In the latest string of arrests against journalists, the Ethiopian government over the weekend arrested Meaza Mohammed in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa.
She used to work for Abbay media and recently she launched Roha Media and was providing service via her YouTube channel.
According to local her family’s members , Mohammed was taken from her residence in the broking.
Two members of the Federal police in uniform reportedly told her that she is wanted for interrogation. She was arrested for months before she was released in January 2022.
Nineteen journalists have so far been arrested since Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s administration launched a crackdown on journalists in recent weeks.
A few days ago, Federal authorities arrested Temesgen Desalenge, the managing editor of the popular Amharic weekly magazine, Feteh.
The crackdown has also targeted activists and senior military figures like Brig. General Tefera Mamo, who was the leader of the special forces in the Amhara region of Ethiopia.
What the government calls “law enforcement operations” in the past few weeks have been mostly happening in Addis Ababa and Amhara regions.
Well over 4500 had been arrested in the Amhara region of Ethiopia and the government calls them “suspects” in crimes that created a security crisis in the region.
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