Ethiopia is located in a region that depends on humanitarian aid from the United States and the European Union. Since 2009, Ethiopia has made progress in cyber espionage against its citizens. Innocent local and foreign journalists are tortured, killed and imprisoned for expressing their opinions to the world. Ethiopia's unofficial cyber espionage program targets innocent journalists and violates the United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - Article 19, Freedom of Expression. The purpose of this paper will address Ethiopia's unofficial cyber espionage issues and assess the effects this has on journalists. Article 19 of freedom of expression is violated. Ethiopia's Anti-Terrorism Proclamation is explained along with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights which includes Article 19 and how both are used in journalism. The Ethiopian Constitution will demonstrate that the culture of the people includes freedom of speech. The Constitution also shows that the Ethiopian regime is violating the agreements made with the people. The main points will be supported by examples of journalism supported by the Ethiopian regime and by journalists who are in prison for speaking out against the regime. The theory is that the United States and the United Nations allow the Ethiopian regime to conduct an unofficial cyber espionage program. Another hypothesis is that China is directly supporting the unofficial cyber espionage program with aid. The Ethiopian people are under the impression that if they live their lives legally they have nothing to worry about. The Constitution guarantees them the right to privacy and their own thoughts. This is not the case for journalists or bloggers who have a dissident view of the regime in Ethiopia. The...... middle of paper ......ia, 2014) Journalists or bloggers arrested and tortured in Ethiopia are nothing new; these nine represent only a fraction. Since 2012, more than eight convicted journalists have been sentenced to life in prison. **Swedish** This is something that affects journalists who come from the country; who come from other visiting countries; or from Ethiopia and a resident of the United States. The broad reach of the Ethiopian government's duct tape has some wondering what they are hiding. There are acts of espionage in Ethiopia that fuel suspicion of what they are hiding. *** “Journalism is a way to provide oversight to the people of any country in keeping the government organization in line. Without investigative journalism the government can hide anything from corruption to terrorism. The use of the term counterterrorism would be a clever ploy to hide illegal actions by the government.