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03 May

Ethiopia’s Media freedom is “under serious attack”- Survey

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According to a survey by amnesty international and southern African Media institute, 29 journalists were arrested in Ethiopia in 2022. The two institutions announced that, the freedom of the press has faced a "serious attack" in Ethiopia. In East and Southern African countries where authorities want to suppress press freedom. The institutions also stated that attacks on journalists are increasing. The two institutions released their survey on world press freedom day. The survey conducted in 10 African countries, including Ethiopia, highlighting the media freedom and attacks on journalists. In this survey, Ethiopia has been mentioned as a country that with…

Ethiopia keeps arresting journalists

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Ethiopian Mass media Professionals Association has issued a statement regarding the arrest of journalists. According to the association, it believes that when mass media professionals make mistakes, they should be questioned in accordance with the law and the rule of law should be respected. However, "after the reform" in Ethiopia, the association had high hopes for ensuring the freedom of the media, but the context in which professionals work is getting narrower and journalists are being harassed by government's security forces. The founder and executive member of the Association of Media Professionals and the head of the association's public relations…

Prominent show presenter Solomon Shumye Arested again

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Prominent show presenter Solomon Shumye Arested again. Solomon Shumye, the founder and owner of the YouTube media called "Gebeyanu", was arrested by the Federal Police. Solomon was arrested this Saturday, December 17, 2022. His sister Tigset Shumye told to "Ethiopia Insider" that 2015 was from his residence in ferensay legasion. Tigist explained that before Solomon was arrested, members of the Federal Police and leaders of Yeka sub-district went to his house around late morning. She added that the security forces and a man in civilian clothes who were with them came to their residence in a pick-up truck with police…