Ezedin Mohamed Archives - Committee to Protect Journalists

Ethiopian journalist jailed without charge since September

October 29, 2010 5:47 PM EDT

New York, October 29, 2010–The Committee to Protect Journalists calls upon authorities in Ethiopia’s northeastern region of Afar to release a journalist who has been held without charge since September 11.

Ethiopia jails editor whose paper challenged Zenawi

February 1, 2010 4:15 PM EST

New York, February 1, 2010—An Ethiopian judge sentenced a journalist to prison on Friday in connection with a January 2008 column that criticized Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s statements about religious affairs in Ethiopia, according to local journalists.