Ethiopia is in a region dependent on humanitarian aid from the United States and the European Union. Since 2009, Ethiopia has made progress in cyberespionage against its citizens. Innocent journalists from the country and other countries are tortured, killed and imprisoned for expressing their opinions to the world. Ethiopia's unofficial cyberespionage program targets innocent journalists and violates the UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - Article 19 on freedom of expression. The purpose of this article will address the issues surrounding Ethiopia's unofficial cyberespionage and assess the effects it has on journalists. The freedom of expression guaranteed by Article 19 is violated. Ethiopia's Anti-Terrorism Proclamation is explained as well as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights which includes Article 19 and how both are used in journalism. The Ethiopian Constitution will show that the culture of the people includes freedom of expression. The constitution also shows that the Ethiopian regime is violating its own agreement with the people. The main points will be supported by examples of journalism supported by the Ethiopian regime and journalists imprisoned for speaking out against the regime. The hypothesis is that the United States and the UN are authorizing the Ethiopian regime to carry out an unofficial cyberespionage program. Another hypothesis is that China directly supports the unofficial cyberespionage program with its aid. The Ethiopian people feel that if they live their lives legally, they have no reason to worry. The constitution grants them the right to privacy and their own thoughts. This is not the case for journalists or bloggers who have a dissident vision of the Ethiopian regime. The...... middle of paper ......ia, 2014) Journalists or bloggers arrested and tortured in Ethiopia are not new; these nine represent only a fraction. Since 2012, more than eight convicted journalists have been sentenced to life in prison.**Swedish** This is a problem that affects journalists from the country; who come from other countries to visit; or Ethiopia and living in the United States. The Ethiopian government's wide-ranging scotch tape has some wondering what it is hiding. There are acts of espionage in Ethiopia which fuel suspicions about what they are hiding. *** “Journalism is a means of monitoring the citizens of any country by keeping the government organization in line. Without investigative journalism, the government can hide everything from corruption to terrorism. Using the term anti-terrorist would be a clever ploy to hide the government's illegal actions..