikan'i Dystopia” (polisim-panjakana)? |
25 | Has Ethiopia crossed into the Twilight Zone, the Fifth Dimension? … | Tafampita any amin'ny Faritra Twilight, Refy Fahadimy (Cinquieme Dimension), ve Ethiopia? … |
26 | Ethiopia today might as well be called the “Republic of Dystopia”. | Azo antsoina tsara ho “Repoblikan'i Dystopia” i Ethiopia ankehitriny. |
27 | Young men and women barely in their 20s are arrested and jailed for “terrorism” merely for blogging on Facebook and speaking their minds on other social media. | Tanora lahy sy vavy zara raha mahatratra ny faha-20 taonany no samborina sy gadraina noho ny “fampihorohoroana” nefa noho ny fibilaogevana tao amin'ny Facebook sy ny firesahany izay ao an-tsainy any amin'ireo tambajotra sosialy hafa. |
28 | Atnaf, together with other incarcerated Zone 9 bloggers, deserve praise and not a jail sentence. | Atnaf, sy ireo hafa avy ao amin'ny Zone 9 bloggers, dia mendrika fiderana fa tsy didy figadrana. |
29 | It is not only the future of Atnaf that is on trial but that of every aspiring young man/woman who dares take a repressive government to task on free speech. | Tsy ny hoavin'i Atnaf ihany no lasa eny amin'ny fitsarana fa ny an'ireo tanora lahy/vavy misandratra rehetra mahasahy mijoro amin'ny fahalalaham-pitenenana manoloana ny governemanta tia managadra olona. |