Journalists from across the world gathered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for a three days conference and celebrate the World Press Freedom Day. He also mentioned the affiliation of some journalists in Ethiopia with certain political groups as a threat for the fledgling press freedom of Ethiopia. Meanwhile some of the attendants of the panel raised their doubt if Ethiopia’s underdevelopment hate speech law can have an impact at all as most hate speech spreaders are based outside Ethiopia. World Press Freedom Day was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in December 1993, following the recommendation of UNESCO’s General Conference. Since then every May 3 has been dedicated globally as the World Press Freedom Day.

Source: News Business Ethiopia May 01, 2019 11:03 UTC