Juma’s Nairobi-based wife, Asha Mohamed, told CPJ that the journalist had moved to Ethiopia last year to work on documentaries. According to the defense team, authorities have not raised these allegations in court proceedings. After visiting Juma on August 3, Tuli told CPJ that the journalist had recently, and for the first time, been interrogated on allegations of intercepting government information. Tuli also told CPJ that as of August 3, Juma was ill and had reported suffering from a fever for at least five days. Authorities appealed the order but the Lideta branch of the Federal High Court quashed their application on August 7.

Source: Ethiopian News August 12, 2020 20:37 UTC