As conflict rages, journalists in Ethiopia contend with crackdowns on independent media

Scores of journalists in Ethiopia in recent years have been wrongfully imprisoned in efforts to stifle their reporting. 

Authorities detained at least 92 media workers between 2019 and 2024 — a number on the rise as the government jails reporters covering the ongoing conflict in the country’s Amhara Region, doing so based on “links to rebel forces or [by] justifying their detention with state of emergency laws,” according to a 2024 report by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). 




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