Nairobi — Kenyan journalist Collins Juma Osemo alias Yassin Juma has been freed in Ethiopia following the intervention by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the embassy in Addis Ababa. Juma was finally moved from Sostegna police station where he was held despite his release on bail by the Ethiopian judicial authorities on August 5. “Kenya Embassy in Ethiopia has managed to assist Collins Juma Osemo alias Yassin Juma, Kenyan journalist arrested in Ethiopia, to move to government manage isolation facility after he tested positive to COVID-19 at Sostegna police station where he was held until yesterday,” the ministry said through Twitter. He was held at Sostegna police station where his continued detention despite court orders granting him bail compelled they ministry to intervene. “The Ministry has been informed that Collins Juma Osemo was released b the court in Arada sub-city on 5th August 2020.

Source: Ethiopian News August 21, 2020 07:41 UTC