Human Rights Violation Reporting Experience In Ethiopia The Case Of Addis Zemen And Ethiopis In Comparative Perspective

This research attempted to examine the status of Addis Zemen and Ethiopis in human rightsrnviolations reporting, which is a means to the promotion and protection of these rights. The twornnewspapers were chosen to examine the practices in government and private media institutions.rnIn order to examine the role that the newspapers played in reporting human rights violation, thernresearcher employed qualitative research method. In-depth interview was conducted with 6rnpurposively selected journalists while selected articles from both newspapers were also analyzed.rnData which were gathered from primary and secondary sources were comparatively analyzed.rnThe study revealed that there were significant differences in reporting human rights violation inrnthe country. Ethiopis was far better than Addis Zemen in humanitarian crisis reporting. Majorrncauses for human rights violation got attention in every week’s publication of Ethiopis. However,rnAddis Zemen refrained from reporting humanitarian crisis. The other difference which was foundrnby the study is that almost all Ethiopis’s articles on the issue were critical of government; howeverrnAddis Zemen’s were pro government. Many stories in Addis Zemen sourced government officials,rnhowever victims in Ethiopis.

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