The Bravest Olympian in Rio — Ethiopia’s Feyisa Lilesa Risks Death But Speaks Out About Killings of Oromo Protesters in Ethiopia After Earning Olympic Silver in Marathon 22. August 2016 Administrator news, community, culture, human rights (0) Media coverage of Olympian Feyisa Lilesa's taking stand: MUST WATCH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhjdE9AJtxo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdRNuEaYWJA The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/22/world/africa/feyisa-lilesa-ethiopia-olympic-marathon-protest.html?_r=0 The Times:Ethiopia Says Olympic Runner Feyisa Lilesa Will Get Hero’s Welcome Despite Defiance http://time.com/4461354/ethiopia-olympic-runner-feyisa-lilesa/ BBC - read more at: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-37150673 Letsrun.com: The Bravest Olympian in Rio — Ethiopia’s Feyisa Lilesa Risks Death But Speaks Out About Killings of Oromo Protesters in Ethiopia After Earning Olympic Silver in Marathon http://www.letsrun.com/news/2016/08/bravest-olympian-rio-ethiopias-feyisa-lilesa-speaks-killings-oromo-protesters-ethiopia-earning-olympic-silver-marathon/ The Washington Post: An Ethiopian medalist just led a protest that could land him in jail https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/08/21/this-ethiopian-runner-just-won-silver-in-the-marathon-and-then-he-led-a-protest-of-his-government-that-could-land-him-in-jail/?postshare=6091471805153825&tid=ss_fb The Wall Street Journal: The marathon runner made a symbolic protest against the government crackdown in Ethiopia. http://www.wsj.com/articles/olympic-medalist-feyisa-lilesa-fears-for-his-life-on-return-to-ethiopia-1471858740 Yahoo Sport: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/ethiopian-marathoner-makes-political-protest-at-finish-line-170100498.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=fb&_fsig=5OC8etB9CMIEZS8zlFs.nA-- USA Today: Ethiopian runner Feyisa Lilesa shows sign of protest as he crosses finish line http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/rio-2016/2016/08/21/ethiopian-runner-feyisa-lilesa-protest-marathon-oromo/89084944/ Quartz Africa http://qz.com/762991/this-ethiopian-runners-protest-gesture-at-the-rio-marathon-could-put-his-life-at-risk/ New Zealand Herald: Protest that may see medallist killed http://m.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11698817 Daily Mail: Was this the bravest act of the Rio Olympics? Ethiopian runner's hand signal could see him KILLED by his own government when he returns home - so what did it mean? Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3751812/Ethiopian-runner-death-protest.html#ixzz4I3fylzq7 The Independent: Feyisa Lilesa crossed his arms in support of the Oromo people - a marginalised ethnic community subject to months of violence by the government http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/news/ethiopian-marathon-runner-could-go-to-jail-for-anti-government-protest-on-the-finishing-line-a7202891.html Los Angeles Times: Silver medalist Feyisa Lilesa shows solidarity with protesters in Ethiopia http://www.latimes.com/sports/olympics/la-sp-oly-rio-2016-silver-medalist-feyisa-lilesa-shows-1471800285-htmlstory.html