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 #Ethiopia CPJ says 'Ethiopia biggest setback for media freedom in Sub-Saharan Africa'; Two journalists shot dead, a dozen remain behind bars in 2021

In its 2021 report on the global status of press freedom, the Committee to Protect Journalists ranked Ethiopia among the worst jailers of journalists in Sub-Saharan Africa after Eritrea. The report that was released today revealed that in Ethiopia in 2021, one journalist was killed and nine remain in prison.

An earlier report that released yesterday and focused on Ethiopia, the CPJ also noted the suspension of Addis Standard in July 2021, assaults and intimidation on members of the press, the expulsion of at least one foreign journalist for war coverage and an internet disruption among the setbacks for the media.

The CPJ detailed that numerous journalists have been arrested in the country since the start of the war in Tigray a year ago where nine reporters were still in custody on December 1. “Six were arrested in November as the conflict escalated and the government imposed harsh emergency laws. CPJ documented multiple other press freedom violations throughout the year,” the report read.