"The Ethiopian government should release all journalists detained for their work and stop using the state of emergency as a pretext to infringe on freedom of expression." Mekonen and Teklehaimanot were dismissed from the EBC following allegations of breaching the broadcaster's code of conduct, according to the relative. Three other journalists were detained on November 28, according to The Associated Press (AP) and local state media reports, but their arrests were not made public until yesterday. However, in a May 28 Facebook post, the media authority listed Terara as among recently licensed online media outlets. Jeylan declined to provide specifics about which laws the journalists allegedly breached, and referred CPJ to the Ministry of Justice for comment.

Source: Ethiopian News December 16, 2021 13:29 UTC