a. Prohibition of any form of censorship.
b. Access to information of public interest.
4. In the interest of the free flow of information, ideas and opinions which are
essential to the functioning of a democratic order, the press shall, as an
institution, enjoy legal protection to ensure its operational independence and
its capacity to entertain diverse opinions.
5. Any media financed by or under the control of the State shall be operated in a
manner ensuring its capacity to entertain diversity in the expression of
opinion.
6. These rights can be limited only through laws which are guided by the
principle that freedom of expression and information cannot be limited on
account of the content or effect of the point of view expressed. Legal
limitations can be laid down in order to protect the well-being of the youth,
and the honour and reputation of individuals. Any propaganda for war as well
as the public expression of opinion intended to injure human dignity shall be
prohibited by law.
7. Any citizen who violates any legal limitations on the exercise of these rights
may be held liable under the law.
Article 30
The Right of Assembly, Demonstration and Petition
1. Everyone has the right to assemble and to demonstrate together with others
peaceably and unarmed, and to petition. Appropriate regulations may be made
in the interest of public convenience relating to the location of open-air
meetings and the route of movement of demonstrators or, for the protection of
democratic rights, public morality and peace during such a meeting or
demonstration.
2. This right does not exempt from liability under laws enacted to protect the
well-being of the youth or the honour and reputation of individuals, and laws
prohibiting any propaganda for war and any public expression of opinions
intended to injure human dignity.
Article 31
Freedom of Association
Every person has the right to freedom of association for any cause or purpose.
Organizations formed, in violation of appropriate laws, or to illegally subvert the
constitutional order, or which promote such activities are prohibited.
Article 32
Freedom of Movement
1. Any Ethiopian or foreign national lawfully in Ethiopia has, within the national
territory, the right to liberty of movement and freedom to choose his residence,
as well as the freedom to leave the country at any time he wishes to.
2. Any Ethiopian national has the right to return to his country.