Ethiopia by Abrham Meareg

For this episode we interviewed Abrham Meareg, a young Ethiopian researcher in political science. He left Ethiopia for France after the assassination of his father, Meareg Amare, professor of chemistry at the university. Abrham recounts the circumstances of this tragic event, goes back to his family history, and provides his testimony and analysis of the war in Tigray.

Abrham is now in the United States, where he has rejoined family members, and is pursuing his PhD. He has filed a lawsuit against Facebook, which he accuses of having failed in its duty to moderate content, allowing hatred against Tigrayans to focus on his father and thus contribute to his death.

The Fondation Maison des sciences de l'homme supports intellectual circles in countries marked by various obstacles to academic freedom. To this end, it supports researchers who are no longer able to carry out their activities with the necessary serenity or even security. Stress, surveillance, administrative blockages, racism, gender discrimination and even war have led them to move, protect, isolate or even hide. This diversity of obstacles, in turn, calls for just as many strategies of protection and circumvention on the part of researchers.

This collection of podcasts, "Zones contraintes", tells their stories.