Two more journalists have been detained in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, increasing the number of reporters and media workers jailed since last week to 13. The arrests have coincided with the launching of what authorities called a "law enforcement operation" in Amhara region where thousands have been arrested. Last year the US-based lobby group, the Committee to Protect Journalists, called Ethiopia one of the worst jailers of reporters. And now a new wave of arrests has seen more than a dozen journalists and media workers detained in a little over a week. On Monday, the authorities in Amhara, Ethiopia’s second most populous region, said they had jailed more than 4,500 individuals.

Source: Ethiopian News May 29, 2022 03:56 UTC