Freelance video journalist Amir Aman Kiyaro who works with The Associated Press poses for a photograph at his wedding Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021 in Ethiopia. Amir Aman Kiyaro was detained under the country’s new war-related state of emergency powers on Nov. 28 after returning home from a reporting trip. State media on Wednesday reported his detention, citing federal police, and said he was accused of “serving the purposes” of a terrorist group by interviewing it. The government this year declared both the Tigray forces and the OLA as terrorist groups. AdvertisementThe government-created Ethiopian Human Rights Commission on Wednesday said it was monitoring the situation of four other local journalists detained in recent weeks.

Source: Ethiopian News December 17, 2021 05:18 UTC