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Harassed
March 26
Dereje Haile, Ethiop, IMPRISONED
Five editors, reporters and clerical workers, Tekwami and Ethiop, HARASSED
Tekwami and Ethiop, CENSORED
State Security police arrested Dereje, a journalist with the newspaper Ethiop, and five other editors, reporters and clerical employees with Ethiop and the newspaper Tekwami. The arrests were made as the papers were being printed in the city of Bole. Police seized the newspapers' galleys and transported the journalists and clerical workers to Ma'ekelawi Central Prison. Everyone was released later that day except Dereje, who was released on April 5. The newspapers' galleys were not returned.
December 13
Kassahun Seboqa, Amharic, HARASSED
Kassahun, editor in chief of the independent weekly Amharic, fled to Kenya after being harassed and interrogated by Ethiopian security personnel. The interrogation, ordered by the attorney general, focused on Kassahun's interview with a relative of the late emperor, Haile Selassie. The article covered repressive laws, harassment of opposition leaders, and the eviction of citizens from their houses.
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