Ethiopia: At Least 7 Journalists Detained in Ethiopia On Terror Allegations

Ethiopia: At Least 7 Journalists Detained in Ethiopia On Terror Allegations

Nairobi -- Ethiopian authorities should drop terrorism investigations into at least seven journalists from the privately owned Ethiopian Broadcasting Service (EBS) who were detained over what authorities said was a fabricated documentary, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Wednesday.

At least 7 journalists detained in Ethiopia on terror allegations - Committee to Protect Journalists

Nairobi, April 9, 2025—Ethiopian authorities should drop terrorism investigations into at least seven journalists from the privately owned Ethiopian Broadcasting Service (EBS) who were detained over what authorities said was a fabricated documentary, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Wednesday. Police arrested the journalists over a March 23 episode of “Addis Meiraf,” which has since been taken down, in which Birtukan Temesgen said she w…

Ethiopia's security forces have arrested seven EBS journalists accused of...

Press freedom: outrage as Ethiopia arrests 7 journalists over rape documentary

At least seven journalists from the Ethiopian Broadcasting Service (EBS) have been detained on terrorism allegations following the airing of a controversial documentary. This has raised renewed concerns about press freedom in the East African country.  The arrests, confirmed by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) late Wednesday, follow a March 23, 2025, episode of the program “Addis Meiraf,” where a woman, Birtukan Temesgen, alleged she w…

Seven Ethiopian journalists detained over terrorism allegations: CPJ

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia: At least seven journalists have been detained on terrorism allegations, an international journalism monitor said, after they aired a story accusing men in military uniforms of raping a woman in 2020. The east African giant of some 130 million people is regularly criticised by human rights NGOs for the repression of dissenting voices. The country ranks 141st out of 180 countries in the Reporters Without Borders 2024 press f…