French journalist Antoine Galindo, who was detained for a week in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, was released Thursday ahead of his scheduled second appearance in court Friday, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said. Angela Quintal, head of CPJ’s Africa program, told VOA that Galindo, a reporter for Paris-based news site Africa Intelligence, left for France immediately after his release. “Unfortunately, the local politician whom he was interviewing when he was arrested remained in jail and appeared in court today,” Quintal said. Quintal said, “You can’t have one standard for a foreign journalist and another for a local. The publication added he had a journalist visa and the proper accreditation from the government’s Media Authority.

Source: Ethiopian News March 02, 2024 09:26 UTC