The Committee to Protect Journalists posted on 20 August 2025 an article titled "Ethiopian Journalist Abducted by Masked Men; 2 Others Detained."
Masked men abducted the editor of the privately-owned Ethiopian newspaper, Reporter. Officials also detained a reporter with the state-owned Somali Regional Television and another with the privately-owned Ahadu Radio in Addis Ababa.
The Committee to Protect Journalists posted on 28 May 2022 a press release titled "Journalists Yayesew Shimelis and Temesgen Desalegn Detained in Ethiopia."
Both journalists were detained in Addis Ababa on 26 May. Both have a history of criticizing the government of Ethiopia.
The Committee to Protect Journalists posted on 15 April 2022 a press release titled "Fifteen Journalists Detained for Covering Prison Fight in Somaliland."
On 13 April, Somaliland security forces detained 15 journalists for covering a fight between inmates and guards at a prison in the capital of Hargeisa.
Comment: This is not the way to obtain political support in the United States, especially after the Somaliland president's recent successful visit to Washington.
The United States and several Western governments released a "Joint Statement on Detentions in Ethiopia" on 6 December 2021.
The statement expressed profound concern at reports "of the Ethiopian government's detention of large numbers of Ethiopian citizens on the basis of their ethnicity and without charge." It also expressed grave concern "at ongoing reports of atrocities being committed by all parties to the conflicts."
The Associated Press published on 18 August 2021 an article titled "New Wave of Ethiopian Detentions of Tigrayans Includes Kids" by Carra Anna.
The article reports that the roundup of Tigrayans by the government of Ethiopia now includes some children.
