Seven Ethiopian journalists detained for ‘terrorism’

AT LEAST seven journalists have been detained on terrorism allegations, an international journalism monitor said, after they aired a story accusing men in military uniforms of raping a woman in 2020.

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The east African giant of some 130 million people is regularly criticised by human rights NGOs for the repression of dissenting voices.

The country rauks 141st out of 180 countries in the Reporters Without Borders 2024 press freedom index, which cites “widespread self-censor-ship”.

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said this week that seven people were detained in late March after the Ethiopian Broadcasting Service (EBS) broadcast a woman's claims “to have been abducted and raped by men in military uniform while she was a student in 2020”.