Temesgen Desalegn, JournalistPhoto: Social MediaMediaAddis Abeba – Journalist Temesgen Desalegn, the owner and managing director of the Amharic weekly magazine, “Fitih”, was beaten by security forces while he was in jail, his brother Tariku Desalegn told Addis Standard. Tariku stated that he, along with his elder brother and two friends, went to the Third Division Police Station, commonly called Sostegna, yesterday in Addis Abeba to visit Temesgen. That is when two policemen started beating Temesgen, Tariku recounted. According to Tariku, the security forces beat the journalist in front of many people who were there to visit their detained loved ones. Temesgen was arrested on May 26 on suspicion of “inciting riots and creating public mistrust on the Ethiopian National Defense Forces and the government.” He has been prosecuted since then.

Source: Ethiopian News June 03, 2022 08:43 UTC