Update on detention of journalists by security forces
- Ref
- OHRM-2020-0018
- Date of incident
- Zone
- Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne
- Number of people affected
- 2
Desu Dula and Waqo Nole, journalists working for Oromia News Network (ONN) are currently in police custody awaiting trial, VOA Amharic reported. The networks general manager Sorsa Debella said the two journalists were detained while visiting a prisoner in Burayu town, in Oromia Regional State Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne, some 25 km north of the capital Addis Abeba.
Source: Addis Standard, "News update on detention of journalists by security forces", published 2020-03-12. https://addisstandard.com/news-update-on-detention-of-journalists-by-security-forces/