Addis Abeba, August 07/2020 – Police brought four members of Asrat Media to Federal First Instance Court Arada Branch where they were granted 13 more days to remand & investigate the four. Inn addition to journalists Belay Manaye & Mulugeta Anberbir, cameramen Misganaw Kefelegn & Yonatan Mulugeta were arrested, Asrat …

Mahlet Fasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba, April 21/2020 – Federal prosecutors have today charged journalist Yayesew Shimelis with Ethiopia’s newly enacted Hate Speech and Disinformation Prevention and Suppression Proclamation at the federal high court Lideta branch. Yayesew was charged despite having been allowed to leave police custody on bail on two …

Mahlet Fasil Addis Abeba, April 15/2020 – Addis Abeba Police Commission has appealed against Federal First Instance Court’s decision to release Yayesew Shimelis, journalist and producer of Tigray TV Ethio-Forum YouTube segment, on a 25, 000 birr bail. The Federal First Instance Court has granted a 25, 000 birr bail …