Andualem Aragie - Addis Books https://addisbooks.com Ethiopian Books and Authors Thu, 12 Feb 2026 18:00:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://addisbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/cropped-cropped-addisbooks-logo-1-32x32.png Andualem Aragie - Addis Books https://addisbooks.com 32 32 Andualem Aragie https://addisbooks.com/authors/andualem-aragie/ https://addisbooks.com/authors/andualem-aragie/#respond Thu, 12 Feb 2026 18:00:01 +0000 https://addisbooks.com/?post_type=authors&p=5240 Andualem Aragie አንዱዓለም አራጌ born 4 November 1972 is an Ethiopian politician and activist who is the Deputy Leader of Ethiopian Citizens for Social Justice (ECSJ), an opposition party formed

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]]> Andualem Aragie አንዱዓለም አራጌ born 4 November 1972 is an Ethiopian politician and activist who is the Deputy Leader of Ethiopian Citizens for Social Justice (ECSJ), an opposition party formed after the merger of 7 smaller opposition parties in May He was formerly the vice president and press secretary for the Ethiopian-based Unity for Democracy and Justice Party (UDJP).

Andualem was sentenced to a life sentence on terrorism charges after being imprisoned on September 14, 2011 along with prominent journalist Eskinder Nega and opposition party members and reporters.

His arrest has been ascribed by human rights organizations as a crackdown on dissent. Human Rights Watch also reported his detention as well as other members of the opposition and the potential for serious abuse during his imprisonment.

He is now released from prison after the government pardoned him and other prisoners of conscience

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