June 7, 2019Amnesty International today urged the Government of Ethiopia to stop the police from harassing the outspoken and award-winning journalist Eskinder Nega. Eskinder Nega, a journalist and blogger, was released from prison in February 2018 after serving seven years of an 18-year prison sentence. “This harassment is solely aimed at frustrating the outspoken Eskinder Nega and curtailing his right to freedom of expression. It is unacceptable and must be stopped because Ethiopia’s laws do not require press conferences to be approved or licensed. The police have no right to stop press conferences,” said Joan Nyanyuki, Amnesty International’s Director for East Africa, the Horn and the Great Lakes.

Source: News Business Ethiopia June 07, 2019 18:11 UTC