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COVID-19 RELATED LEGAL ISSUES DISCUSSED ON TV AND RADIO IN ETHIOPIA

25.05.2020

Ethiopia

human rights, legal education, citizen engagement

The global pandemic is making people and societies across the globe face
unprecedented challenges to the way they live and work. Access to accurate
information is critical in curbing misinformation about COVID-19, helping people
understand their individual rights and liberties, and ultimately helping keep
themselves safe and prevent the spread of the virus.

Feteh is supporting several citizen outreach activities using different
communication channels to reach as many Ethiopians as possible and provide them
with proper information related to any legal issues that the pandemic may bring
up. Feteh’s subcontractor, ARTS Media (African Renaissance Television Service)
produced a documentary on the legal aspects regarding the COVID-19 outbreak in
Ethiopia. In this documentary, citizens were asked about situations they face
due to COVID-19 which may raise legal issues, which was followed by a discussion
with practicing lawyers. The documentary was broadcast on April 18, 2020, and
can be watched on YouTube.

Earlier in 2020, Feteh started a radio program called Yene Menged (“My Way”),
which addresses issues of human rights and civil liberties. The underlying
design behind the weekly show is to breakdown complex legal issues into more
manageable concepts, applying these to current legal cases, and allowing its
stations 5 to 8 million listeners across the country to weigh in on them in a
manner of a judge and jury. More recently, Yene Menged stimulated a public
discussion on how human and other rights must be protected during the COVID-19
emergency.

Hosted by Solomon Guangul, who doubles as a practicing lawyer, the weekly
programs have been informing listeners about new laws to protect them during the
COVID-19 pandemic, which have been enacted to protect people from being evicted
from housing or being terminated from their job. Discussion also focuses on
addressing myths and misconceptions about the virus. “We’ve gotten feedback from
all corners of the country to the center. The acceptance we received from our
listeners is beyond our expectation,” says Solomon Guangul.

Visit Feteh’s Facebook Page and tune in to the Yene Menged program.


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