Ethiopian Press Freedom Defenders
@ethpressdef.bsky.social
Advocating for media freedoms in Ethiopia. Host account of an anti-harassment blocklist for journalists covering the Horn of Africa.
Attempts by journalists to investigate the growing illicit and illegal gold trade in Ethiopia's Tigray region, has resulted in unjust detentions of at least four of them, including the senior editor of The Reporter newspaper back in October, and three Tigray TV reporters, abducted last month....
January 25, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Attempts by journalists to investigate the growing illicit and illegal gold trade in Ethiopia's Tigray region, has resulted in unjust detentions of at least four of them, including the senior editor of The Reporter newspaper back in October, and three Tigray TV reporters, abducted last month....
Photojournalist Kamil Ahmed Nasir has been released from custody in the Somali region. We learned that his Jan 3 arrest came as police stepped up harassment of journalists ahead of a visit to the region by PM Abiy Ahmed. He was taken away for protesting the confiscation of a colleague's equipment.
January 9, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Photojournalist Kamil Ahmed Nasir has been released from custody in the Somali region. We learned that his Jan 3 arrest came as police stepped up harassment of journalists ahead of a visit to the region by PM Abiy Ahmed. He was taken away for protesting the confiscation of a colleague's equipment.
Kamil Ahmed Nasir, freelance photographer, videographer based in the city of Jijiga, in Ethiopia's Somali region was detained by security forces for reasons that remain unclear. Regional Somali forces are infamous for clampdowns on the local press in recent years.
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January 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Kamil Ahmed Nasir, freelance photographer, videographer based in the city of Jijiga, in Ethiopia's Somali region was detained by security forces for reasons that remain unclear. Regional Somali forces are infamous for clampdowns on the local press in recent years.
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