Independent media at risk as Ethiopia again targets journalists
Watchdogs say at least 21 journalists and media workers have been detained since early 2020
30 May 2021 - 08:46
Nairobi — When Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed took over in 2018 and freed dozens of jailed members of the media as part of a raft of political reforms, journalist Dessu Dulla rushed home from the Netherlands.
The 45-year-old, now a deputy editor at a local online news outlet, said he had fled repression in 2004. He initially savoured new freedoms under Abiy, who won global plaudits including the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize which noted his work on “discontinuing media censorship.”..
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