Nairobi – Ethiopian authorities should immediately release Seyoum Teshome, who publishes the Ethiothinktank blog, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said on Saturday. Seyoum had been critical in his blog of a six-month state of emergency Ethiopia declared in February. Under the state of emergency, authorities could carry out arrests and searches without warrants and close down media, according to a report by the state-owned Ethiopian News Agency. “Ethiopia cannot again use the cloak of a national emergency to round up journalists and stifle critical voices,” said CPJ deputy executive director Robert Mahoney. “This is the second time that authorities ignored due process to detain Seyoum Teshome.

Source: Ethiopian News March 10, 2018 09:11 UTC