Ethiopia: Ethiopia - 'Reporting On Abuses Shouldn't Be Treated As a Threat to National Interest'

Civil society organization CIVICUS recently conducted an interview with Yonas Kedir, Editor-in-Chief of the independent Ethiopian news outlet Addis Standard. The discussion focused on a renewed conflict in Ethiopia and an escalating government crackdown on independent journalism within the country.

During the interview, Kedir addressed his recent abduction and detention by government forces. He emphasized that journalistic reporting on human rights abuses should not be treated as a threat to the national interest.