Photo: Sisay Tadele\Terara NetworkEthiopian authorities should drop any plans to charge two journalists, Amir Aman Kiyaro (above left) and Thomas Engida, with terrorism, stop a fresh investigation they are pursuing against editor Temerat Negara (above right), and end the practice of punitively detaining journalists, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Friday. Temerat is currently being detained at a police station in Gelan, a town in the Oromia regional state, according to reports and Terara Network. CPJ called, emailed, and Facebook messaged the regional Communications Bureau for comment, but all went unanswered. The journalists are expected to be charged in court on February 21, 2022, under the country’s anti-terrorism law, according to those same sources. Addisu was released in January, according to a post to his Facebook account.

Source: Ethiopian News February 21, 2022 18:49 UTC